Coldsnap Legal Collective is a new legal collective formed in the Twin Cities to share knowledge, raise awareness, and develop a network of legal support and solidarity for the upcoming RNC and beyond. We are an autonomous collective whose purpose is to work in solidarity with other groups or individuals in order to EDUCATE, EMPOWER, and SUPPORT the radical community.
We are involved in the following:
- Conducting trainings on knowing your rights, jail solidarity, and options and consequences if you are arrested
- Organizing jail support for demonstrations and events as needed
- Coordinating with other national law collectives to make all of our work more effective
The Coldsnap name comes from the name of the largest police action in Minnesota history — “Operation Coldsnap.” This action took place on Sunday, December 20, 1998 at 4 a.m., with the objective to dismantle a four-month encampment of nonviolent activists known as the Minnehaha Free State. Coldsnap Legal Collective has strategically chosen to reclaim this name in memory of the event, to say that we will not forget what has happened to the radical community in Minnesota in the past, and that we won’t let it happen again in the future without taking action!
For more about Minnehaha Free State and the police action:
http://theuptake.org/?p=405
http://www.culturechange.org/issue15/i-55.html
http://citypages.com/databank/20/948/article7152.asp
