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A group planning to bring 50,000 anti-war demonstrators here for the Democratic National Convention might get to pitch tents in City Park, but they could be knocking on doors for a place to sleep or take a shower. The city issued an assembly permit in the southwest corner of the park for Tent State University to bring a tribe of college kids from across the country for an "alternative university" Aug. 24-28. "Come to Denver to end a war!" While the city said the permit is for "approximately 20,000 participants," chief Tent State organizer Adam Jung said he dreams of...

Activists who plan to protest at the Democratic National Convention this summer are splitting with the umbrella organization, Re-create 68, because of concerns over its rhetoric and tactics... The new coalition, called Alliance for Real Democracy, is a network of local and national groups, including Code Pink, United for Peace and Justice, the American Friends Service Committee, the Green Party of Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Colorado Street Medics, and Students for Peace and Justice. “We’ve separated ourselves; we’re not part of Re-create 68,” said Claire Ryder, chairwoman of the Denver Green...

At least nine groups planning demonstrations during the Democratic convention in Denver have pulled out of an umbrella protest organization, citing concerns about its rhetoric and tactics.One of the breakaway groups, called Tent State University, is citing concerns that the umbrella group's statement of nonviolence doesn't go far enough.But Tent State says it doesn't believe the umbrella group, called Re-create 68, is planning violence.Some of the breakaway groups have formed a new coalition called Alliance for Real Democracy.Glenn Spagnuolo of Re-create 68 says he is not troubled by the emergence of the new group. He says both groups oppose the...

Denver could face a "dangerous situation" on the eve of the Democratic National Convention, war protesters said Thursday, after losing a coveted permit for Civic Center to the convention host committee. "When things blow up because the police have to enforce a permit that the Democrats got, don’t blame us for that," said Glenn Spagnuolo, an organizer for the Re-create 68 Alliance. "Blame the Democrats for trying to silence dissent in the city of Denver." when Jenny Anderson, event planner for the Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee, won the permit for Civic Center for a kick-off Aug. 24, Spagnuolo accused...