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flag burning party in Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz radio station 101.1FM was reporting a flag burning event on Friday July 1 on the beach. 'freak' radio is great, and I am consistently amazed at how they are able to fill up their channel with richer content and very few hours where they plug in a rebroadcast tape. They had some interesting readings going on this evening. I arrived a bit late and took photos.
There was a group of about 30 people on the beach near other evening parties of people playing in the sand, cooking, and catching frisbees. None of them paid much attention to the circle of Cruzans and their short speeches and music as they arrayed their flags around the fire. As they started to burn them around 8pm, nobody on the beach barely cast a glance the entire time, much less reacted, because everyone is very tolerant.
A number of people played drums and music, which is very popular around here, smoked weed, and danced around. The crowd also reflected Santa Cruz demographics quite a bit. There are a lot more hippies than in San Francisco/Oakland, although not quite as many as Arcata, and a strong mix of people in mid 20s reflecting the colleges, and older people who arrived before housing became expensive. The flag burnings in Berkeley have been pathetic in the past year's with hardly any participants and no one with anything relevant to say, although their antiwar rallies and critical mass are smarter and have more style. The thing is, this year is different because if that flag amendment passes, that will clearly mark the point where we have sunk to the level of various authoritarian governments that we used to look down on.
Earlier, in the water, I saw otters rolling around eating crabs and washing their paws a lot. They aren't scared of people very much which is why they were hunted in large numbers
A number of people played drums and music, which is very popular around here, smoked weed, and danced around. The crowd also reflected Santa Cruz demographics quite a bit. There are a lot more hippies than in San Francisco/Oakland, although not quite as many as Arcata, and a strong mix of people in mid 20s reflecting the colleges, and older people who arrived before housing became expensive. The flag burnings in Berkeley have been pathetic in the past year's with hardly any participants and no one with anything relevant to say, although their antiwar rallies and critical mass are smarter and have more style. The thing is, this year is different because if that flag amendment passes, that will clearly mark the point where we have sunk to the level of various authoritarian governments that we used to look down on.
Earlier, in the water, I saw otters rolling around eating crabs and washing their paws a lot. They aren't scared of people very much which is why they were hunted in large numbers
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WE NEED MORE OF THIS KINDA STUFF!!!! and another place to do this is at....
July 6: Informational discussion forum, film screening, and fundraising event. 7 pm, The Kitchen (Potrero @16th)
July 7: Spokescouncil at 7 pm, Village Market (18th St. & Florida).
July 8: Take to the streets in protest and action against the G8 & the Capitalist War Machine! Meet at 8 pm. 16th St. & Mission BART.
July 6: Informational discussion forum, film screening, and fundraising event. 7 pm, The Kitchen (Potrero @16th)
July 7: Spokescouncil at 7 pm, Village Market (18th St. & Florida).
July 8: Take to the streets in protest and action against the G8 & the Capitalist War Machine! Meet at 8 pm. 16th St. & Mission BART.
Cool man, I'm bringing a palestinian flag to the festivities!
And not Fag burning.
to fool:
I'll burn your Palestinian flag, if you'll burn my Israeli flag.
to fool:
I'll burn your Palestinian flag, if you'll burn my Israeli flag.
I think I'll just piss on the pali flag, that way I'll still have it to play with at the next rally
I'd say i'll piss on your flag if you piss on mine, but that would eb too kinky.
Looked like a blast. I'll burn one in solidarity with you. Cheers!
Hilarious how the right-wingers and patriotic amuricans are kept running from one Indymedia to another all weekend long to try to trash everyone who's burning a flag. Meanwhile the flag burners are having parties at the beach . . .
I feel there is a sort of Did people miss the point of this art. What about WHY? Did anyone truely express what led to this. Not to my knowledge. Of course the usual Patriot Act, Bush bashing, political "views" Whos? See I have a message without barricades. Everyone is falling for two mainstreams, the patriot and the activist. Both being over dramatasized and sh!t even fashionable. So as we all choose a side we divide and divide to maintain a sense of "knowing" a sense of pride. The point is......HATE... no matter who is acting or just babbling. Laugh at the flags in flames...but remember they've been torched since the very beginning. NONE of this is new....There are no hippies punks ism ist's. It HAS ALWAYS BEEN US AND THEM. Give in to the hate YOU are THEM.....Personally Id rather wipe my ass with the red white and blue. In Solidarity with My home PLANET EARTH................
i'm making a documentary about flag burning and would love to use this picture. could i? i would give you credit, for sure.
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