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Reflections on the RNC


It is hard to remember the RNC without a flood of images both hopeful and frustrating, joyful and somber.

give peace a chance? final update from twin cities

I finally caught my much awaited sleep this morning. The RNC is over. Yesterday we were fulfilling an obligation with our giant puppets at a “peace picnic” on an island across the river from downtown. It was awful to be stuck there while the streets were full of teargas elsewhere. We [...]

RNC: it keeps getting worse

Another long f***ing day. I had obligations at an all day “peace picnic” across the river. What a waste of time while things continued to worsen downtown. What is peace without justice?  At midnight I am hearing word-of-mouth reports that between 100 and 200 hundred more people have been arrested. That would [...]

where are we? the first day in video

the prisoner exchange


Yesterday we took our George and Dick puppets on a long walk to the county jail to offer a prisoner exchange for the 200 plus people who had been arrested the day before…

St. Paul preview

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