Anarchists and Anti-Authoritarians: join us in Denver, Colorado, August 24th-28th as we engage in coordinated Direct Actions against the Democratic National Convention, its corporate sponsors, and the military/police occupation of public space.  Respecting diverse tactics and the autonomy of affinity groups and individuals, Unconventional Action has created the following framework to maximize our impact as we disrupt the DNC.
 
Unconventional Action's strategy at the Democratic National Convention
will hold the Democratic Party accountable for promoting unjust policies:
environmental degradation, the enforcement of arbitrary borders, attacks
on the poor, complacency in war, and racist policing. We will expose to the nation that the Democrats and Republicans are two sides of the same coin, both parties funded by the same corporations and upholding the same unjust political system which fails to meet the needs of the vast majority of people.   Anarchists and Anti-Authoritarians are urged to engage in a broad variety of tactics to disrupt fundraising events and prevent Democratic delegates from voting for no-choice candidates. Unconventional Action will honor and support autonomous actions while coordinating a highly publicized assault on the
pageantry, violence, and abuses of the Democrats and the two-party capitalist system.

Unconventional Action will target a variety of the 1,500 proposed fundraisers, countless delegate hotels, and designated institutions perpetuating global injustice. Using space reclamation, street theatre,  direct confrontation, positive action, and a broad array of other tactics, we will force the national media to question the Democratic Party's failures, hold Democratic candidates accountable for their abuses of power, and engage in
direct actions that reflect our ultimate goals of joy and liberation through creativity and confrontation.  

Below we have outlined our anticipated schedule of direct action for the DNC. While rough, our outline can be used as a guide to schedule and develop actions. Our calendar is a flexible work-in-progress and will shift as needed. Unconventional Action Denver will provide updates on the website, www.dncdisruption08.org.   This is at best currently a rough outline, and will most likely change and solidify as the weeks progress.  Take this as a guiding schedule for your actions, and expect to hear more from Unconventional Denver about these events and actions.  Denver organizers have designated certain themes for particular days. We have indicated these themes in parentheses. Consider coordinating the message of your actions based on each days theme.
The calendar is as follows:

SUNDAY AUG 24: ANTI WAR/OCCUPATION DAY
AM:  All are encouraged to participate in an Anti-War/Anti-Occupation March and related actions.

PM: Directly following the march, Unconventional Action Denver will plan for a low to medium risk reclamation of space somewhere in the city, as yet to be determined..  This action will be widely publicized, although the location may be revealed only in the lead up week or two, and will be designed to show our strength and ability to create our own systems of organization. After our reclamation, we will PARTY ALL NIGHT LONG!!!  From this party, affinity groups will be encouraged to depart and engage in autonomous actions targeting those who profit from wars and our oversized military.

MONDAY AUG 25: Free Political Prisoners/Human Rights Day
AM: Participate in a Free Peltier/All Political Prisoners march ending at the capitol across from civic center park.  Because Peltier has a vital hearing later in the week that could free him from his long illegal imprisonment, Unconventional Denver encourages all to attend this march.  

PM: SHUTDOWN THE FUNDRAISERS!!!  The DNC/Democrats are hosting a giant party to raise as much money as they can.  On this night, we will interrupt this flow of capital and disrupt the fundraisers.  Our theme: no business as usual. The Democrats and their corporate backers will be unable to continue their celebrations of environmental, economic, and social destruction, political corruption, and failed policy. UD will provide more information about events/locations.
 

TUESDAY AUG 26: Environmental Issues/ No Global Warming Day
AM: STOP THE VOTE!!!  WE VOTE NO!! Tuesday is the day when all the delegates put in their vote for who will represent the Democrats in the election, BUT THEY ONLY HAVE UNTIL 6PM TO VOTE and it is a long, arduous process.  We encourage people to focus on ways to stop the delegates from getting to the Pepsi center to vote. Our targets: hotels, intersections, and transportation systems. .  Special attention will be given to keeping the so called "super-delegates" (what funny comic book characters they would be…) from being able to attend the vote.  ALL TACTICS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED!!!  Come prepared with a plan and ready to make a stand with your affinity group and friends.

PM: Tonight, we'll target fundraisers of corporations profiting from and furthering global warming.  We will also shut down actual sources of environmental degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. Get creative and use a diversity of tactics.  .
WEDNESDAY AUG 27: NO BORDERS DAY
AM:  A NO BORDERS march will be planned by other groups.  Unconventional Action hopes to see no actions during the time of this march that compromise the safety of march participants. Our goal is to ensure that the march is safe for all people, regardless of documentation status.

