While the Democrats have been coy about the exact timing of some of the important convention speeches and events, the protesters are apparently much more organized.
They have released a “master schedule” of events that began on Saturday with a “confrontation with anti-abortionists” at a Denver Planned Parenthood and will conclude on Friday with buses available for the trip to the GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Some of the events include concerts by Public Enemy and “22 other influential bands,” according to the organizing group Recreate68, which hopes to replicate the spirit of civil disobedience, but not the violence, that took place during the 1968 conventions.
Protesters plan on holding a “street theater demo” on Monday morning in the fenced-off protest area next to the convention center. Protesters have dubbed the site “freedom cages.” Other activities include “Direct action against polluters and greenwashers,” which is scheduled for Wednesday, followed that evening by a “Critical mass bike ride – no war, no warming.” The protesters also plan to march in support of legalizing marijuana and will move their protest Thursday to Invesco field, the site of presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s acceptance speech.
