A-Infos (en) US, Anarchists Win the Day in Denver

Protestors from New York to San Francisco are hailing this afternoon’s actions 
at Funk the War and Reclaim the Streets an inspirational success. After marching 
through the streets in an un-permitted breakaway snake march, Anarchists and 
Anti-Authoritarians have revitalized feelings of pride and possibility in 
protest in the streets. ---- The breakaway snake march lasted approximately 
two-and-a-half hours. Demonstrators and police had three tense stand-offs. After 
police demanded protesters disperse, they did. And then they reconvened and 
continued the occupation of public space, several times. ---- Approximately 20 
demonstrators surrounded by police escaped into a multi-story parking lot, ran 
up the building, and chanted enthusiastically from the roof to the delight of 
the crowds below.

The classic Whose Streets Our Streets chant gained real meaning for the 
protesters as they reclaimed the parking lot, the streets, and a sense of 
possibility that hints at the transforming power of a public in rage at the war 
and fueled with a tremendous sense of joy and liberation.

Reports indicate that the police acted violently, shooting some sort of weaponry 
into the crowd and arresting a protesting youth. Police used horses to attack 
demonstrators.

Despite police violence, the victory in the streets was had by these 
non-permitted demonstrators who proved that public explosions of joy and 
liberation are still possible indeed.

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Submitted by  Research on Anarchism List - http://raforum.info/
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