The 2012 Democratic Convention by Jo Freeman

The Protests

There were multiple rallies and marches, by many different groups, on different days, at different places, promoting different ideas and protesting different policies.

A protest festival was held on Saturday while posters and banners for Sunday's march were painted inside.
Roughly a thousand people joined the main march on Sunday.
About 300 participated in the rally before the march.
CodePink practiced throwing pink bras into the air during the rally before the March on Wall Street South. After the march passed the Bank of America, they returned to do this in front of the bank.
Cops suited up despite the high heat and humidity.
Another 300 people came to the annual Labor Day march on Monday. Anarchists and Greenpeace marched both days, but few others did.
On Thursday CodePink dropped a banner from a parking structure just outside the security zone. One woman was arrested.
Throughout the week Planned Parenthood was in the streets, collecting signatures on a "pledge."
Undocumented immigrants took a month-long bus trip from Arizona to Charlotte to highlight their plight and ask for a pathway to citizenship.
Ten people were arrested when they blocked traffic on Tuesday, but were released without charges on Wednesday.
Vets and others demonstrate against drones.
Children pass out pro-life propaganda in front of the Charlotte Convention Center.
Occupiers traveled from Tampa to Charlotte in a converted school bus.
They camped out in a lovely city park just outside the security zone.
From there they launched some small but noisy marches in city streets during convention week.
And returned to keep score on who is paying for the economic downturn.

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