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RNC Video ~ Paula Revere's Ride |
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by FluxRostrum, |
The first video report from the RNC, a colorful patriotic street action mimicking Paul Revere's ride announcing the arrival of the Redcoats. Only this time the cry is "The Republican's are Coming!" and it's not Paul but Paula. An inspirational beginning to what could become the largest mass demonstration in New York's history!
If you haven't already made plans to get to New York it's not too late. The chinatown Bus is only $10 and places to stay can be found both at the housing and UfPJ links above.
From FluxRostrum.... Fluxview. |
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26 Aug 2004
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Filed under: News / Organizing : Politics |
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Maintaining solidarity after the protests: Lessons from 2000 |
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by Matt Borus, mattb (nospam) bostoncoop.net |
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At the last RNC in Philly in 2000, over 400 people were arrested. One was Camilo Viveiros, a Massachusetts housing organizer who faced charges that could have led to 30-40 years in prison. Supporters mounted a strong supuport campaign over the next 3.5 years that led up to his acquittal. This article is not a narrative of that campaign, but an attempt to distill key lessons that may be useful as the RNC in New York approaches. |
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An Assessment of DNC Strategy and Organizing |
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by dfgdfhdfh, |
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So…… Now that the DNC is over perhaps there can be some assessment of the effectiveness of our strategy and organizing. I want to start with the good. It’s clear that logistics came together amazingly. The problem is the people simply didn’t come to take advantage of all the hard work that went into logistics, and there never was a real vision put forth for action. |
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Boston Incubates Decentralized Resistance |
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by @nother @narchist, |
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The City of Boston and Federal Agencies transformed Boston into a totalitarian police state in the days leading up to and during the Democratic Convention of 2004. The organs of oppression prepared for the arrests of 2000. During the weeks leading up to the DNC, the FBI and local police officers harassed dissidents and anarchists across the United States. Naturally, these acts of oppression gave pause to some protesters and the numbers that turned out for the DNC were smaller than expected. Despite this, the resistance to the DNC was a success. The city saw
many decentralized actions, planned and executed by small groups. This new form of organized (or disorganization) was difficult for the police to
infiltrate and many actions took the police by surprise. |
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Revolution or Alienation? |
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by Boston Anarchist, |
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I was at the bazaar today and I've been involved in anarchist organizing for a while. At some point today I started thinking about how the people who weren't involved in the "scene" perceived us. Vangaurdism is for authoritarians; not anarchists. But I think that we're perceived as vangaurdist sometimes. I feel that we've built some strains of a very interesting subculture and movement that is fun to be a part of and that is doing a lot of good work. But I feel like we need to step back a second and think about how our rhetoric, ascetic and project focus/ implementation relates to what we claim to want. For example, does "smash the state" or "up the punx" or half the rhetoric that we use mean anything to anyone outside our own egos? |
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Barbed Wire Over Boston: Strong Police Presence at the Really, Really Democratic Bazaar |
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by Naomi, arche (nospam) riseup.net |
 The green grass of the Boston Common, along with the civil liberties of several thousand people were trampled today by squads of police that continually marched, biked and cycled around and through the peaceful displays of the Really, Really Democratic Bazaar. Under the propagandized shield of "combating terrorism" and "preventing violence", the growing security state seeks to protect itself from the exploding numbers of the disenfranchised that will inevitably rise against it. And on the Boston Common, approximately 2500 people of all flavors celebrated "another world is possible" while ignoring the police. Live music on two stages, free haircuts, free massages, free bikes, and free hugs were just several of the ways people expressed their commitment to the creation of community and the living protest to consumptive living. |
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FBI Intimidation Escalates |
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by Pete Stidman, pstidman (nospam) yahoo.com |
 Anarchists in Four States Harassed
In what seems to be a campaign to intimidate and discourage activists across the country from attending upcoming protests in Boston, New York, and Washington DC, FBI Agents have tracked, intimidated, and questioned over twenty anarchists in Boston, Kansas, Missouri, and Colorado.
FBI agents have given the subjects of these investigations conflicting reasons for the questioning. One agent in Kansas City stated that the agency was worried about the “E.L.F., the A.L.F. and P.E.T.A.” Another in Denver reportedly mentioned the Anarchist Black Cross and asked activists if they planned to engage in “terrorist activities.” Some agents claimed they were investigating the possibility that news trucks may be attacked by radicals, even though the FBI has not even stated whether the information the investigation is based on is credible or not. |
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25 Jul 2004
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Filed under: News / DNC : Human Rights : Organizing |
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The Boston Social Forum: Another World is Possible |
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by S. Eppler, SveaSCA (nospam) Yahoo.com |
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Starting on July 23rd, 2004, thousands of progressive individuals and organizations came together for the 3 day Boston Social Forum (BSF, http://www.bostonsocialforum.org). Following the 2004 model of the World Social Forum that took place in Mumbai, India, the Boston Social Forum is not a platform or an organization, and is, in their words, an “open space… a meeting place for reflective thinking, democratic debate of ideas, formulation of proposals, free exchange of experiences and interlinking for effective action by groups and movements… committed to building a society centered on the human person.” |
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25 Jul 2004
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Filed under: News / DNC : Organizing |
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