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Here are photos of artwork at Camp Democracy:

Chain Gang Puppets
(More on our involvement with these in a subsequent post….)

The next 7 photos are of artwork from Skip Rohde, a political artist, at Camp Democracy:
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I’ll be posting photos and accounts of my Camp Democracy experience very soon. As a teaser, watch for photos of me and Tom in costume, photos of speakers like Ray McGovern,Arun Ghandi,Kevin Zeese and Lester Brown; banner making; lots of messages about the Bush regime; and some great political art. I’ll also be describing the arrest action of the “Pentagon Five” on Saturday. That one will leave you shaking your head in disbelief.

I hope to also post some sound files of some of the speakers we were able to record.

I’m swamped at my school this week with our move into our new building and our opening and no computers yet, so my blogging will be sporadic, but I’ll get the photos up as soon as I can.

I met and worked with David Swanson this past weekend. Here is his piece published on Truthout yesterday:

Dedicating September 11th to Bush
By David Swanson
Camp Democracy

Monday 11 September 2006

George W. Bush is an ordinary human being, in fact a quite stupid one. So are all of his handlers. They are ordinary people, and we have the power, should we choose to use it, to throw them out of our public housing.

This simple fact is hidden from us not just by the media constantly instructing us that we can make no difference, not just by lies connecting the crimes of 9/11 to Iraq, or Iraq or Iran to weapons they do not have, and not just by the deference to power of the devoted neo-conservative minority.
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We are back from Camp Democracy and I have lots to post. Six of us did actions at the White House, we made banners that we brought home and we heard a host of speakers, including Arun Ghandi today.

I gained much insight into the continuing anti-war movement, including reinforcement of something I and many others here in Utah have been trying to emphasize to others:

The same messaging strategies are not working. We must change our strategies.

I’ll be posting my exepriences over the next few days.

Camp Democracy officially begins today. Camp Democracy is a non-partisan camp for peace, democracy, and the restoration of the rule of law. It is focused not only on ending the war but also on righting injustices here at home and on holding accountable the Bush Administration and Congress.

View the schedule of events here.