May 3rd, 2008 strongwindsahead
DENVER, May 2, 2008—Today the Recreate 68 Alliance along with the American Indian Movement of Colorado, Escuela Tlatelolco, Code Pink, Troops Out Now Coalition, Tent State University, and others filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court with cooperating attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union. The suit is asking that the City of Denver and the United States Secret Service publicly announce their security plans and issue permits for marches pertaining to the Democratic National Convention in August.
Recreate 68 had initiated discussions over a year ago with representatives of the city in hopes of sparing the citizens of Denver the expense of legal action. But the city has been unwilling to engage in negotiations. It has refused, in violation of its own regulations, to even accept applications for march permits, and has refused to even disclose when it will accept applications. Thus the R68 Alliance is unable to engage in the planning necessary for effective marches and demonstrations.
As a result of the city’s apparent contempt for free speech rights, the very basis of a democratic society, R68 had no choice but to initiate legal action to ensure that demonstrators will be able to peacefully exercise their First Amendment rights to bring their concerns to the attention of DNC delegates.
“As a judge said four years ago about the DNC in Boston,” said R68 member Mark Cohen, “demonstrators are as integral a part of the political process as the convention itself. For demonstrators to participate, they need to have permits and information about proposed `free speech zones’ far enough in advance of the DNC to plan effectively for the thousands of people who will come to Denver.”
Less than four months now remain till the start of the DNC. The city has expressed its wish for a peaceful, orderly experience this August. R68 shares the same goal. The best way to achieve it will be for the city now to accept applications and issue permits for marches, and to announce its plans for allowing demonstrators to be within sight and sound of convention delegates.
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May 3rd, 2008 strongwindsahead
But the real legacy of the 68 turmoil was the idea that young people and students had the obligation to challenge authority, to questions assumptions…and could succeed.
–Blake Fleetwood, a participant in the Columbia University demonstrations, 1968
There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why… I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
–Robert F. Kennedy, 1968
In response to misunderstandings, inaccuracies and deliberate distortions in the media about the meaning of the group’s name, the members of the organizing committee of Recreate 68, an umbrella organization planning and providing support for demonstrations around the Democratic National Convention, have decided to present the truth about the organization and its obviously controversial name, once and for all.
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May 1st, 2008 strongwindsahead
One of the Nations Most Talented Political Hip-Hop Acts, Dead Prez, Will be Performing Two Benefit Shows for Recreate 68.
Please plan on attending one or both shows:
-All proceeds go to the Free Clinic, Free Meals, and other projects that we will be organizing during the DNC this August.
DEAD PREZ SHOWS:
May 6 - The Fox Theater in Boulder
May 7 - Cervantes in Denver
Doors Open at 8 pm
$20.00 at the Door
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April 25th, 2008 strongwindsahead
Come to DC in June 13-15 to join us for an East Coast Unconventional Convergence. Months before the Republican and Democratic National Conventions we will be hosting a massive training, convergence, and platform for regional consultas for any anti-authoritarian organizers planning to attend the DNC/RNC.
Throughout the weekend we will be working chronologically through the steps of planning and participating in a mass action and demonstration. Contrary to most events like workshops will intentionally run parallel to each other. We recommend you attend with a formal or informal affinity group so you and your friends can be split between the different workshops and report back to each other (please do not let lack of a group discourage you from coming!). Our goals are to provide a structure that will include people of all skill and experience levels. There will be trainings on everything from media to blockading, from legal work to urban guerilla tactics. And for those who consider themselves “too skilled” we would like to remind you that you always have things to learn, share, and of course, PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!
Workshops will be demonstrative as opposed descriptive wherever possible. This means that we will hopefully be building and using blockades instead of just talking about them so we can walk away with a fuller understanding. These same blockades can certainly be deployed on the streets in the Twin Cities and Denver. PRAXIS SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEORY!
There will be a concentrated effort to socialize and meet new people. We will hopefully meet people we didn’t know from our home towns, build connections between close-by cities in our own states, and foster robust lines of communication between states. We will concentrate on the creation of strong, sustainable, networks between many different type of activists. These connections strengthen our organizing power and have practical applications in the streets as we learn how to be effective in groups of five, fifteen, fifty, five hundred, and five thousand. SOLIDARITY OVER SECTARIANISM!
Additionally, please keep in mind that we are a completely unfunded organization. Despite our best efforts to keep costs to a strict minimum we will still need materials for use in demonstrations; (materials that will eventually see time on the streets St. Paul and Denver). This means we need to fund raise in advance of the convergence, so keep abreast of information on pre-registration.
