The day began early with an “Immigrants’” Rights protest. The protest was even more pro-amerikan and pro-integrationist than usual. In Denver, there are a number of pro-establishment Chicano groups. These groups often function to channel potential for revolutionary energy into dead-ends like voting for the Democrats or joining community organizations, etc. In this case, they [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 29, 2008
Day 4, DNC Protests
Today was the Rage Against the Machine concert followed by an anti-war march led by Iraq Veterans Against the War. Both were held under the umbrella of The Alliance for Real Democracy, which composed of a number of more liberal groups which split from Recreate ‘68 some months back. We heard the march was being [...]
August 28, 2008
Alex Jones: a ranting white-populist crackpot with a fan base
Crazy Al pissed us off by circulating the lies that a) we planned on throwing urine and blood at cops during the DNC, b) we were the behind the scenes ringmasters of Recreate ‘68, and c) that are government black op bent on inciting violence during the DNC.
Well, actually it didn’t piss us off that [...]
August 26, 2008
R68, anti-DNC Day 1 and 2 quick reports
RAIM was a participant in the Recreate 68 Alliance formed to organize protests against the DNC. RAIM participated the R68 meetings going back over 6 months, aided with security at the events, and-as usual- did our own thing. Despite differences in politics with the many individuals and groups, and some internal antagonisms within the organizing [...]
August 24, 2008
RAIM-Denver’s DNC Events Schedule
Below is a schedule of the main protest events and actions during the Democratic National Convention. Far from being complete, this schedule is limited to those which either RAIM is participating on some level or those which we feel are otherwise noteworthy.
[This is a limited online edition of our schedule. A fuller one will be [...]
August 21, 2008
Your Playstation Has Real Blood On It
Your Playstation Has Real Blood On It
(raimd.wordpress.com)
There has been recent interest in the news lately on a report by the liberal activist group Toward Freedom around what has been dubbed the “Playstation War.” It describes how the demand for a key metal used in the Sony Playstation 2 video game console was a driving force [...]
August 19, 2008
DNC Protest Poster and Public Enemy
RAIM’s nifty DNC protest poster:
PDF version
Also, Recreate ‘68 today announced that Public Enemy will be playing a free concert on Tuesday at 2pm at Civic Center Park.
August 19, 2008
It’s Not Easy Being Green: The White Nationalism of the Colorado Greens
The White Nationalism of the Colorado Greens
There has been much news as of late of the reaction of the Colorado Green Party to the stances of their presidential and vice presidential candidate ticket, Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente. For the treasonous act of attending events by Recreate 68 during the Democratic [...]
August 13, 2008
Speaker and Music Highlights for the DNC
Recreate ‘68 released their list for speakers and musical acts during the DNC.
Included are speakers such as Ricardo Romero from the Mexican National Liberation Movement, Kathleen Cleaver from the Black Panther Party, Fred Hampton Jr., Pamela Africa from MOVE, and Cha Cha Jimenez from the Young Lords Party. Other speakers include Ward Churchill, Ramona [...]
August 5, 2008
“The North-South Division”
The following is an excerpt from a essay titled The Socialist Project in a Disintegrated Capitalist World, written by Greek writer Arghiri Emmanuel in 1976.
The North-South division
It is largely accepted today that development and under-development are not autonomous and juxtaposed phenomena which can be examined each within its own terms, but that they are phenomena [...]
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