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."....

[sassy steel magnolia]

“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.”

Uh, I believe God (nature) will via a hurricane...how’s that for stopping power?!

[elcid1970]

I was in Charlotte this past Monday. When I asked, “Are you ready for Charlotte to go into lockdown?” everyone I spoke to, from a fast food clerk to a Federal judge I know, said nothing & rolled their eyes. They are expecting real trouble, and difficulty getting around at the very least.

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

[BusterBear]

Seems they have the party conventions mixed up. The person accused of “legitimate rape” is the keynoter at the Democrat convention - Bill “Put Some Ice On It” Clinton.

[bert]

-——Don’t know why.——

Because the violence is tolerated.

[OldEarlGray]

Can the Rats swim?

"The anglicized name Isaac is a transliteration of the Hebrew term Yiṣḥāq which literally means "He laughs/will laugh.""
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac

"UPDATE 1-Isaac churns in the Caribbean, threatens US Republican Convention"
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/23/storm-isaac-idINL6E8JN1DQ20120823

"Rom 1:21-26

21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator — who is forever praised. Amen.

26 Because of this, God gave them over...
NIV

 

Almighty Almighty, this is PBR Streetgang, over.

[Smokin' Joe]

You can turn the superstructure loose to threaten the public peace, smash things up, abuse the electoral process, create a media spectacle, and pressure the state to do things your way. You can use nonpolitical organizations (in the electoral sense) to get a political result.

Oh. Like Cousin Odinga did back home in Kenya after Barry-o's campaigning for him failed to help him get elected there?

[sasquatch]

Haven’t heard anything about SDS since the mid 60’s!

[napscoordinator]

Hurricane on the way....5000 crazies want to picket....FoxNews said Hurricane if bad will have the RNC cancel entire convention OR have a condense form of convention. If Hurricane happens, crazies will not show up.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

......Those were gaffes because they accidentally let slip through their real intent and it came out. There hasn't been a single apology for any of that {expletive}.

July 24, 2012 - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “We tried our plan—and it worked. That’s the difference. That’s the choice in this election. That’s why I’m running for a second term.”

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Poor "dears," they must think we want to undo the economy Obama is pushing on us.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Students for a Democratic Society build for RNC mobilization by touring Southern campuses

Starting on August 18, members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) will
kick off a major, week-long effort to build for the August 27 protest at the
Republican National Convention, by visiting college campuses in the Southern
region of the U.S.

"..............Demands: Every person who is denied access to healthcare, is denied their reproductive rights, is deported, goes broke, jobless, and homeless or is thrown in prison while Wall Street firms reel in record profits demonstrates that the Republican & Democratic Party has continually placed profits before people. JOIN US! to demand Good Jobs, Healthcare, Affordable Education, Equality and Peace! Dare to struggle, dare to win! Students for a Democratic Society............"

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Some of the worst, crime ridden neighborhoods are right beside or within 5 miles/train distance of downtown Charlotte. Good luck to the innocents who might be caught in some crossfire.

[Feckless]

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.

They're called "Riot" guns for a reason....

[The Sons of Liberty]

That’s why Idiot Joe Biden plans to be in Tampa - stir up the morons and rabble. I hope the scum get washed out to sea in the hurricane.

[RWB Patriot]

“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,”

And of course, they themselves won’t want to pay a dime or give up anything to bring these things about.

[rktman]

Looks like prison would be a good place to send these clowns. They’ll have access to everything they demand. LOL! A good time for sure.

Helping keep mankind warm for 65 years.

[stars & stripes forever]

Come on Isaac. You can do it. ;-)

Definition of Isaac: a male given name : from a hebrew word meaning “laughter.”

We'll have to wait and see who gets the last laugh.

[stars & stripes forever]

Hurricane on the way....5000 crazies want to picket....

The Weather Station's ratings will go WAY up next week. My bet is that Geraldo will be among them, hopefully tied to a palm tree in the latest hurricane poncho.

[Twinkie]

To produce a CHICKEN, the last I heard, you gotta have a HEN and a ROOSTER!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***said Corey Uhl of the local chapter of Students for a Democratic Society. ***

SDS? These clowns still around? I thought they had dwindled into insignifigance back in the 1970s.

[ridesthemiles]

They certainly have not evolved much since the days of Patricia Hearst robbing banks, have they???