RNC 2008

Because again, it's critical that everyone who values independent publishing know what independent journalists are up against... 

By Tim Karr at the Huffington Post:  

In St. Paul this week, a new generation of media makers is under assault by the city's mayor and law enforcement officers.

These local officials think freedom of the press is a privilege that extends only to their closest allies in mainstream media.

By now many of you have probably heard that several journalists (including Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and an AP photographer) were arrested while they were covering protests of the Republican National Convention. But as independent publishers ourselves, I think it's critical that the word get out as far and wide as possible. 

H/T to bfp -- please go there for many more links on what's going on in both St. Paul and New Orleans.