recreate 68

Political nostalgia signifies the death knell of the white Left. Denver has been overcome with it. First it was the slogan "recreate 68" which has received dozens of varying and historically intriguing critiques. Even so, the folks in Recreate 68 made compelling cases for the evocation of that complicated year referring to Paris, May of 68 and a spirit of revolution. While I don't share their analysis, they've made a concerted effort to defend their title and largely I bought their line.

Saturday, June 14th more than 20 media activists gathered together at the Five Points Media Center in the offices of Free Speech TV to learn how to be the media. Colorado Indymedia conducted the training in the hopes that grassroots activists could begin to document their own stories and struggles during the Democratic National Convention.

This weekend, my friends at Recreate 68 are organizing The Great Easter Spy Camera Hunt this Saturday. This is a great opportunity to join those of us in Denver in identifying and mapping surveillance cameras that are being installed throughout our city. Having lived in Chicago, where the police put up cameras with flashing blue lights in poor neighborhoods with large numbers of people of color, it is clear that these cameras will be used to reinforce the violence of the state, protect the capitalist thieves in power, and defend murderers from the righteous indignation of the people. So, if you wanna, go get your hunt on and help Recreate 68 mark these cameras so we know our city well for the upcoming protests against the Democratic National Convention!