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Friday, October 21, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
High Plains Register looking for local fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, drama, art and music
This comes from Karen Cotton, one of the editors of LCCC’s literary and arts magazine, High Plains Register:
The magazine is accepting submissions from:
Writers of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, or drama
Arists
Photographers
Musicians
DEADLINE IS OCT. 28
Here are the submission guidelines:
All submissions, up to six per person, must include a cover letter with submitter's contact information.
Writing: Send typed hardcopy or e-mail attached Word document (10 pages maximum each; double space prose)
Artwork and music: Digital files preferred (CD or e-mail attachment)
ALL LCCC student submissions will be eligible for the High Plains Register Award for Best Poem, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Drama, Artwork or Music.
Submissions from the community also encouraged.
Send submissions to:
Liz Jackson
c/o LCCC Arts and Humanities
or e-mail LJackson@lccc.wy.edu
Facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/
The 2012 High Plains Register release and public reading will be noon, Friday April 27, 2012 in the Student Lounge. Call 778-1330 or search for HPR at lccc.wy.edu.
Occupy Cheyenne Oct. 21 at State Capitol
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| This is what I'll be doing on my lunch hour on Friday. |
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Easy to be driven to distraction by UW's "Distracted"
I have a special interest in this play:
DISTRACTED
Oct. 25-29, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 30, 2 p.m.
In the Fine Arts Studio Theatre, UW in
What’s wrong with nine-year-old Jesse? He can’t sit still, he curses, he raps, and you can’t get him into—or out of—pajamas. His teacher thinks it’s Attention Deficit Disorder. The psychiatrist thinks he needs medication. Dad thinks he’s just being a boy. And Mama’s on a quest for answers. Is Jesse dysfunctional, or just different? This Off-Broadway hit by the author of GIRL, INTERRUPTED and THE WAITING ROOM is a fast-paced and disarmingly funny look at “parenting in the age of the Internet and Ritalin.”
DISTRACTED contains language and themes that some might find objectionable.
“Witty and insightful.” — Theatermania
“A smartly comic, sharply observant and surprisingly humane play.” — Associated Press
“...an issue-driven play about parenting and pills that tickles both your brain and your funny bone” — Time OutNew York
“A smartly comic, sharply observant and surprisingly humane play.” — Associated Press
“...an issue-driven play about parenting and pills that tickles both your brain and your funny bone” — Time Out
Wyoming Democratic Party: Dead, or just near death
I have been a member of the Laramie County Democrats since 2004. I've served as secretary and even spent a few trying weeks rewriting the county party's bylaws. I've been to many boring meetings and a few scintillating ones. I've leafletted neighborhoods and waved signs on icy street corners. I've been the precinct guy at the polls. I've represented Laramie County at two state conventions.
It's a pretty good track record. During that time, I have worked for some winning legislative candidates: Lori Millin, Mary Throne, Jim Byrd. I helped Dave Freudenthal win a second term in 2006. We almost claimed Wyoming's lone U.S. House seat for Gary Trauner -- think how much better off we'd be if he had been the one to replace the inept Barbara Cubin. We're now stuck with Cynthia Lummis, one of the 1% (11-richest member of Congress).
The committed few are getting tired and older, just like the state of Wyoming, which has one of the oldest populations in the USA. The party is tired and needs new blood. Money, too, of course. It also needs to fight back against an ingrained Republican Party that's really feeling its oats now that the Tea Party controls its legislative agenda. The 2011 legislative sessions was no picnic. The upcoming session would be worse if it wasn't a budget session. There will be some crazymaking right-wing bills proposed, but not as many as time will be a factor. But those same crazies that gave you The Legislative Nightmare of 2011 will be back in 2013 (most of them). They are out to push women's reproductive rights back into the Stone Age, demonize gays and lesbians, bash teachers, take away your voting rights, water down environmental regulations, eliminate job protections and slash retirement benefits for state workers, and so on.
It seems like a no-brainer. Go vote, people. But Dems don't show up at the polls in large numbers unless there is something very big at stake. We had the exciting Barack Obama and Gary Trauner running in 2008. That might do it in 2012. But the state party has to step up to the plate to recruit and train candidates. Our leaders have to go toe-to-toe with the Republicans on every issue.
