Don't Be Another Brick In The Wall....
Are you between the ages of 18 and 30?
Are you currently wondering what's it all about?
Do you need to connect with people your same age?
Your "Woodstock" is here!
It's called the "
Democratic National Convention."
August 24 ~ August 28
Come to the "Festival of Democracy!"
Age Suitability: None Specified
Open to the public. The Festival of Democracy will include free music and performing arts, free food, and free institution building and political training.The Festival of Democracy will be a five day event running in conjunction with the DNC Convention. The purpose will be to share some fun and to work towards the development of programs and networks that will address our community problems ourselves, without relying on the two party capitalist system. We will also be offering a 24 hour free medical clinic for all community members to receive free health care.
Carpool, take the bus or AMTRAK, hitchike!
Just get here.
We are not offering you 3 days of peace and music.
We are offering you 4 days of
Peace, Phun
Protests,
&
Possibilities For A Better Amerika!
So my challenge to you the Youth of Amerika!
My generation shut down the New State Thruway!
We had 500,000!
Can you shut down I70 from the East amd West of Denver?
I bet there are over a million of you looking for the one event that will be define "your generation!" and "your future!"
Well can't you hear the call,
Come Up To Denver,
No one else can take your place......
See ya on our streets, don't be late.....
Oh yeah, there will be music too!
Wayward Amerika
aka
Wayward Bill
ps; In memory of the Move members who all took the last name "Africa" during their death struggle, our surname should be "Amerika" during the Democratic National Convention!
Re-create 68 Alliance
P.O. Box 6444, Denver, CO 80206
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
6:36am 8/11/2008
CONTACT: Glenn Spagnuolo, 720-771-4669, gspagnuolo@recreate68.org
Jill Dreier, 303-810-7913, planetofslums@gmail.com
Re-create 68 Alliance Announces Their Historic Line-up of Speakers
and Entertainers for the DNC Protest and Colorado's Largest Free Music Concert!
Denver, August 11, 2008 - The Re-create 68 Alliance has announced its long awaited speaker and entertainment list for the DNC in Denver, Colorado spanning from August 23 - 28, 2008. This press release will detail the days and times for this historic speaker list and the 22 music acts that will be participating in one of Colorado's largest free music festivals - the Festival of Democracy.
We apologize for the length of this press release, but this is in response to the hundreds of media requests we have received for this important information. The information will be listed in a daily chronological order.
Saturday, August 23:
Protest Preparations 12pm - 6 pm, Lincoln Park in front of the State Capitol
There will be a series of trainings to prepare protesters for the events of the upcoming week. Trainings are as scheduled:
Session 1:
Training Area 1 Training Area 2
12pm - 1pm Healthy & Safety for Activists Non-Technical Blockades
(Colorado Street Medics) (Re-create 68 Alliance)
1pm - 2pm Logistics Training Self-Defense for Protesters
(Unconventional Denver) (Gumm Mixed Martial Arts)
2pm - 3pm Know Your Rights Drumming for Demos
(People's Law Project) (The Back Bone Campaign)
Session 2:
Training Area 1 Training Area 2
3pm - 4pm Healthy & Safety for Activists Non-Technical Blockades
(Colorado Street Medics) (Re-create 68 Alliance)
4pm - 5pm Logistics Training Self-Defense for Protesters
(Unconventional Denver) (Gumm Mixed Martial Arts)
5pm - 6pm Know Your Rights Drumming for Demos
(People's Law Project) (The Back Bone Campaign)
Sunday, August 24:
End the Occupations/End the War March & Rally 9am - 2pm
West Steps of the State Capitol Building to the Pepsi Center
This will be Denver's largest anti-war, anti-illegal occupations march and rally.
