Colorado Independent Media Center

After DNC Protesters Rock the Streets They Plan to Rock the Courts
by Ringo Kamens

Today, Glenn Spagnuolo of the Recreate 68 Alliance and Attorney David Lane headed off a press conference announcing a major legal offensive against the city of Denver and the police department for violating the constitutional rights of protesters who came to voice their opinions during the DNC.

The DNC is quickly coming up and that means we need to organize and get ready for what could be the biggest mass action in Colorado's history. Unfortunately, it's only going to be that if you come prepared and bring your friends. Here's how to get connected:

One: Visit recreate68.org and unconventionalaction.org for more information
Two: Start stockpiling supplies for the convention
Three: If you have Facebook, join the following groups and events:
http://hs.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4893988286
http://hs.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4967765348

We wish for anarchists and anti-authoritarians organizing against the DNC to
maintain autonomous organizing structures, so we can initiate and coordinate our
own actions rather than simply reacting to others’ decisions. We should use our
power in a way that complements and supports others in their struggles, but
retain our own infrastructure and decision making. In previous mass actions,
when anarchist and anti-authoritarian efforts have been subsumed into vertically
structured organizing, it has neither benefited us nor, in our opinion, the

Yes we know, a meeting has been long over-due. Our next planning meeting will be next Wednesday, December 5 at 6:30pm. Some agenda items are listed below. If you have never been to an R-68 meeting, all are welcomed and encouraged to come. R-68 has been working hard over the last year to prepare the community for next August, but we can use more help for this large and historic event that will take place at the DNC in Denver in August. Updates for the website will be completed by this weekend, please take a look and don't forget, bring your ideas and creativity to the meeting!