There is now another factor at play. Our young people are showing up in the streets at Occupy-style rallies, such as the ones held in Cheyenne, Casper, Jackson and (yes) Pinedale this past weekend. These are just some of the in-state rallies sparked by Occupy Wall Street. These rallies are happening all over the globe. There were some old hands at Occupy Cheyenne on Saturday. But they were outnumbered by people in their 20s and 30s. It's been a long time since I've seen that.
The Occupiers are not going away. They are young and they are pissed, at both Republicans and Democrats. They are angry at me. Not personally, maybe, but at what I represent -- the Baby Boomer cohort which has not left this country a better place for our children and grandchildren. They have no jobs and huge student loan payments. Moreover, the weight from the top 1% is crushing them and their dreams. Most people my age are in the 99%, and we share the views of the younger Occupiers. But we are also symbols of the wretched excess of the 1980s and 1990s that mortgaged their future.
Something to think about as you read the following fund-raising letter from Chuck Herz, chair of the WY Democratic Party. To be fair, Chuck has spoken out loudly against some of the worst transgressions of WY Republicans. He knows that there are more voices like his that need to be heard. But the Dems need much more than fund-raising pleas. They need reasons to respond to them.
It's a pretty good track record. During that time, I have worked for some winning legislative candidates: Lori Millin, Mary Throne, Jim Byrd. I helped Dave Freudenthal win a second term in 2006. We almost claimed Wyoming's lone U.S. House seat for Gary Trauner -- think how much better off we'd be if he had been the one to replace the inept Barbara Cubin. We're now stuck with Cynthia Lummis, one of the 1% (11-richest member of Congress).
The committed few are getting tired and older, just like the state of Wyoming, which has one of the oldest populations in the USA. The party is tired and needs new blood. Money, too, of course. It also needs to fight back against an ingrained Republican Party that's really feeling its oats now that the Tea Party controls its legislative agenda. The 2011 legislative sessions was no picnic. The upcoming session would be worse if it wasn't a budget session. There will be some crazymaking right-wing bills proposed, but not as many as time will be a factor. But those same crazies that gave you The Legislative Nightmare of 2011 will be back in 2013 (most of them). They are out to push women's reproductive rights back into the Stone Age, demonize gays and lesbians, bash teachers, take away your voting rights, water down environmental regulations, eliminate job protections and slash retirement benefits for state workers, and so on.
It seems like a no-brainer. Go vote, people. But Dems don't show up at the polls in large numbers unless there is something very big at stake. We had the exciting Barack Obama and Gary Trauner running in 2008. That might do it in 2012. But the state party has to step up to the plate to recruit and train candidates. Our leaders have to go toe-to-toe with the Republicans on every issue.
There is now another factor at play. Our young people are showing up in the streets at Occupy-style rallies, such as the ones held in Cheyenne, Casper, Jackson and (yes) Pinedale this past weekend. These are just some of the in-state rallies sparked by Occupy Wall Street. These rallies are happening all over the globe. There were some old hands at Occupy Cheyenne on Saturday. But they were outnumbered by people in their 20s and 30s. It's been a long time since I've seen that.
The Occupiers are not going away. They are young and they are pissed, at both Republicans and Democrats. They are angry at me. Not personally, maybe, but at what I represent -- the Baby Boomer cohort which has not left this country a better place for our children and grandchildren. They have no jobs and huge student loan payments. Moreover, the weight from the top 1% is crushing them and their dreams. Most people my age are in the 99%, and we share the views of the younger Occupiers. But we are also symbols of the wretched excess of the 1980s and 1990s that mortgaged their future.
Something to think about as you read the following fund-raising letter from Chuck Herz, chair of the WY Democratic Party. To be fair, Chuck has spoken out loudly against some of the worst transgressions of WY Republicans. He knows that there are more voices like his that need to be heard. But the Dems need much more than fund-raising pleas. They need reasons to respond to them.
The newspapers are already declaring our time of death. Last week the Wyoming Tribune Eagle even published an obituary for Wyoming Democrats.
It might sell newspapers, but we know Wyoming Democrats are far from dead.
Show them that we're alive by pledging your support today.
