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Democratic National Convention, DenverEric Gidcumb (red shirt) and Clayton McKee
were both savagely beaten by police
during a confrontation in the Denver streets Monday night
which led to over 100 arrests and many injuries.
August 25, 2008
Photo credit: Joeff Davis
"It was mostly intense to witness
first hand what a
police state looks like.
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They were traveling in packs
— no less than three together at anytime,
but the norm was over five
— everywhere they went."
first hand what a
police state looks like.
____________
They were traveling in packs
— no less than three together at anytime,
but the norm was over five
— everywhere they went."
____________
"I shout out to the tens of millions of protesters:
I hope that you always remember that one person can make a difference. Be creative. Be respectful. Ask hard questions!
Don't be afraid! Take it one day at a time. Use what you can to send out the message and next time, bring three more friends than you did this weekend.__________Our common theme is this: We will not surrender the fight. We have to do something.
And it takes courage to do this under a [False] Orange Alert, with fifty cops in riot gear all round you."
— Daphne Webb, "Cost of Freedom: The Anthology Of Peace & Activism," Howling Dog Press, Denver, Colorado
THE
New American Dream Interview
DAPHNE WEBB, 39, lives in Denver, Colorado.
She was involved in the planning for the protests at the Democratic National Convention, held last summer in Denver.
• She was a contributing writer for Cost of Freedom: The Anthology of Peace & Activism.
• She was a supporter of the organizers for protests at the Democratic National Convention and hosted the "welcome table" until it got broken up by mounted police.
• She operates "Colorado Green Weddings & Events."
http://www.coloradogreenweddingsandevents.com
• She's a voting rights activist — get rid of the DRE's! Electronic Voting Machines. NOW!
More about Daphne Webb:
Reports from the Democratic National Convention, Denver:
Report 1)
http://costoffreedombook.blogspot.com/2008/08/dnc-report-from-street-1-by-daphne-web.html
Report 2)
http://costoffreedombook.blogspot.com/2008/08/dnc-report-from-street-2-by-daphne-web.html
Report 3)
http://costoffreedombook.blogspot.com/2008/08/dnc-report-from-street-3-by-daphne-webb.html
Report 4)
http://costoffreedombook.blogspot.com/2008/08/dnc-report-from-street-4-by-daphne-webb.html
Report 5)
http://costoffreedombook.blogspot.com/2008/08/dnc-report-from-street-5-by-daphne-webb.html
NAD: Daphne, hello, thank you for taking the time for this.
Where are you from, originally?
DAPHNE WEBB:
Miami, Florida.
What high school?
South Miami Senior High School — Go Cobras!
College?
Tarkio College, Tarkio, MO — Go Owls!
What did start out wanting to be?
An actress.
Does that still interest you?
Hell no.
NAD: A green wedding planner.
How does that work?
DAPHNE WEBB:
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Plan it for the planet!
Green dresses, tuxedos?
I have a client who told her brides maids to make their own dresses out of dirt and leaves. Hahaha ... No seriously, it's just an effort to keep events from getting out of hand.
NAD: Would you like to choose one of these to answer, elaborate on?
I don't ask this to make fun. I ask because I really seek the answers.
— Are UFOs real?
Yes, of course, we cannot be so ignorant to think we are the only intelligence in a massive endless diverse universe.
Also — they give me hope, that there is more to all this then meets the eye.
I am ALWAYS looking for them.
Not yet, but I haven't seen a Moose either and I know they exist.
— Did we land on the moon in 1968?
No — but how would I know, I wasn't born yet.
— Did Bush knock down the towers?
No, Cheney did. Bush was trying to read an children's book for seven minutes.
Longest 7 minutes ever. Bush drowned the people in New Orleans silly.
— Was Paul Wellstone's death an accident?
Yes, just like Michael Connell's was.
— The Oklahoma City bombing? Wasn't that just another U.S. government terrorist exercise?
??? I can't talk about that one.
— Waco. We burned kids, right? You can see flames shooting out of the tanks. Or not.
I can't talk about this one either. Sorry.
— Is Bigfoot real?
Yes, so is the Lochness monster and ghosts and entities — they surround us all the time.
— Is there a God?
God is The Sun.
Don't you forget it.
... What makes you think that?
It's been here all along.
I believe the Bible is an elaborate riddle to tell us about the white light, the giver of all life on earth, our savior.
When you bask in the sunlight, isn't it heavenly?
NAD: The whole DNC protest.
That was pretty intense, right?
DAPHNE WEBB:
Yes, it was.
But it was nothing compared to the RNC protests.
I do give the city of Denver some credit for keeping it at the very least, mild in terms of abuse of power.
However, there are eight people in Minnesota that are facing years in prison.
[Twin Cities Daily Planet]
It was mostly intense to witness first hand what a police state looks like.
They were traveling in packs — no less than three together at anytime, but the norm was over five — everywhere they went.
The blue plastic handcuffs on their belts were for us and we knew it.
Thankfully, I never got to wear them.
NAD: What did the protests accomplish?
DAPHNE WEBB:
I think mainly, a presence.
A support system for all the people who came to Denver that are pissed about the establishment's situation.
I felt a sense of happiness in seeing the numbers grow.
