From:
Andy Driscoll
Date:
Jul 16 06:30 UTC
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TRUTH TO TELL
Wednesday, July 16 -11:00AM: THE REPUBLICANS ARE COMING! PART II - Passive
or Aggressive?
KFAI Radio, 90.3 Minneapolis /106.7 St. Paul / <email obscured>
A CivicMedia/Minnesota production
The Republican National Convention (RNC) has been on our local agenda for a
couple of years and dozens of groups and agencies have been preparing to
accommodate the 115,000-120,000 conventioneers, media hounds, protesters,
lawyers/legal observers and police personnel will descend on St. Paul's Xcel
Center September 1st for four days of the chaotic crowning of the party's
Presidential nominee, confronted by protests and potential clashes of all
kinds and a series of counter-convention activities at various locations
through the Twin Cities.
Which protest and communications strategies are the most effective and wise?
TTT's ANDY DRISCOLL brings into the KFAI studios representatives of the wide
diversity of organizations of varying agendas for the coming visitors and
query them on their strategies and planned tactics for participating in what
many consider will be a circus they'd rather not be around for. We talk with
convention organizers, arts, peace and protest leaders, law enforcement and
just plain folks over several show to clarify for listeners what we can
expect to see on the news each night.
GUESTS:
SEGMENT 1: COALITION TO MARCH on the RNC & STOP the WAR
JESS SUNDIN Coalition to March on the RNC & STOP the War
MICHELLE GROSS Communities United Against Police Brutality
(CUAPB)
KATRINA PLOTZ Coalition to March on the RNC & STOP the War
DOUG MICHEL SDS-UofM
SEGMENT 2: TRUE BLUE AND FRIENDS
LIZZ WINSTEAD Comedian/Satirist, Producer/Host of SHOOT THE
MESSENGER coming to the RNC founding member of Air America Radio and
Co-Creator of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show."
ANDREW HINE True Blue Minnesota
SEGMENT 3: PEACE ISLAND CONFERENCE of the Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers
SUSU JEFFREY Peace Island Conference Organizer, Minnesota
Alliance of Peacemakers
DENNIS DILLON Peace Island Steering Committee Chair, Minnesota
Alliance of Peacemakers
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shining example of hope. Perhaps all is not lost. William Moyers