The Republicans are spending their time abusing stimulus funds and keeping unemployment benefits from out-of-work Wyomingites. We're hitting the pavement and recruiting candidates across the state to change business as usual in Wyoming.
Contribute today and show we're fighting back!
In states across the country Republicans are making it tougher, even impossible, for Americans to cast their votes; we saw this in Wyoming on the Wind River Indian Reservation. Wyoming Democrats are fighting to make sure every vote gets counted and respected.
Pledge today and strengthen the Democratic Party in your community!
I know I'm not dead and I know you're not either.
Democratically, Chuck
Chuck Herz
Chair, Wyoming Democratic Party
PS: We are stronger when we stand together. Stand with Democrats across Wyoming by contributing today.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Kos Katalogue: Call for artists, crafters, authors
The holidays are coming! Here's a great way to find -- and buy from -- like-minded artists. Find out how to submit your handmade/homemade work to Kos Katalogue
From Salon: Occupy Wall Street: Poster smackdown
Newark Star-Ledger art critic Dan Bischoff rates some of the best-known of the Occupy Wall Street posters on Salon. Bischoff is the former national political editor for the Village Voice and a blogger for The Nation. See a slide show with commentary at Occupy Wall Street: Poster smackdown. The one pictured above is his favorite for these reasons:
Bischoff says that this poster -- his favorite -- is successful in conveying the fact that "this is a uniquely male crisis, with a female response." The influence and involvement of female protesters in the OWS movement, he says, is "inconceivable in Vietnam or any other protest period"; "it's not that there are more women, but that they're equals of the men," he adds. "[And that] complicates the control problem for the police."
Occupy Cheyenne 10/15/11 photo album
 Leah Zegan (left) and Ashlee Redig carrying signs across Lincolnway in Cheyenne.  |
| Mike Shay and Ken McCauley at Occupy Cheyenne. FYI -- Ken's sign reads "The middle class is too big to fail." |
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| Forrest King invokes Proverbs at Occupy Cheyenne |
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| Kids on boot at Depot Plaza -- and Linda Coatney reminds us to occupy the polls on the next election day |
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| Dominic Syracuse rallies the crowd at Occupy Cheyenne |
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| One of the 89 Occupy Cheyenne participants bring up the inconvenient truth about oilfield fracking |
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| "People over profit" |
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| From left to right (oldest to youngest?): WY public worker; David Dibble wearing his Wisconsin Solidarity T-shirt (and carrying the flag); Sioux who works three jobs and still can't support herself -- covering Occupy Cheyenne for Firedoglake; and a very good sign maker. |
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| Cool signage at Depot Plaza |
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| Rev. Rodger McDaniel |
Friday, October 14, 2011
WY Dems Dead? Not yet (perhaps)
The story thus far.
Lifelong Dem, former WY Dem legislator, social activist and ordained minister Rodger McDaniel wrote an op-ed that appeared in today's Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. In it, he sounds the death knell for the Wyoming Democratic Party. Rodger has posted this first on his blog, at which time I made a few comments about it.
Apparently, e-mails and letters and FB posts have been flying fast and furious today. I missed it all, due to a full work schedule and my occasional cluelessness.
Ken McCauley, unsuccessful candidate for WY Legislature in 2010, vice chair of the Laramie County Dems and former A-10 Warthog driver, responded. I volunteered for Ken in 2010. He's a dogged campaigner and not one to give up on a cause. I like what he has to say in this response. He's not ready to bail on the WY Dems, but he has his frustrations -- as all of us do.
Here's his communique:
Lifelong Dem, former WY Dem legislator, social activist and ordained minister Rodger McDaniel wrote an op-ed that appeared in today's Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. In it, he sounds the death knell for the Wyoming Democratic Party. Rodger has posted this first on his blog, at which time I made a few comments about it.
Apparently, e-mails and letters and FB posts have been flying fast and furious today. I missed it all, due to a full work schedule and my occasional cluelessness.
Ken McCauley, unsuccessful candidate for WY Legislature in 2010, vice chair of the Laramie County Dems and former A-10 Warthog driver, responded. I volunteered for Ken in 2010. He's a dogged campaigner and not one to give up on a cause. I like what he has to say in this response. He's not ready to bail on the WY Dems, but he has his frustrations -- as all of us do.
