Organizers say 5,000-person march set for RNC first day - respect "diversity of tactics"

St. Petersburg - Tampa Bay Times ^ | August 23, 2012 | Richard Danielson

[Cincinatus' Wife]

An alliance of more than 60 labor, peace, student, immigrant rights, gay and lesbian and other groups says it's ready for a 5,000-person march on the first day of the Republican National Convention.

"There will be nothing that will stop us from marching in the streets to demand good jobs, health care, affordable education, equality and peace and to oppose the party of legitimate rape," said Corey Uhl of the local chapter of Students for a Democratic Society.

...........Protesters are expected to come on buses from as far away as New York, Minnesota, Illinois and the state of Washington, organizers say. The crowd could include more than 700 college students. A member of Occupy Wall Street is expected to arrive with three busloads of demonstrators.

Organizers say the march will be peaceful and contend that any trouble is likely to be started by police.

Asked whether the march will try to prevent anyone from, for example, breaking windows or throwing rocks, march leader Jared Hamil said, "If they break the law, well, it's the law. Whatever the law says."

But Hamil declined to criticize groups that might not follow organizers' plans for a peaceful march with a permit from the city.

"I'm not here to say that anything is a problem," he said. That's because the coalition has adopted a brief set of guidelines, "The Tampa Bay Principles," that emphasize respect "for the diversity of tactics" and a commitment to keeping criticisms of other activists internal to the movement.

"If people choose to do a different type of tactic, we ask that they separate (themselves) by time and space," Hamil said. "What we're doing on Aug. 27 is a permitted peaceful march, and whatever other people decide to do will be done in a different place at a different time."....

[OldEarlGray]

[‘Normal’ people get upset when RELIGION is found in the general discussion of all things American.]

Yeah well, those ‘Normal’ folks lick a pillar of salt.

I don’t feel like be shunted.

[Elsie]

;^)

[PapaBear3625]

At least the Hurricane will arrive in time to wash them.

The current forecast for Monday and Tuesday is for thunderstorms and 22 mph winds. Have fun, OWS! Forecast is for intermittent thunderstorms for the remainder of the week as well.

[PapaBear3625]

Only......historically, the worst protests, violence & destruction happen outside Democrat conventions, far more so than near Republican ones. Don’t know why.

The Repub convention will have a high concentration of CCW holders, in a state with "Stand Your Ground".