Photos and VIDEO: water torture act creates a stir-
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/25/water-torture-act-creates-stir-protest/
( http://tinyurl.com/59awsq )
protesters march for human rights, end to torture-
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/25/protesters-march-human-rights-end-torture/
( http://tinyurl.com/6j225c )
protesters in jail clothes, hoods-
http://www.denverpost.com/politicswestnews/ci_10298328
( http://tinyurl.com/5s3qhv )
protesters march for human rights, end to torture-
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/25/protesters-march-human-rights-end-torture/
( http://tinyurl.com/6j225c )
the thanks we get; these fucking Democrats really piss me
off-
http://www.coloradoindependent.com/5342/thanks-for-turning-my-city-into-a-fortress/
( http://tinyurl.com/5luoxu )
Legal observers document strong police presence at DNC
anti-war protest-
http://www.coloradoindependent.com/5244/legal-observers-document-strong-police-presence-at-dnc-anti-war-protest/
( http://tinyurl.com/6qzs3t )
numbers much lower than expected-
http://www.denverpost.com/politicswestnews/ci_10293522?source=dncWidget
( http://tinyurl.com/55vfg6 )
Dear S,
Cindy Sheehan at the Democratic National Convention?
Cindy and Ron Kovic
Thanks for supporting our Campaign, Our Voice is Your Voice….Cindy Sheehan
Updates from the Trenches
Cindy Sheehan Bugged in Denver
by Ron Kall
www.OpEdnews.com Cindy Sheehan returned to her Denver hotel room today to find the door unlocked and ajar. She walked in to discover a man working on her phone, screw driver in hand.
Sheehan reported, in an email, read more:
Peaceful start to Convention
DenverPost.com
War protester Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, urged the crowd to support alternative candidates. “It’s been three years since I camped out in Crawford, Texas, and the country is still
mired in war in the Middle East” she told the cheering crowd.
Rally at DNC draws Hundreds of Protestors
Arizona Daily Times
Congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan, who is running as an independent against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined famous anti-war author Ron Kovic and former Black Panther in speaking to the crowd. Kovic authored “Born on the Fourth of July,” largely regarded as one of the most powerful anti-war novels of the 20th century.
Antiwar Demos greet Dems Convention
Alalam News Network – Tehran,Iran
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, who lost her son in the Iraq war and staged a month-long protest at the gates to the Texas ranch of President George W. Bush in 2005, said Obama was not the peace candidate he tried to portray himself to be.
DNC: Recreate “68 Rally has Impassioned Speeches, Media Ruckus
Fort Collins Now
That was a similar theme seized on by Cindy Sheehan, whose protest against the Iraq War after her son died there made her an international anti-war icon.
Sheehan pointed out that the convention was sponsored by AT&T, and then asked rhetorically who, then, was represented by the gathering.
She said U.S. troops from all foreign wars should be brought home.
“They won’t shut us up, and they won’t shut me up.”
Antiwar Demonstrators Rally at Capitol
Examiner.com Denver
Sheehan told the crowd that little has changed since her month long war protest outside President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, in 2005.
“Now three years later, our country is still mired in the Middle East. We’re talking about more war, more cold war, and Russia and Georgia, and invading Iran and Pakistan,” she said.
Protestors Gather at Capitol for Antiwar Rally
cbs4denver.com
Sheehan urges Protestors to Stand Up
Rocky Mountain News
Sheehan, who is challenging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the November election, challenged Pelosi to a debate. She called Pelosi “the queen of the corporate system.”
Protestors Force Temporary Lockdown at Pepsi Center
9NEWS.com
“We now know we can be silent no more!” Sheehan told the crowd which numbered in the hundreds.
VIDEO from CNN, cops surround demonstrators
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/08/26/vo.denver.protest.cnn?iref=videosearch
CBS News blog
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/08/25/politics/horserace/entry4380978.shtml
USA Today major story
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-24-denver-protests_N.htm?csp=34
Cindy rooom bugged
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-kall/cindy-sheehan-bugged-in-d_b_121204.html
Waterboard story from RMNews, shown on YahooNews
http://news.yahoo.com/s/rockymountainnews/20080825/pl_rockymountainnews/watertortureactcreatesstirprotest_1224011820
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/25/water-torture-act-creates-stir-protest/
Waterboard photos
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/photos/galleries/2008/aug/25/dnc-aug-25-demonstrations/725/
Includes VIDEO: Riot police using pepper spray-
http://www.denverpost.com/politicswestnews/ci_10301186
( http://tinyurl.com/58ld2t )
late-night pep talk Monday from Ron Kovic-
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/25/protesters-get-lecture-bor
n-fourth-july-author/
( http://tinyurl.com/6xx5dm )
photos and Video: anarchists get gassed by police-
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/25/no-provocation-no-reason-n
o-warning/
( http://tinyurl.com/6ak4as )
includes VIDEO: temporary lockdown at Pepsi Center (Sunday)-
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=98253&catid=339
( http://tinyurl.com/5cd3ev )
AP march story (in Vail CO paper)
http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20080825/NEWS/80820715/1062/AROUND04&parentprofile=-1
AP story on arrests
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080826/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_convention_protests_16
AP clash story in SF Chronicle (watch the thread as it grows?)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/24/politics/p143250D02.DTL&hw=protests+at+convention&sn=003&sc=804
Small mention in Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/25/politics/p141759D79.DTL&hw=convention+protest&sn=003&sc=570
AP arrests in Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/news/stories/2008/08/26/protesters_police_clash.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=15
Rocks, pepper spray
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_10301186
Rocks, pepper spray
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_10306204
Kovic speech w/quotes (see sidebar for more stories)
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_10301867?source=rss
Kovic speech w/quotes
http://news.yahoo.com/s/rockymountainnews/20080826/pl_rockymountainnews/protestersgetlecturebornfourthjulyauthor_1224042600
Kovic human interest
http://www.theunion.com/article/20080825/NEWS/2671/-1/rss04
Streets reopen
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/25/politics/p141759D79.DTL&hw=DENVER+PROTEST&sn=002&sc=960
AP story on ABC-7 (LA)
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/politics/national_elections&id=6348234
AP story in Ft Worth Star-Telegram
http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/857416.html
Tent City
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_10302668
Code Pink disrupts Pelosi speech
http://www.denverpost.com/politicswestnews/ci_10298316
http://tinyurl.com/5uzqs3
Here are more articles/photo/one video from the SF team
Video of police attacking peaceful protestors:
http://americannewsproject.com/videos/113
Articles:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/25/politics/p012746D40.DTL&hw=DENVER+PROTESTS&sn=013&sc=201
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/23/politics/p110014D71.DTL&hw=DENVER+PROTESTS&sn=016&sc=101
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-protests26-2008aug26,0,924605.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-goals25-2008aug25,0,6459320.story
Look for “Police use force” VIDEO: attack on CodePinker-
http://www.rockymountainnews.com
( http://tinyurl.com/n5ye )
VIDEO: “Protests, so far so good” includes anti-torture march-
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=4226712&cl=9446017&src=news
( http://tinyurl.com/6zptgg )
good photos of pepperspraying-
http://www.denverpost.com/politicswestnews/ci_10301186
( http://tinyurl.com/58ld2t )
story and misc. pepperspray VIDEOS: Protesters get night,day in court-
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/25/demonstrations-turn-violen
t-night/
( http://tinyurl.com/5wd2ga )
VIDEO: Police Trap Peaceful Protesters-
http://americannewsproject.com/videos/113
( http://tinyurl.com/65mplv )