Here's his communique:
In today's Wyoming Tribune-Eagle is an op-ed the paper pulled from Rodger McDaniel's blog. The Tribune-Eagle entitled the piece "Wyo. Dems write their own obit.”
The WT-E does not have the article on their website. It is posted on Rodger's blog here: http://blowinginthewyomingwind.blogspot.com/2011/10/wyoming-democratic-party-1890-2011.html
There are several ways to take this article.
Ignore it -- which sadly I think many will, and this is a mistake.
Become angry and consider it a rant. Again this is a mistake.
Take this as a plea, a call for help, a call for leadership.
That is my take on the article. There are many in our party who know the Democrat/liberal cause is still vitally important, but we've become silent. We aren't dead yet, but a doctor would say we have a very faint pulse and would hook up a defibrillator. the monitor shows that here in Wyoming we are almost flatlined.
Many of our base members have expelled their last breath. We've seen staunch liberals leave the party. Many believe the party itself has given up the fight. They need to know there's still a reason to hang on. They need someone by their bedside calling their voice. And maybe now, they need a jolt of electricity and a shot of adrenaline to get them going -- to wake them up.
This article is that plea from our party -- not just from one person.
Should we just let them give up? I think not, but we need to realize that they are the life of this party, and we need every last breath we can hang on to.
As the leadership of this party, it is OUR JOB to feed the organization and to give it exercise and a cause to go on. As parent, we all know that we set the tone for the family. If the parents are inactive, the child most likely will be too. If we don't communicate, most likely the children won't either. We need to be more active, more open, more aggressive, assertive, and vocal. We need our children to know we are alive!
This article from Rodger isn't a negative article -- it is a plea. Consider it a call to the party's suicide hotline. Someone has just called -- will we hang up, or will we motivate and encourage them to hang on and show them that there is a reason to live?
Sincerely,
Ken McCauley, Vice Chair, Laramie County Democrats
Occupy Cheyenne Mike vs. Tea Party Slim
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| Tea Party Slim, or someone who looks a lot like him |
I might have had a better reaction had I slapped his face with a cutthroat trout.
"Occupy Cheyenne?" he harrumphed.
"One and the same," I said.
He rose to his full height and demanded: "You have been making fun of my Tea Party sympathies since April 2009, is that correct?"
I had to admit that he was correct.
"You have been making fun of the woefully misspelled signs of my brethren and sistren."
"Check," I said. " 'Get a clue, morans' was one of my favorites."
"You have been running photos of those signs, and ones that have equated Obama with Hitler, for at least two years."
He had me. "Yes," I said.
"You have called us Know Nothings."
"Check," I said.
"You have called us rednecks."
"I did that once. I lost my head."
"You have said that we were the unwitting dupes of the Koch Brothers and other right-wing billionaires."
"True," I said.
Slim started at me. I stared back. It was one of those classic Cheyenne stand-offs. Finally, Slim asked: "Would I be welcomed at your rally?"
"It's not a rally so much as an occupation," I said.
Slim looked at me with uncomprehending eyes.
"Let's just call it a rally."
I looked at Slim. "Possibly your demeanor but not your age." I added: "My wife and I were some of the oldest folks at Occupy Denver last Saturday. Not a single person mocked us. We got the stink-eye a couple times, but it might have been due to seasonal allergies."
Slim nodded. "That's an old problem with stink-eye."
"Will you join us?" I asked. "You are the 99 percent."
"I suppose I am," Slim said, "although not in a Liberal Democrat Pinko Commie sort of way."
A stillness descended on the scene.
"If we worked together, do you think we could spark some real change?" This was Slim's question.
I wasn't so sure. But I sought an answer. "Couldn't hurt," I said.
We reached a compromise. I would hold (briefly) Slim's "Ron Paul 2012" sign. He would hold (briefly) my hand-lettered sign that read: "We are WY public workers. We are the 99%."
It was a start...
P.S.: Occupy Cheyenne takes place from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, on the north side of the Depot Plaza in downtown Cheyenne. Starting at 10 a.m. that day, the UU Church is holding a sign-making workshop. I gleefully look forward to the workshop as my protest signs are woefully inadequate. See you there.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Demtoberfest Oct. 15 in Laramie
Looks like a fun event to add to the Gorby speech 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Auditorium-Arena, basketball madness Friday night, the homecoming parade Saturday morning with historian Phil Roberts as grand marshal and football on Saturday afternoon. Homecoming weekend in Laramie!
