Planning for Anarchy at the GOP Convention
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Description: NPR&#39;s Luke Burbank reports on how much planning goes into one anarchist group&#39;s protests at the Republican National Convention.
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NEW YORK  - Republicans began taking a  bite at the Big Apple on Monday as they launched their  political convention by hyping President Bush's leadership  qualities and approving the party's platform.
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Friday marks the deadline for radical groups, thought to be planning a coup, to turn themselves in.
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Thousands of demonstrators are expected here for the Republican National Convention next week, leading to unprecedented security and sparking concerns that First Amendment
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NEW YORK Aug. 18, 2004  An anti-war group planning a massive demonstration the day before the GOP convention asked a judge on Wednesday to overrule city officials and let protesters gather in Central Park.
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When does guerrilla theater become guerrilla war? What the demonstrations against the 2004 GOP convention can teach us about managing the protests at the G8 summit.
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Some anti-war demonstrators prepared to symbolically "die" as near as possible to the site of the Republican National Convention.
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In an election year with a tight, fiercely partisan race, hold the Republican convention in a city where it&#39;s never been held before, where Gore outpolled Bush 4 to 1, where Democrats
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The largest armada of land, air and maritime forces ever assembled to provide security at a national political gathering is being deployed for the Republican convention.
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That&#39;s what city officials offered Tuesday to those who behave lawfully at the Republican National Convention. But the plan doesn&#39;t guarantee that only peaceful protesters will get the reduced prices and the free felt-tip pens.
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NEW YORK -- In an election year with a tight, fiercely partisan presidential race, skeptics might wonder why the GOP is having its convention, which starts today, in New York City.
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They have protested naked, used pedal power, marched and rung bells in the days leading up to the Republican convention, but on Sunday political activists were expected to turn out in the hundreds of thousands to rally against President Bush's policies.
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NEW YORK - Republican National Convention protesters waved symbolic pink slips along a three-mile "unemployment line," labor unions demanded better treatment of workers and a group of AIDS activists infiltrated Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, as arrest totals soared beyond 1,700 for the past week.    The arrests, including several on Wednesday, far surpass those made in much more violent circumstances at Chicago's 1968 Democratic convention...
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NEW YORK (GNS) - As the Republican National Convention opens Monday in New York, it may be time to suspend an old political axiom for the rest of the 2004 campaign.
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By Bob Schieffer. By Mark Knoller. By Dotty Lynch. Congratulations, Republicans! You are about to become the proud owners of a sparkling new 2004 convention - a four-day chance to make the case for the re-election of President Bush.
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In delivering its message this week, the GOP elephant so far has been something of a one-trick pony. On Monday, the prime-time speakers at the Republican National Convention spoke about terrorism.
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A   recent report  filed by the Associated Press contained a startling bit of information:      About 15 percent of the 4,800-plus delegates and alternates to the convention in New York are veterans, organizers said Monday. An additional 3 percent are active military personnel.      This report was   displayed prominently  on the Republican National  Committee's website, and   lauded gleefully  by the fine folks at Free Republic, among others    As it turns out though, it's actually not such a good thing to have active-duty military anywhere near a political convention - if you value your democracy.  In fact, up until just a few days before the convention, it was quite illegal for active-duty military even to attend.  And yet, there it was in black and white.  Active duty military members were not only attending, but participating as delegates in the RNC.  How could this happen?