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September 9th, 2008 Maeve Conran
153 people were arrested during protests at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Glen Spagnuolo with the Recreate 68, the group who organized many of the DNC protests, says that police violated protesters civil liberties and they are planning litigation.
September 9th, 2008 Jim Banks
The Denver Police Department released a 7 page budget document on Friday, outlining the costs of policing the Democratic National Convention. Included in the budget was more than $10 million to pay for officers from other jurisdictions, $111,000 for riot gear turtle suits and over $650,000 for ballistic helmets. Jim Banks followed the protests on the streets of Denver and at the Freedom Cage during the DNC. He found the Freedom Cage to be virtually empty most days, as protesters were kept out of sight of delegates attending the convention, so most decided to stay away.
As the Democratic National Convention drew to a close Jim Banks hatched a plan to help the city of Denver pay for the money it spent policing the empty Freedom Cage.
August 30th, 2008 KGNU Staff
August 29th, 2008 Tim Correll
KGNU reporter Tim Correll followed the Immigrant Rights parade to a rally at Lincoln Park.
August 29th, 2008 Maeve Conran
Mark Silverstein, legal director of the Colorado ACLU reacts to the policing of the DNC, the massive police presence and the arrests of the protesters.
August 27th, 2008 Tim Correll
Vietnam veteran and peace activist Ron Kovic, joined IVAW on their march to the Pepsi Center on Wednesday afternoon.
August 27th, 2008 Maeve Conran
On Wednesday, members of Iraq Veterans Against the War, in full military formation lead a peace protest that included GI resistance, Military Families Speak Out and Vietnam veteran and peace activist Ron Kovic, as well as thousands of peace protesters.
August 27th, 2008 Grace Hood
KGNU’s Grace Hood talks to anti-war activists from the Recreate 68 group as they try to levitate the Denver Mint Monday.
August 26th, 2008 Maeve Conran
August 26th, 2008 KGNU Staff
August 26th, 2008 Tony Robinson
KGNU’s Tony Robinson reports live from downtown Denver where Hillary Clinton supporters marched today to demonstrate their faith in their candidate.
August 26th, 2008 Jim Banks
Riot police pepper sprayed a crowd of about 200 people in Denver on Monday night. Police had ordered crowds to disperse from Civic Center Park and then blocked them before they could get to the 16th Street Mall. Pepper spray was sprayed into the crowd which included bystanders. KGNU’s Jim Banks spoke with one bystander.
August 26th, 2008 Maeve Conran
About 100 people were arrested in down town Denver last night as riot police sprayed pepper spray into a crowd they were trying to disperse. Vietnam veteran and peace activist Ron Kovic came to the scene and attempted to de-escalate the situation by addressing the protesters.
August 26th, 2008 KGNU Staff
Courtesy of American News Project.
August 25th, 2008 Sam Fuqua
An “Agent Provocateur” is a person employed by the police or other law enforcement body to act undercover and entice or provoke another person to commit an illegal act. The history of non-violent protest movements in the United States includes evidence of many provocateurs. One such history lesson comes from Denver and the memory of Walter Gerash. He’s practiced law in Denver for over 50 years…and represented many high profile protesters, including Black Panthers, the Chicano rights group Crusade for Justice and the Dominican nuns who poured their blood on a nuclear missile silo in Colorado. Gerash says the memory of provocateurs in Denver has him expecting similar actions during the Democratic National Convention. He spoke with KGNU’s Sam Fuqua.
August 25th, 2008 Maeve Conran
Activist and organizer with Recreate 68 says that the heavy police presence during the DNC is the main reason for low protester turn out. He spoke Monday with KGNU’s Maeve Conran about the lower than expected turnout to protests at the DNC.
See the video of this interview here.
August 20th, 2008 CoyoteJ
Coyote is a
sometimes playful,
sometimes foolish,
sometimes wise,
archetypal figure
who often
gets into trouble.
Coyote news from the front……
Coyote drove by the Pepsi Center protest area (freedom cage) today, and things are not good. This Coyote believes that, given all the media, the location of the protest area is reasonable. Some may disagree. But the big problem is not the location, but the enormous tent standing between the protest area and the Pepsi Center. This is very bad news. This tent is so big that you can barely see the Pepsi Center from the protest area. Oh boy.
Coyote can clearly see what is coming. Thousands of young people will march many miles to the freedom cage, and when they get there, no Pepsi Center. No chance to be seen. Just fences and police. This will increase the protester’s sense of isolation, and greatly increase their anger. What a tremendous blunder by the city, and what a senseless provocation. Things will be tense enough anyway. This great white tent will make things much worse.
What we seek to isolate always break loose. Can nobody see this? What is the city thinking? Coyote wonders, why aren’t they thinking?
CoyoteJ is a Jungian oriented psychotherapist in private practice in Denver, who is very interested in the psycho dynamics of how groups work, and how groups like the police and protesters will function in the passionate environment of the Democratic national Convention. To see more Coyote’s thoughts, check out his blog at CoyoteJ.blogspot.com.
August 19th, 2008 Maeve Conran
Performance artist Sharon Hayes will gather 100 people at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions to read a text in unison addressing political desire and romantic love as part of Creative Time’s summer-long, national public art initiative Democracy in America: The National Campaign. Her piece is called “Revolutionary Love: I Am Your Worst Fear”. She spoke with KGNU’s Norman Strizek.
August 19th, 2008 Maeve Conran
Activists planning protests at the Democratic National Convention, are outraged at the new arrestee processing center, being set up in a warehouse on Steele Street in Denver, to hold those arrested during the DNC. The warehouse contains wire cages with barbed wire on top. Members of Recreate 68 and other protest groups, held a press conference at the location last Friday to express their opposition to the facility.
August 18th, 2008 Maeve Conran
Immigrants rights advocates and other social justice groups are taking part in a march to call for Immigrants Rights on Thursday, August 28th, in Denver, during the Democratic National Convention. Tony Robinson spoke with Gabriela Flora and Sarah Gill with the Colorado American Friends Service Committee about their work around immigrant rights as well as the reasons why they are participating in the immigrant rights rally on Thursday, August 28th.
