"Crashing the Party is a must-read for every dissident, legal activist and those opposed to our growing police state. Don't leave for your next demonstration believing that the cops and courts have all the power. They don't. This important book, building on the lessons learned when activists took on the repression unleashed at the 2000 Republican National Convention, tells you otherwise. It is an untold story of 'collective resistance:' the radical way in which activists and legal people, working together, beat back state repression." —Michael Ratner, President Emeritus, Center for Constitutional Rights