NAD: Did you meet any nice FBI agents during your planning sessions?
DAPHNE WEBB:
Maybe I did, but I'll never know.
Any assholes?
Frankly, some of the protestors were assholes too.
Bless their scrappy hearts.
NAD: Do you have hope in Obama?
DAPHNE WEBB:
I want to.
I felt such an excitement on Election Night.
I did a citizen based exit poll and barely got home in time for the announcement.
I think he's a great speaker.
My concern is that perhaps our standards have been lowered so far by the Burning Bush, that we're just excited to have a guy that can read and finish an entire sentence without a bunch of peeance freeance.
I'm getting a little worried about these appoinments.
Rahm Emanuel? Can you say Zionist Illuminati? Hillary? Come on. Do we really need another Bush or another Clinton in high office? Gates? What?!
NAD: Does your favorite coffee cup have words on it? What are they?
DAPHNE WEBB:
No, it is a handmade cup that reminds me of my friend who made it.
NAD: What did you absolutely have to get done by noon today?
DAPHNE WEBB:
A shower. = )
NAD: How about by Christmas 2009?
DAPHNE WEBB:
A stockpile of food and supplies for the big crash that's upon us.
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About
THE New American Dream Feature Interviews
If you search the archives below, you will find, in a sort of order [last to first], interviews with:
Michael Boldin, a populist blooms in L.A.
Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher magazine
Will Braun, editor of Geez Magazine,
Ben Heine, political artist in Belgium
Matt Sullivan, editor of The Rock Creek Free Press
Sam Smith, editor of The Progressive Review
Jarek Kupsc, 9/11 Truth filmmaker, "The Reflecting Pool"
Bill O'Driscoll, arts editor, Pittsburgh City Paper
Gerry McCarthy, editor of The Social Edge
Jim Cullen, editor of The Progressive Populist magazine
Bartcop, old-school blogger from Tulsa
Lee Rayburn, radio show host from Madison, Wisconsin
Aimee England, bookseller in Michigan
Al Markowitz, poet for the working woman & man
Timbre Wolf, a Tulsa peace minstrel goes to Hawaii
Steven Stothard, a radical grows in Indiana
Dale Clark, an artist in the desert
Jacqui Devenuau, Green Party organizer in Maine
Don Harkins, co-editor of The Idaho Observer
Stewart Bradley, independent film producer
Rick Smith, Cleveland area radio host
William P. Meyers, independent book publisher, political activist
Ian Woods, Canadian publisher, 9/11 Truth activist
Richard D. Brinkman, Edmonton, Canada 9/11 Truth
Lynn Berg, New York City actor
Alejandro Rojas, of MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network
Brian Kasoro, publisher of The Liberator magazine
Brother Raymond, walked from Denver to D.C., for truth
Korey Rowe, one of the producers of Loose Change
Dave Zweifel, editor of The Madison Capital Times
Cathleen Howard, expatriate, from Tucson to Mexico, to pursue her dreams
Sander Hicks, Brooklyn radical entrepreneur, writer, publisher
Joe Bageant, America's blue-collar author
Frida Berrigan, a lifetime of faith, hope and love
Denise Diaz, brewing up a revolution, at The Ritual Cafe in Des Moines
Deanna Taylor, Green Party activist, teacher, in Salt Lake City
Rossie Indira-Vltchek, writer, filmmaker in Jarkarta, Indonesia
Nora Barrows-Friedman, Pacifica reporter in Gaza
Delaney Bruce, Friends of Peltier
Keith McHenry, co-founder of Food Not Bombs
Michael Sprong, South Dakota Catholic Worker
Brian Terrell, Des Moines Catholic Worker
Bob Graf, One of the Milwaukee 14
Loren Coleman, Bigfoot researcher
Monty Borror, Sci-Fi artist from Virginia
David Ray, Great American Poet
Jack Blood, radio show host, in Austin, Texas
Danny Schechter, A Real Reporter
Bob Kincaid, host, Head-On Radio Show
Tony Packes, Animal Farm Radio Host, Keeping An Eye on Big Brother
Richard Flamer, Working With the Poor in Chiapas
David Ray Griffin, 9/11 Truth activist author
Barry Crimmins, U.S. comedian, author, social activist
Bret Hayworth, political reporter for the Sioux City [IA] Journal
Lisa Casey, publisher of website All Hat No Cattle
Joe & Elaine Mayer, activist couple in Rochester, Minnesota
Fr. Darrell Rupiper, U.S. priest revolutionary
Whitney Trettien, MIT student, Green Party activist
Meria Heller, radio show host
Phil Hey, professor, poet
John Crawford, book publisher
Steve Moon, Iowa Bigfoot researcher
Carol Brouillet, California social activist, 9/11 Truth
Russell Brutsche, Santa Cruz artist
Kevin Barrett, professor, radio show host, 9/11 Truth activist
A'Jamal Rashad Byndon, social activist in Omaha
Chris Rooney, Vancouver, Canada Catholic Worker, website publisher
Marc Estrin, political novelist, from the left
Peter Dale Scott, poet, professor, author, activist
Anthony Rayson, anarchist zine publisher, works with prisoners
Alice Cherbonnier, editor of The Baltimore Chronicle, an independent newspaper