Speakers (Alphabetical):
Ida Audeh - Palestinian Refugee
Kathleen Cleaver - Black Panthers
Ward Churchill - Long-time Author, Activist, and Scholar
Mark Cohen - Re-create 68 Alliance
Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. - Prisoners of Conscience Committee
Larry Hales - World Worker's Party and Re-create 68 Alliance
Larry Holmes - Troops Out Now Coalition
Ron Kovic - anti-war activist, veteran and author of Born On The Fourth of July
Cynthia Mckinney - Green Party United States Presidential Candidate
Glenn Spagnuolo - Re-create 68 Alliance
Bands:
David Rovic - State Capitol Steps, kicking of the rally
N-One and Stickman of Dead Prez - State Capitol Steps, prior to the march
Blue Scholars - Concert at State Capitol, after the march
Jim Page - State Capitol Steps, during the rally
Monday, August 25:
Freedom March and Rally for Human Rights and Political Prisoners, 10am - 2pm Civic Center Park to the Federal Court House
Speakers (Alphabetical):
Pamela Africa - MOVE Organization
American Indian Movement Spokes Person- Leonard Peltier Defense
Rosa Clemente - United States Vice Presidential Candidate for the Green Party
Kathleen Cleaver - The Panther Nine from San Francisco
King Downing - National Coordinator of the ACLU's Campaign Against Racial Profiling
Jenny Esquiveo- Spokesperson for Eric McDavid (Political Prisoner)
Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. - Prisoners of Conscience Committee
Mumia Abu Jamal - Current Political Prisoner (Recorded from Death Row)
Cha Cha Jimenez- Founder of the Young Lords (Puerto Rican Resistance Prisoners)
Ricardo Romero - National Coordinator for the Mexican Liberation Organization
Natsu Saito - Author, Activist, and Human Rights Scholar (Guantanamo Inmates)
Spokesperson for the Cuban Five
Bands:
** Special Guest Band To Be Announced **
Monday, August 25:
Festival of Democracy, entertainment start time - 3pm
Civic Center Park (free concerts)
Bands:
Savage Family - From Illegally Occupied U.S.
Dinigunim - San Diego
DJ Cavem - Five Points, CO
Moetavation - Five Points, CO
DJ Asar Heru - Brooklyn
Karma - Barbados
Whiskey Blanket - Boulder
Midstate Music - Chicago
Dario Rosa - Boulder
Special Guest Speakers and Poets Between Acts
Tuesday, August 26:
Festival of Democracy, entertainment start time - 3pm
Civic Center Park (free concerts)
Bands:
Debajo Del Agua - Denver
DKO-Electric Horns - Denver
Melanie Susuras Band - Denver
Rebel Diaz - Bronx
The Night Kitchen - Boulder
From The Depths - North Carolina
Black Sheep Brigade - Boulder
Special Guest Speakers and Poets Between Acts
Poets for Monday and Tuesday:
Isis, Ladyspeech, Bianca, Lucifury, Allende, Bobby LeFebre (members from Nationally Ranked Slam Nuba Team 2008)
Additional Speakers Throughout the Week:
Deb Sweet - World Can't WaitMason Tyert - SAFER
Timothy Tipton - Rocky Mountain Caregiver's CooperativeBen Manski - Bring the Guard HomeCHOIR - 'Acapella Choir with a conscience' from Oakland/San Francisco
Ramona Africa - MOVE Organization
Tuesday, August 26:
Liberation Soirée at Dazzle, 930 Lincoln St. - 8pm Start Time
A benefit concert and party for the Festival of Democracy. A "No More Politics as Usual" Party.
Bands:
Rhythm Vision - Denver
Rebel Diaz - Bronx
DeeJay SD & K DJ Above
Tuesday, August 26:
Phoenician Kabob Restaurant on Colfax and Ivy, 7pm:
Larry Everest - Author of "Oil, Power and Empire", speaking on "What's Behind the US Threats on Iran, and How Can We Stop Them"
This is a list of bands and speakers. Protest activities will be going on every day, all week. For more information and scheduled activities go to http://www.recreate68.org/.
