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More sights and sounds from Reclaim the Streets against Prop 98

by awbr
On May 31st, Reclaim the Streets SF reclaimed the streets of the Mission with an unpermitted street party to spread the word "vote NO" on 98, the measure funded by landlords to end rent control in California.
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Originally formed in London in Autumn 1991 as huge anti-car street parties, RTS is a worldwide "dis-organization" promoting the ideal of community ownership of public spaces, and a part of the resistance movement opposing the dominance of corporate forces in our communities and globally.
§Brass Liberation Orchestra
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§Flags
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§FM transmission
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Bicycle sound systems were synchronized via micropower FM transmission.
§Wireless PA
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A wireless PA system, built with a cordless phone, allows anyone in the crowd to speak and chant.
§FM receiver
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Other sound systems have portable radios to relay the music.
§Bicycle sound systems lining up
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§On the air at 100.3 FM
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§Road reclamation ahead
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§No en 98
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§What if the streets were paved with carpet?
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§No on 98
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§Raise the roof not the rent
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§The George W. Bush Sewage Treatment Plant
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Conservative talk radio will love San Francisco's latest ballot measure.
§Brass Liberation Orchestra
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§Double dutch
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§Putting the blacktop to good use
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§Sounds from RTS
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§Loyd Family Players
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§Street party
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§One flower pot refused to leave the scene
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§Cops and flowers
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This flower pot was apparently screw-gunned into the pavement.
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by hellroaring
So how many cops does it take to unscrew a flowerpot???
by No 'Ne
Three Cops. One to walk over, a second one to radio the supervisor, and a third shop steward to say that moving the pot violates union regulations....
and so the city workers arrive 3 hours later and dispatch 3 more people to remove the obstruction in the road, of course after an extensive report has been made....and the city gets billed a nifty 500 bucks for misplaced sense of "civic duty!"
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