dnc protests

Activists failed Aug. 25 to levitate the Denver Mint during the Re-Create '68 "Shake your money maker" action, though the group did draw a crowd of about 150. The demonstration was peaceful, but the riot-gear-clad police force surrounded the crowd.

Amnesty International volunteer Jade Dance, right, stands Aug. 24 in Cuernavaca Park by a replica of the prisoner cells used by the U.S. at the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
"If you are six feet or taller you can't actually lay down full length on the bunk," Dance said.

DNC Counter-Convention Highlights
Sun. (8/24)
Theme: End the Occupation Day

*** Always check the website of the group organizing the event to confirm event status. ***

Click here for a Printable PDF file:
http://www.comeuptodenver.org/calendar/highlights.sunday.pdf

9:00 am
End the Occupation Rally
West Steps of State Capitol
200 East Colfax Ave., Denver, CO

Check out some photos we took of Counter-Delegates and Counter-Convention Events, as well as some of the Counter-Terrorist strike forces that have been patrolling the streets of Downtown Denver. If you were in Denver on
Saturday and thought you saw a lot of law enforcement, the Denver Chief of Police says they're "just getting warmed up."
http://www.comeuptodenver.org/photos/08-23/

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Political nostalgia signifies the death knell of the white Left. Denver has been overcome with it.  First it was the slogan "recreate 68" which has received dozens of varying and historically intriguing critiques. Even so, the folks in Recreate 68 made compelling cases for the evocation of that complicated year referring to Paris, May of 68 and a spirit of revolution. While I don't share their analysis, they've made a concerted effort to defend their title and largely I bought their line.

Perhaps, that is, until it excused an even more nostalgic project.