Cool vid from Occupy Denver's Oct. 8 rally
There are at least two people I know in this time-lapse vid
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Nancy sends us all the news about OWS-Wyoming that's fit to print
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| Nancy Sindelar (left) at Occupy Casper last Saturday |
Nancy notes in her latest-mail newsletter that “Occupy Wall Street has taken hold here in Wyoming, with five actions planned in the next week.” She also points out a link to the new OWS manifesto: http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/special-comment-keith-reads-first-collective-statement-of-occupy-wall-street
Occupy actions will take place in Jackson both Saturday and Sunday. Those in Casper, Cheyenne and Laramie are on Saturday only. A sign-making party is also planned for Cheyenne but no definitive info yet.
Here’s what we know right now:
Here’s what we know right now:
Thursday, October 13th, Jackson: Sign-making party for Occupy Wall Street event this Saturday. 7 PM, Factory Studios.1255-A Gregory Ln. Info: http://www.facebook.com/groups/242236869158039; http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/Jackson-WY.
Saturday, October 15th, Casper: Occupy Wall Street, week two. A hundred showed up in the rain and wind last Saturday and more are expected this week. Bring signs, kids, friends & neighbors. Noon, Pioneer park, Center & B Sts. Info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=286254034738100&ref=ts; http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/Casper-WY. Free.
Saturday, October 15th, Cheyenne: Occupy Wall Street, demand a fairer distribution of wealth. Noon, Depot Plaza. Support not only of the Wall Street demonstrators but for the 99% of Wyomingites who are not being heard. Bring creative signs. Info: http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/Cheyenne-WY/388492; http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Cheyenne/188084631268023; Roger McDaniel at http://facebook.com/rodger.mcdaniel.
Saturday, October 15th, Jackson: Occupy Wall Street for anyone who is fed up with the way our government is no longer representing the 99%, instead siding with corporate greed. Noon, Town Square, W. Deloney & N. Jackson Sts. Info: http://www.facebook.com/groups/242236869158039; http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/Jackson-WY
Saturday, October 15th, Laramie: The corrupt banks and their bought politicians hurt 99% of Americans. So come stand up for what needs to be done to change the system. County Courthouse, north side, 526 E Ivinson Ave. Info: http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/Laramie-WY/384552. (I'm assuming this is noon.)
Sunday, October 16th, Jackson: Occupy Wall Street We are the 99%. Please bring your friends, family, signs, folding chair, spirit and join us for this peaceful protest. Noon, Town Square, W. Deloney & N. Jackson Sts. Info: http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/Jackson-WY/393072. Free.
If you are aware of a progressive-oriented event in your community, please send it directly to Nancy sindynan@juno.com. You can also sign up to get the newsletter by contacting Nancy via e-mail.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Just what is "the people's mic?"
Van Jones of "Rebuild the Dream" addressing the Occupy Wall Street General Assembly Friday evening. This video clip also came with an explanation of “the people’s mic” process used at these assemblies:
In case you’re wondering why everyone in the audience repeated everything Van says, they are using something called “the people’s mic” to ensure the audience hears every speaker at the General Assembly. There is no electric PA system in place because of noise concerns, and with the hustle and bustle of Manhattan all around, the noise would ordinarily drown out a speaker.
The speaker says a sentence or phrase, and those closest to him or her repeat it. The next closest repeat the first ring, spreading the speaker’s words out in concentric circles through the audience.
Because there’s such an intense focus on making sure that the speaker is heard, there’s little clapping or cheering during a speech. Instead, folks in the crowd raise their hands and wiggle their fingers to give a visual cue of their approval, and cross their arms firmly over their chest to show disapproval.
It’s an ingenious system that allows everyone to hear no matter how far they are from the speaker. The act of participation also keeps everyone’s focus on what is being said throughout the speech.
