Posted on 07/28/2008 7:57:15 PM PDT by keepitreal
A group of anarchists that plans to disrupt the Democratic National Convention is promising to go away if the $50 million federal grant that Denver received to pay for convention security is invested in the community instead.
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Simons said the group's offer to sit out the convention if the city, the federal government and the DNC all agree to "redirect" the $50 million to things like health care is not a publicity stunt.
"We understand that it's farfetched, but it's a sincere offer, and the goal of doing this is to really show what our priorities are," said Simons, who grew up in Boulder and recently returned to the metro area, where he has family, to help plan the group's efforts.
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Should the group's offer be accepted, "they will call off all protests which include street parties, rallies, marches, protesting fundraisers and nonviolent direct action aimed at disrupting what they're calling the 'spectacle of a sham democracy,'" the group said in a statement.
Simons said the group doesn't do demonstrations, which he called a symbolic act to get media attention.
"We're going to physically stand in the way of what's going to happen," he said.
"The anarchists who are interested in confronting the Democratic National Convention are interested in doing more than just marching. We're interested in disrupting the spectacle of the DNC," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at rockymountainnews.com ...
Demanding 50 million fed dollars provided for security be redirected “or else” is extortion. If there is no need for it to be spent for security, it needs to be returned to federal accounts.
This, of course, would reinstate the need for security.
The Romans paid the Goths to leave them alone but the Goths sacked Rome anyway.
Anarchists > Democraps.
If they truly were anarchists, wouldn’t they just ignore their own pronouncements anyway?
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