Portland Rocks!! Bay Area?

We won't see this kind of action around here with many local groups trying to keep everything 'nonviolent' and generally passive, and stations like (free speech??) KPFA refusing to cover or promote protests that advocate resistance, or take risks (you know, like walking on our own bridge . . .What we we *thinking?*).

In Portland they used the idea to have different zones for different levels of risk - a simple concept, but one which we need to bring up more often. We can't let large organizations control protests in the Bay Area and keep everything entertaining and passive.

The Cheney protest was enjoyable, but what if the hecklers hadn't been strong? There would have been ZERO coverage of anything happening in SF.

Yes, babies will sometimes get pepper sprayed, and if we can help get that info out, help support the lawsuits, things will change.

Let's see what coverage, what risks, what strength gets shown in Stockton. I'm losing respect for the local middle-class protest organizations that are terrified to support any action beyond listening to their speaker tell us what we all already know, announce upcoming actions, and generally tone everything down which squelches the real anger people feel inthe crowd.

I know they work hard and they do a lot of good, but they need to *also* get behind smaller groups that want to take more risks.