Our unions getting behind Occupy movement
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| Meg Lanker-Simons at Occupy Casper. Her union supports Occupy Wall Street. I wonder about mine, SEIU. Meg is one of my co-panelists (with Jaren Artery) for the presentation "Snarky Slacktivists of Online Outlaws: Leftie Bloggers in Red-State Wyoming" at the John R. Milton Writers' Conference Oct. 27-29 in Vermillion, S.D. |
For Occupy movements, "the point is to speak out, be heard and shed frustration in public"
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| Occupy Denver: Man in a hat reads his words and we amplify them |
Occupy Wall Street is but three weeks old and Occupy sites are sprouting across America. I was at Occupy Denver yesterday to observe and to understand. I was fairly successful with the former and only partially successful with the latter. As I was casting about the web this morning, I came across some columns by Kevin Pinner on death + taxes out of Minneapolis. Minneapolis is a great alternative media city, a progressive city with a strongly Democratic mayor who supports Occupy Minneapolis. As Pinner points out, this outspoken stance is something that Occupy Wall Street lacks, as Mayor Bloomberg is obviously a charter member of the 1% (twelfth richest person in America) and a staunch apologist for Wall Street.
Still, this movement originated on the streets of Wall Street and not on Hennepin Avenue in the Twin Cities or Colfax Avenue in the Mile High City or Center Street in the Oil City of Casper, Wyo. When people gather in those places, they are taking their cue from OWS but it actually originates from a deeper place. Here’s how Pinner describes the many street protests in Greece:
Their causes are diverse, as are the people, which works for them, and can work for Occupy movements, too. The point is to speak out, be heard, and shed frustration in public, where the powers that be can digest it, where police can misbehave: that is part of the non-violent strategy’s power.
I felt that power yesterday in Denver. The point is to speak out, be heard and shed frustration in public. I wasn’t prepared for this. When Chris and I arrived on the State Capitol grounds, people were voicing concerns that covered a thousand topics: Unemployment, income inequality, expensive wars, bloated student loans, Wall Street, and so on. Each phrase that was uttered was repeated by the multitudes. At first that seemed redundant, even silly, until I realized that the speaker was counting on us to serve as his/her megaphone. One young woman spoke about her mom who worked two jobs to feed her and her sister. We all repeated her story loudly and suddenly her words were floating in the humid air above the state’s capitol building. Her story might drop into the consciousness of legislators as they enter the building to do business this coming week. We now knew her story and we might be carrying her story back to our towns and even writing about it on our blogs as I’m doing right now.
I am a veteran of many protests in rallies dating back to Vietnam. I am jaundiced and jaded. When I go to a protest, and because I am a Democrat, I expect to be harangued by an endless array of union reps, anti-war activists, aging Civil Rights marchers, lean-and-mean environmentalists, AIDs activists and so on. These are causes I believe in. These are causes that most Democrats believe in. In fact, the last time I was at a rally on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol, it was the Sunday before the start of the Democratic National Convention in August 2008. Speakers that day included Ron Kovic, Cindy Sheehan and Eldridge Cleaver’s widow. After the third speaker, my brain was fried. I went over to see what the counter-protestors were doing, hoping for some comic relief. I also visited with the young people crafting the puppets for that morning’s march. Later, the permitted march of about 1,000 souls got underway with a Denver Police escort.
The most important protest of the DNC convention happened on Wednesday. Rage Against the Machine played for a large crowd. The band then teamed up with members of Iraq Veterans Against the War to lead an impromptu march to the convention center. It was a non-permitted march. The L.A. Chief of Police had warned the Denver Chief of Police to expect violence if Rage Against showed up. But the Denver Police took a different approach. They provided an escort for the non-permitted march by 3,000 fired-up young people. If I remember correctly, there were a few pot arrests but nothing serious. I was inside the convention hall, blogging from my seat. I should have been outside covering the march.
But in these “Occupy” days, it isn’t the march that is important. The people speak. Their words are amplified by the rest of us. In this way, we hope to bring about change that we all can believe in.
Read a sampler of Kevin Pinner’s “Occupy” columns here and here.
Read a sampler of Kevin Pinner’s “Occupy” columns here and here.
Saturday, October 08, 2011
Occupy Casper: "Honk if You Share Your Toys!
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| From Meg Lanker's tumblr site: At Occupy Casper, Kaylee reminds us to share. |
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