DNC protesters meet to discuss tactics, preparation

Charlotte Observer ^ | 8/18/12 | Meghan Cooke

[Libloather]

DNC protesters meet to discuss tactics, preparation
Demonstrator group heads met to discuss preparation
By Meghan Cooke
The Charlotte Observer
Modified: Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012

Demonstrators who plan to march through uptown Charlotte during the Democratic National Convention met Saturday to prepare for what could happen to them during possibly the largest protest in city history.

About 25 people representing groups that will make up the Coalition to March on Wall Street South gathered just northeast of uptown in a building on East 15th Street – a location they call their “convergence space” or “solidarity center.”

They discussed possible encounters with police during an “anti-repression” workshop Saturday. Ayende Alcala, a member of the Occupy Charlotte group, said the coalition is planning and promoting a peaceful march, but they’re preparing for all possibilities.

“We don’t know what to expect,” Alcala said, adding that some marchers have never been involved in a protest and others have never participated in one so large. “In case there is violence, we have to protect ourselves.”

[Libloather]

Do freeloaders really prepare in advance?

[tflabo]

Bammy’s bunch can kiss North Carolina bye bye. Its going Myth in November.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I thought that most barking moonbats are convention delegates.

[samtheman]

These people are scum but the bigger scumbags will actually be inside the hall.

[Ryan_Rubio_2016]

i hope a few protesters dress up as rats and hold anti-liberal signs. this would make a great sign, Welcome To North Carolina, No Rats Allowed !!

[RightGeek]

UP TWINKLES EVERYONE!

[Harley]

CHAINS & DOPE.

[bray]

Hope some Tea Patriots infiltrate the Occupiers and have some clever signs.

Pray for America

[xrmusn]

Hope some Tea Patriots infiltrate the Occupiers and have some clever signs.
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All pick-a-protester to stand next to while wearing your “I’M WITH STUPID” T’shirts, with arrow.

[Dallas59]

"What do we want?"

"MONEY!"

"When do we want it?"

"NOW!"

"Why do we want it?"

"BECAUSE MONEY IS EVIL!"

[manc]

lots of rebel flags flying around the city t wecome the great hordes of he unwashed

[Dallas59]

Groups involved:

Academi (formerly Blackwater) Watch

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition of Charlotte

Anti-War Committee, Minnesota

Asociación de Estudiantes Latinas/os y Latinoamericanas/os (Association of Latino/a and Latin American Students –AELLA), New York, NY

Charlotte Action Center for Justice

Coalition to March on the RNC

CODEPINK

Committee to Stop FBI Repression

Community & Postal Workers United

DC Labor Chorus/Labor Heritage Foundation

Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO

Free Mumia Coalition NYC

Freedom Road Socialist Organization

Freedom Socialist Party

Herman@s Orgullosos en Las Americas (HOLA), Asheville, NC

IFCO/Pastors for Peace

Industrial Workers of the World, Gainesville Area chapter

International Socialist Organization, Charlotte, NC Branch

Labor Coalition of the Carolinas Against Corporate Politics

Labor for Palestine

Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee, North Dakota

Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution

May 1 Coalition for Workers and Immigrants Rights

Michigan Emergency Committee Against War and Injustice

Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAc)

MortgageFraud in North Carolina

MOVE Organization

Movimento per la società di giustizia, Italy

North Carolina Labor Against the War

NC Coalition Against Corporate Power

New York City Labor Against the War

Queer Liberation Front

Queering Occupy Wall Street – NYC (The LGBTQ working group for OWS)

Radical Women

Raleigh-Durham Fight Imperialism Stand Together (FIST)

Revolutionary Students Union, Utah

Socialists of Greater Tampa Bay, Florida

Solidarity Iran – SI

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Baltimore City Chapter

Students for a Democratic Society

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), UNC Asheville

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), UNC Chapel Hill

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), NC State University

Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement

United National Antiwar Coalition

United Steelworkers Local 8751, Boston School Bus Union

Veterans for Peace

Vietnam Veterans Against the War — Old School Sappers

Washington Peace Center

Winthrop Socialist Student Union, Winthrop State University, Rock Hill, SC

Workers World Party

[bray]

Bet there are a few rednecks ready to give them some Southern hospitality.

Pray for America

[Col Frank Slade]

I hope Call of the Wildman shows up with a few hundred of his buddies to greet the protesters, “southern style y’all”.

[Malone LaVeigh]

This could be more fun than the Olympics. The question is whether the MSM will cover the protests to any degree. It wouldn’t surprise me to see the protests largely ignored, even if there was a full scale war going on outside the convention hall.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

OMG!

Get the popcorn~! I may video this and sell the videos on late night TV...SHAMWOW!!

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Barry’s people. Communist / community activists.

[Ditto]

United Steelworkers Local 8751, Boston School Bus Union

ROTFLMAO. As a kid who grew up in Pittsburgh through the 1950s, the image of a school bus driving Granny as a Steel Worker just cracks me up.

What the hell are they protesting for... nicer kids ... less traffic ... softer seats?

Unions sure as hell ain't what they used to be. ;~))

[Nebr FAL owner]

Ain’t nothing the vermin can come up with that can’t be handled by a couple of Blackhawk helo’s with a minigun on each.

[Nebr FAL owner]

Correct Sir you win a prize . One Attaboy & a pat on the back.