Hey Now Kidz,
Have you packed up and are you ready?
This is your chance to shine!
Last minute update to last E-News Flash: ReCreate '68
1. Public Enemy Free Concert
The Re-create 68 Alliance has announced that in addition to free shows by Dead Prez, Rebel Diaz and Blue Scholars, and 22 other influential bands, the historic and legendary political hip-hop band Public Enemy (The original line-up) will be playing a free concert at Civic Center Park on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 2pm which is expected to draw thousands (no tickets necessary).
2. Cindy Sheehan Joins Us in Denver
The Re-create 68 Alliance also announced that anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney and Green Party Vice Presidential candidate Rosa Clemente will be joining their historic line-up of speakers who include Ida Audeh, Kathleen Cleaver, Ward Churchill, Mark Cohen, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., Larry Hales, Larry Holmes, Ron Kovic, Glenn Spagnuolo, Pamela Africa, King Downing, Jenny Esquiveo, Mumia Abu Jamal - Current Political Prisoner (Recorded from Death Row for the DNC), Gloria Estela La Riva, Ricardo Romero, Natsu Saito, Ann Erika White Bird, and others.
3. March and Street Theater in the Freedom Cage
Monday August 25 at 9am, Re-create will be staging a street theater demo at the Freedom Cages. We need your assistants and can explain the details when you arrive. We will be starting at Skyline Park on the 16th Street Mall and head to the Freedom Cages at the Pepsi Center. If you cherish your civil liberties, than you should be apart of this event!
For more information on other speakers and bands, go to www.recreate68.org
4. Last Working Meeting
R-68 will be having their last working meeting this Thursday at 6:30pm at Lincoln Park in front of the State Capitol Building.
5. New Convergence Center
R-68 will be utilizing Civic Center Park as the base of their operations, but we have partnered with Unconventional Action to offer you a convergence center during your stay, the center is open to all and is located at 4301 Brighton Avenue in Denver.
For more information on bands and events please go to www.recreate68.org.
Come Up To Denver Update Too....
Please copy and redistribute this announcement.For a graphical version with VIDEO and PHOTOS, click here:http://www.coloradolegaleagles.org/DNC Police Riot Preview?Activists Declare Zero Tolerance for Poorly-trained and Rogue FederalAgentsContact:Colorado Legal Eagleshttp://www.coloradolegaleagles.org/info@coloradolegaleagles.org[Denver, CO] -- Was the July federal attack on Rainbow peace activists apreview for DNC police riots? Colorado activists are asking Denverofficials to adopt a zero tolerance policy for poorly-trained and roguefederal law enforcement officers who will be providing security at theDemocratic National Convention (DNC) in downtown Denver from Aug. 24through Aug. 28. The Colorado Legal Eagles, a local civil rights group, isasking Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and Colorado Governor Bill Ritter tobegin an investigation into brutal and violent tactics used on July 3 byfederal agents in Wyoming against peace activists in the National Forest,in the hopes of preventing those same tactics from being used against peaceactivists at the DNC. The violent tactics, which injured several adults andchildren, include the shooting of pepper bullets into crowds of women andchildren, pointing semi-automatic rifles at children, and repeatedlytasering a man who was handcuffed.http://www.coloradolegaleagles.org/rainbow/2008/pr1.htmlAttendees of the annual Rainbow Gathering meet every year on the July 4holiday in the national forest to camp, commune with nature, and pray forpeace. This year's Gathering was in southwestern Wyoming near Big Sandy andwas attended by about 6,000 campers. Every year, the U.S. Forest Service(USFS) increases its attempts to disrupt and cause violence at the RainbowFamily's peaceful gatherings. This year's Gathering was no exception andwas almost certainly used by the feds as a training exercise for the DNC.The pathetic examples of crowd control exhibited by these federal agents iseither extremely poor training or done intentionally to provoke the crowd.One incident occurred on July 3 in the Kid Village area of the Gathering,where all the children in the campground play. The incident began whentwelve to twenty federal agents stormed into Kid Village, brandishinghandguns, rifles, shotguns, tasers and pepper bullet guns with the intentto arrest one person for what was later said to be suspicion of marijuanapossession.Panic and terror ensued as the feds stormed Kid Village, which was crowdedwith dozens of campers and children. One woman who tried to ask the agentswhat was going on was brutally thrown to the ground and also arrested. Noone knew why the camp had suddenly been invaded by armed federal agentsSeveral videos posted on the internet show what happened next in detail.