DETAILS:
Date: June 13-15
Location: Washington, DC on the Campus of American University
Cost: $20 with housing, $10 without housing, meals provided
Website: http://ecc.dead-city.org
Contact: dc@unconventionalaction.org
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April 24th, 2008 strongwindsahead
Unconventional Denver has set up a secure account for folks wanting more specific information that could help them planning direct actions to disrupt the DNC. This is a good way to get in touch with folks in denver if your affinity group is looking for specific information for on the ground planning, but don’t have time to come to denver before the DNC. Contact denver logistics at denverlogistics@hushmail.com . This can also be used for any other secure correspondence.
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April 20th, 2008 strongwindsahead
Iraq: Change the Status Quo
A Tent City Teach-in
University of Denver Campus GreenApril 24-25
2000 E Asbury Ave.
duchangethestatusquo@gmail.com
Schedule of Events
Thursday, April 24
5pm: Begin creation of tent city
6pm: Keynote Speaker: Sheila Schroeder, Woodstock West and Student Activism
8pm: Community Interactions – music, slam poetry, and the Soapbox
Overnight: Tent-city campout
Friday
8am: Wake-up
8:30am: Peace March
10am-12:30pm: Workshop Session (topics include peace and non-violence, WMDs and the Middle East, Faith Perspectives)
12:30pm-1:30pm: Break, conversations continue
1:30pm–4 pm: Workshop Session (topics include Discourse and Iraq, the PATRIOT Act, refugees, Tent State)
4pm-5pm: Big Tent gathering and tent-city clean-up
5pm: Keynote Speakers- Carl Bruning: Conservative Anti-War Perspectives- Ibrahim Kazerooni: An Iraqi Perspective
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April 19th, 2008 strongwindsahead
Calling All Anti-Authoritarian/Anarchist People of Color
to network and organize during the pReNC 5.3 in the Twin Cities, MN.
Over the last year anti-authoritarian/anarchist people of color all over the country have felt the desire and urgency to actively support and prepare for the call to action to go “All Out At the DNC.” This call to ction is in solidarity with the American Indian Movement (AIM), the MOVE Organization, and friends and family of Mumia Abu-Jamal for all radicals and progressives to actively resist the Democrats and the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver, CO August 2008. These diverse and strong people of the left are fighting back for the freedom of their families, friends and lovers [Leonard Peltier, Mumia Abu-Jamal, the MOVE 9 and many other oppressed peoples].
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April 19th, 2008 strongwindsahead
*FRIDAY 4/25 PACK THE COURT!*
*10 AM - courtroom 151P in the Denver County Court, 1437 Bannock St,
Denver, CO 80202
*Shareef Aleem, Larry Hales and Melissa Kleinman at Dec. 3 news conference.
*On Nov. 30, 2007 African-American police brutality and anti-war
activist Larry Hales was arrested after 10 cops illegally busted into
his home without a warrant and without permission, physically
attacked him and handcuffed his partner to a chair. He is facing
frame-up charges of “interfering with the police” and faces extended
jail time for being the victim of a police attack.
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April 17th, 2008 strongwindsahead
The Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee announced details for the state delegation welcoming events to be held on Sunday, August 24, just before the four-day Democratic National Convention begins. There will be 24 venues for the 54 state and territorial delegations. Click here to see a map of the welcoming event venues by state.
As in November, when Florida and Michigan delegations were not assigned hotels, they were also not assigned party venues. Both states held primaries early in contradiction to Democratic National Committee rules.
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April 10th, 2008 strongwindsahead
Calling All Radical Trannies, Queers, Anarcha-feminists and Allies,
Especially those in the US West, SouthWest, and Mountains,
We need you
And your fabulous organizational, strategic, and tactical skills
To bash back against the empty promises of democratic party and
mainstream tlgb organizations
Bash Back! is a group of radical TransFolk, Queers, Anarcha-Feminists
and allies. The Bash Back! network’s first major action was a recent
convergence to facilitate radical Queer and Trans organizing against
the Democratic and Republican Party Conventions.
The Bash Back! Convergence saw more than 100 folks gather, from as far
away as New York and San Fransisco, though mostly people were from the
midwest. Folks did a lot of great networking and strategizing, but
necessarily the main focus was midwest regional organizing against the
RNC. Other regions, and DNC-specific organizing, were notably lacking.
This is where we need you to step in.
The Bash Back! Convergence encourages all like minded radical
TransFolk and Queers in other cities to form their own chapter of Bash
Back!
Now is when we need radical Queer and Trans communities from the West,
SouthWest, Mountains, and across this vast land to get organized,
plugged in, and networked.
If we want to have a radical, awesome, and empowering presence at the
Democratic Convention (as well as the RNC), you need to help us bring
it.
This is the time and your community is the place.
-Bash Back!
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