AFTERNOON/PM: At the People's Feast we will share food around Denver with as many people as we can, especially those negatively affected by the DNC's presence in town.  Focus on food liberation. Do the delegates really need that much food?

PM: Concrete decentralized actions.  Guerrilla gardening, free school/workshops, gentrification reclamation, informational bike rides, helping negatively impacted communities, impromptu dance parties, and anything else you creative people out there can think of.  Thematically, we call for people to engage in actions targeting corporations and individuals profiting from the criminalization of immigration and contractors in Denver working on the border-fence.
THURSDAY AUG 28: End Racism/Imperialism Day

AM-PM: Today we will engage in visually stunning, media attracting actions targeting the Democrats' complicity in racism in Denver and nationally through gentrification, police brutality, criminal injustice, the prison industrial complex, etc.  We will target institutions and corporations that bring US imperialism and racism to the rest of the world and inflict it upon us

Late PM-Friday AM: Tonight we will party, sleep, and support our comrades before heading to Minneapolis to disrupt the RNC…

While the presidential contenders were busy raising millions of dollars in a matter of hours trying to convince people to vote for them at the caucuses, some people took the Super Tuesday fiasco as an opportunity to bring up issues that both the candidates and the mainstream media have continued to ignore.

Unconventional Denver, a local group part of nationwide network of anarchists and anti-authoritarians organizing against the upcoming political conventions, called for last minute actions against the elections on Tuesday, February 5th.

Actions both intitiated by and independent of the Unconventional Action call appeared in Boston, Denver, Grand Junction, Grand Rapids, Milwaukee, and San Francisco.

Activities ranged from wheatpasting and baner drops to street theatre, soapbox speeches, and crashing the caucuses with lists of demands for the pro-war Democratic candidates.

These actions follow recent actions that have happened outside the CNN Democratic debates in LA, numerous planning consultas held across the country and other creative actions taken to show the alternative to the spectre of the democracy the two parties insist is the only means of change.

Already, more activity is in the works with at least eleven campuses planning on hosting Tent State Universities that will lead up to a national one set up during the Democratic National Convention. More consultas are being planned, including one in Olympia, WA this weekend and the RNC Welcoming Committee is now touring the continent in preparation for the RNC protests.

Here's a brief report on each locale:

Boston

The city of Boston was graced with four banner drops declaring "Nobody For President" and asking "Love Democracy but Hate Politicians?… Try Anarchy." There was also liberal amounts of wheatpasting denouncing so-called representative democracy and promoting democracy that is direct. There was also several incidents of street theatre in the city.

Denver

A banner was dropped over the I-25 during rush hour declaring "Two Parties, No Voice" which was greeted by many honks of approval and one thumbs down by cop driving by. The officer later changed his tune when he went up to question the activists asking, "So what does that think say anyways." When he heard, he walked away muttering "Ain't that the truth." The action was also covered by the wonderful Fox News.

Grand Junction

Just hours before the caucuses began in Grand Junction, a banner was unfurled stating "WE VOTE NO" on the new parking garage in downtown Grand Junction. Emblazoned with a red anarchy sign, the banner faced the Wayne Aspinall Federal Building.

Grand Rapids

Anti-election and anti-state posters were wheatpasted around the city of Grand Rapids and the banner drops continued, this one explaining frankly that "Elections Never Stop Wars," accompanied by a sweet anarchy in the spirit of a new spring coming.

Milwaukee

Milwaukee anarchists also joined in on this day with banner drops as well.

San Francisco

In the East Bay the newly revived Direct Action to Stop the War, the group that helped organize the shut down of downtown San Francisco the day the war began, organized their first return action on Super Tuesday by marching to the Obama and Clinton headquarters.

Demonstrators, accompanied by about a dozen San Francisco police officers, marched from U.N. Plaza, carrying signs and banners, to Clinton's campaign office on Howard St. and were met at the door by Clinton staffers. After a brief dialogue, demonstrators tried to enter the offices and were denied entry. Police stepped in to keep activists from going inside. Demonstrators then taped up large posters on the building's exterior, and Clinton supporters came out and ripped the signs down, claiming the right to do so because they were "defacing" the building.

After the confrontation at the Clinton office, demonstrators proceeded to the Obama office near Market and Octavia and were met by Obama staffers at the front door. This time there was no conflict, as demonstrators explained their concerns about Obama's questionable anti-war credentials. After another 10-15 minutes, the demonstration broke up.

To keep up with ongoing movements against political banality and for true grassroots participation and change visit the following websites.

dncdisruption08.org
nornc.org
unconventionalaction.org