Posted on 04/13/2024 8:32:39 PM PDT by Salman
Progressive activist groups from across the country are preparing to protest outside the Democratic National Convention “with or without permits” come August.
Coalition leaders have attested their right to be within “sight and sound” of the convention’s center stage at the United Center, citing First Amendment rights in a federal lawsuit filed last month. On Saturday, leaders reaffirmed their commitment to be heard outside the DNC, despite the city’s denial of protest permits closer to the convention’s site.
A couple of hundred people representing 78 activist organizations gathered Saturday for a day-long “working conference” hosted by the March on the DNC coalition to organize fundraising, communications and logistics for the months ahead before top Democratic politicians arrive in Chicago. While support for a ceasefire in Palestine is the unifying cause, the coalition includes representatives from dozens of causes, including reproductive rights, labor rights, and immigrant and undocumented persons rights.
“We’ll be marching with or without permits. This DNC is the most important one since 1968, also in Chicago when Vietnam War protesters and the black liberation movement organized mass demonstrations that were violently repressed,” said Hatem Abudayyeh, executive director of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, at a coalition conference Saturday on the Near West Side to organize protest efforts. “The march on the DNC will be the largest mobilization for Palestine in the history of the city.”
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And that's even not counting the ordinary criminals who will be running loose on all those targets of opportunity.
And it will be televised. (smirk)
This is going to be fun!
Hoping for some retro hickory shampoos and sidewalk sandwiches.
But as it was, in 1968, many protestors SHALL be TRAINED for this one.
I actually stumbled upon Abbey Hoffman and that ilk TRAINING a large gaggle of MORONS being TRAINED, in Central Park,by accident, one Saturday, in the summer of '68, on my way to somewhere else. So when they were in Chicago and the newsmen were claiming that it all was "just a spontaneous reaction". I KNEW that that was a LIE!
“Hoping for some retro hickory shampoos and sidewalk sandwiches.”
It was wonderful TV watching the first time. Sadly, it won’t happen again.
“This is a movement, I’m telling you. They’re not going to stop. And everyone beware, because they’re not going to stop. They’re not going to stop before Election Day in November, and they’re not going to stop after Election Day. And that should be — everyone should take note of that, on both levels, that they’re not going to let up, and they should not, and we should not.” - Kamala-la-la-la Harris
And Michael Brown's stepfather Louis Head ...
“Burn this mother(effer) down! Burn this bitch down!” - Louis Head
If Chicago is smart, the Chicago Fire Department water cannons will be out in force!
But, is Chicago smart enough or have the will power to use them on Antifa and BLM rioters?
Are they taking donations? I remember in 2020 pallets of bricks would show up where riots were planned. I’d happily pop for a pallet myself
Or a visit from Mr. Taser. Perhaps a little spicy air.
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free speech zones... right???
Got my popcorn order in. That and a case of Shiner Bock.
Let The Games BEGIN!
Muslims. What a surprise.
Some enterprising individuals need to have a few pig roasts going in the vicinity during the DNC.
I absolutely cannot wait for the show to start.
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Not popcorn.
Bacon.
Hmmmmm.... there’s an idea. Sprinkle bacon bits all over the sidewalks in the areas.
Get pork lard and smear it on the sidewalks.
For the benefit of those who weren't alive yet:
Since most will be Dems, the cops will be told to stand down - no matter how much damage they cause...
“many protestors SHALL be TRAINED for this one.”
They don’t need training to cry and wet their pants. It’s what they do naturally.
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