Come Up To Denver Update
-----------------------------------------------------------------*** See Photos, VIDEO and more News Stories of Peace Bat Demonstration:http://www.yippies.org/-----------------------------------------------------------------Chicago TribuneWashington Bureau: The Swamphttp://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/yippie_peace_bats_up_today_in.htmlYippie: 'Peace Bats' up today in Denver August 10, 2008 9:00 AMBy Mark SilvaThe Yippies are at bat this afternoon in Denver.Or at least a gang calling themselves Yippies Colorado is getting ready tohoist some 42-inch inflatable baseball bats, red, white and blue withobligatory peace symbols. They're planning some "street theater'' for thesort of demonstrations that could come in handy at the Democratic NationalConvention at month's end, they say. Their rallying cry: "Make fun, notwar.''The so-called peace bats are offered as nonviolent alternative to thesticks used to beat back demonstrators at the Democratic NationalConvention in Chicago 40 years ago."If the police used peace bats instead of billy clubs, no one would gethurt and the laughter and merriment that would ensue would be sure tocripple any thoughts of real violence on both sides,'' the group says in astatement. These also should serve as an alternative to the militant groupsthreatening disruptions in Denver, they say: "Most activists want peaceful,nonviolent protests where nobody gets hurt.''"The peace bat allows you to make your point without making a mark," saysPrivate Lee Pat McGroin, "national Yippie trendmonger" for the WesternRegion.Of course, the rhetoric has not been scaled back. Yippie Pieman Aron Kay,of Brooklyn, known for placing pies in the faces of celebrities, suggestsof the convention: "Once again, the rich orgy of affluence tries to give usanother snow job. It's the same regurgitated circus that we get every fouryears, a liberal façade called 'Yippie Presents: America Up for Grabs.' Nomatter what, we still have to take on the bad clowns and the bad circusbeing perpetrated by corporate cartel. Are we Obamanable or will we sufferunder four years of Elmer Fudd McCain?"Feedback:Chicago Tribune435 N. Michigan Ave.Chicago, IL 606111-800-TRIBUNE (1-800-874-2863)ctc-tribletter@tribune.com---------------------------------------------*** See Photos, VIDEO and more News Stories: http://www.yippies.org/---------------------------------------------Rocky Mountain NewsAugust 11, 2008http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/11/yippies-stage-quiet-riot-with-peace-bats/Yippies stage quiet riot near DNC site with 'peace bats' By John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain NewsA quiet "riot" broke out Sunday in front of a convenience store near thePepsi Center, site of the Democratic National Convention, when protesters,police and counter-protesters clubbed one another mercilessly.The incident was over in a matter of minutes. But when a group of reportersand photographers arrived, the fight broke out all over again.This particular battle was waged with "peace bats," inflatable 42-inch red,white and blue baseball bats plastered with bumper stickers that read,"Make Fun, Not War!"As the combatants went at one other, a turntable played a vinyl recordcalled Your Living Bill of Rights - As interpreted by the U.S. SupremeCourt.And while the record spun, a slight breeze animated the wooden figures on awhirligig that featured two stick-figure cops alternating between clubbingand kicking a protester.One of the plastic bat-wielding "cops" was Greg Seaman, a Boulder manwearing a scuffed but authentic Chicago Police uniform.The protesters were self-described Yippies - aiming to poke a little funwith some political street theater. The skit was convincing enough thatsomeone in the store called the real police.When Denver patrolman David Granbery arrived, organizer Laura Krihoexplained that they were Colorado Yippies. "Ever heard of Yippies?" she asked."No. I've heard of hippies," he replied.Kriho added that they were all done. The group started breaking up but notbefore one of them offered Granbery a "Peace Bat."No thanks, he replied. "We're not allowed to accept gifts."Feedback:letters@rockymountainnews.com---------------------------------------------*** See Photos, VIDEO and more News Stories:http://www.yippies.org/--------------------------------------------- ---Provided as a public service by the:Come Up to Denver Coalition"No one else can take your place!"Check out our video of Crosby, Stills and Nash playing "Denver"http://www.comeuptodenver.org/Email: info@comeuptodenver.org
