Heavens! We were forgetting the other side of the equation, and after While Boston police are warily watching the anarchist organizers holding Obviously, the Republican Convention is going to be the place to be this And a million crazed and outraged citizens running wild in the steaming So, as we suggested at last Thursday’s Meeting, we need to start arranging Though the Police Department and many protest organizers have been Six months before any delegate is to take a seat at Madison Square Garden, it from the New York Times<\/a>\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Dowbrigade has never been afraid to admit he was wrong, which is a good thing as this happens so frequently that otherwise he would live in a constant state of fear. In our first posting on Blogging the Conventions … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/chi7conf.jpg\")
The Dowbrigade has never been afraid to admit he was wrong, which is a good thing
\n as this happens so frequently that otherwise he would live in a constant
\n state of fear. In our first posting on Blogging
\n the Conventions<\/a> we assumed
\n that the Democratic version, in Boston, would be MUCH more interesting
\n than the Republican one, in New York.<\/p>\n
\n noting that the most interesting blog stories would probably involve
\n juxtaposing the action and attitudes on the convention floor with the
\n corresponding
\n actions and attitudes of the protesters on the streets. Shame on us.<\/p>\n
\n nonviolent protest training sessions, how to get arrested without getting
\n hurt, protest tactics and street theater, the morality plays of our times, and
\n predicting that the hundreds of protesters will probably not want to
\n remain in designated "protest ghettos", in New York City, according to
\n the New
\n York Times,<\/a> police are bracing for 500,000 to
\n a million<\/strong> organized and angry Americans on the streets
\n of the Big Apple at the end of August.<\/p>\n
\n summer. Although the act on the convention floor will probably be completely
\n choreographed and predictable, the PROTESTS will be much more focused
\n and forceful. All the principle agents of evil will be there! Dick Cheney!
\n John Ashcroft! Karl Rove! 17 members of the Bush family! George Steinbrenner!<\/p>\n
\n streets of the Big Apple, with every news outlet in the civilized world
\n covering the the story like makeup on Tammy Faye. We’re there, dude.<\/p>\n
\n Mutual Blogging Services Swaps between New Yorkers and Bostonians. You
\n crash with us in July, visa versa a month later in August. Net
\n access, Wi-Fi hotspots, sources and secrets could be exchanged. Anyone
\n interested?<\/p>\n\n
\n reluctant to predict how many people will ultimately turn out for protests,
\n estimates have ranged from 500,000 people to a million.<\/p>\n
\n is clear that many groups are already planning strategy and activities. Labor
\n unions, environmentalists, self-declared anarchists and others who merely label
\n themselves as anti-Bush or anti-Republican are making plans to turn out. Barely
\n a week passes without several planning sessions in New York, focusing on everything
\n from housing and tactics to legal strategy and what to expect in interactions
\n with the police.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n