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5aed3FHiNchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iinwBq1zxL4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1SL58BHBSc The hundreds of Rainbows in Kid Village try to dispel the tense situationby chanting "Om" (a type of meditation chant with calming effects.).Rainbow cries of "We love you" and "We mean you no harm" directed at thefederal agents are heard.Without any warning whatsoever, several USFS federal agents open fire intothe crowd. Instead of trying to communicate with the crowd and control it,they started firing their guns at close range and at random, using what wasdetermined later to be hard plastic pepper bullets. As the feds retreatedwith the two people they had arrested, they repeatedly opened fire withoutwarning into the crowd, injuring both adults and children, and hitting oneman in the face. There are also reports that the feds used rubber bulletsand that one federal agent pointed his gun at several children and a baby.http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2008/07/05/news/wyoming/b6f13c1e812604148725747d0005a3c0.txtThe agents had no bullhorn and did not try to communicate with the crowd inany way, causing questions on whether or not they intentionally tried toincite the crowd to get angry and violent. Instead, they instantly formed adefensive posture, with guns pointed outward. The only ones who tried tocontrol the crowd were several Rainbow peace activists. Shouts of "Stayback. Stay where you are" are heard from the Rainbows. Several peaceactivists who tried to help by standing as buffers between the federalagents and campers were shot repeatedly with pepper bullets in the back.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvhSGb4AFaUPolice say these relatively new non-lethal weapons are similar to paintballs, however, they are not that innocuous. Photos of injuries caused bythe pepper bullets show just how deadly these weapons are:http://www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/sites/wym08/leos/photos.html"In the days when cops only had guns and shooting people would kill them,they were a lot more careful about using weapons," says Rob Savoye,Colorado Legal Eagles. "Now that they have less than lethal weaponry, thereis nothing to stop them from shooting at people. In fact, because theseweapons are supposedly 'less than lethal', law enforcement is actuallyencouraged to start shooting at people. These weapons are extremely lethal,and the cops need to understand that."Savoye continued, "These videos show the feds weren't sufficiently trainedto deal with the stress of dealing with large crowds of people. They goteasily upset in situations where they shouldn't have. I hope the DNCsecurity force has a lot better training. Like the Rainbows, the DNCprotesters are just people exercising their First Amendment rights andthere is no reason to start shooting at them."Joseph Vigorito, another member of the Colorado Legal Eagles, says, "It'sclear they went in there to inflict pain and hurt people. There was no oneposing any threat whatsoever. The feds were just looking to incite aresponse from the crowd."This is likely to be a preview of what crowd control will look like at theDNC. The USFS federal agents presumably received the same training as thefederal agents who will be controlling the crowds at the DNC. The DNCsecurity is being lead by the Secret Service, with help from the NationalGuard and other federal agencies.At the DNC, federal agents are likely to find themselves in instances wherethey must make an arrest in a crowd of people. Will they handle it the sameheavy-handed way they did in Wyoming, storming into the crowd and shootingat random? Or will they come equipped with bullhorns to communicate withthe crowd and a better tactic to arrest one person in the midst ofthousands?Denver received a $50 million dollar grant for security during the DNC. Ifthe training of the federal agents in Wyoming is any indication of howwell-trained the agents will be during the DNC, we may be in store for arepeat of the "police riots" of the 1968 DNC in Chicago.We are urging concerned citizens to contact Mayor Hickenlooper and GovernorRitter and urge them to have zero tolerance for any police "overreaction"during the DNC:Denver Mayor John HickenlooperPhone: 720-865-9000 (Denver 311)Ask for the Mayor's OfficeE-mail: MileHighMayor@ci.denver.co.us Website: www.denvergov.org/mayorColorado Governor Bill RitterPhone: (303) 866-2471Fax: (303) 866-2003Online feedback formhttp://www.colorado.gov/apps/oit/governor/citizen/assistanceUtility/welcome.jsf---------------------------------------------For more information:http://www.coloradolegaleagles.org/http://www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/sites/wym08/leos/###---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
We are all outlaws in the eyes of Amerika,
Wayward Amerika aka Wayward Bill
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ps: Did I mention that the Democratic National Convention is also taking place. Sounds kinda boring eh! This is your Woodstock and your chance to define your future......
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