Democracy Convention Wisconsin 2011

http://keywiki.org/index.php?title_Democracy_Convention_Wisconsin-2011

In what appears to be an appendage of the marxist-oriented Stop The Machine, aka October 2011 Movement and what appears to be an affinity group US Day of Rage, an announcement was made a new group Democracy Convention will hold a day of speakers, sessions, and artists in Madison, Wisconsin on August 24-28, 2011. A full-page announcement about this convention appeared in the July 2011 issue of The Progressive, a marxist publication posing as a "progressive" voice.

The incestous relationships of the Left are very apparent here as the Democracy Convention was identified at their website, www.democracyconvention.org/about-convention (8/08/2011) as:

"The (Democracy Convention) is a project of the Liberty Tree Foundation and co-convened by the Alliance for Democracy, (Progressive Magazine), and Move to Amend. We thank our local partners on our Host Committee, as well as our national partners whose support as Major Sponsors, Co-Sponsors, Endorsers, and Conference Conveners, has been vital. To find out how your organization, union, business, or community can join us,, click her http://democracyconvetnion.org/sponsor-convention."

Also, it was described as:

"The Democracy Convention is a project of (Liberty Tree), a strategy center uniquely committed to building a new democracy movement for the U.S.A. Liberty Tree supports and unites campaigns for democratic reform across many areas of life."

What is quite outstanding is the cross-membership of people in/supporting (Stop The Machine), Liberty Tree, and Democracy Convention, as one can see by bluelinks of names of individuals at Keywiki.

Speakers at Democracy Convention

(as of 7/18/2011)

"We are excited to provide the following list of confirmed speakers, session leaders, and artists at the 2011 Democracy Convention. This listing will be expanded and otherwise updated in advance of the convention."

• Tom Hayden - Keynote: Mr. Hanoi Lobby, veteran SDS leader, Indochina Information Project, Indochina Peace Campaign, Campaign for Economic Democracy, Newark 1965? riots; Chicago Democratic Convention 1968 riots leader, anti-Vietnam "Mobe" organizations.
• Cheri Honkala - keynote
• Michelle Shocked - Musician
• Madison Mayor Paul Soglin - avowed "socialist" In These Times newspaper, DATE CITATION
• Gar Alperovitz - Professor, University of Maryland: veteran leftist who started out with the marxist Instsitute for Policy Studies and similar marxist/leftist economic groups
• Anne Feeney - Musician
• John Nichols - The Nation, i.e. their Washington correspondent, as well as "Associate Editor" of The Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin, according to a byline of Nichols provided in the July 2011 issue of The Progressive. He wrote an article for them entitled "The Wisconsin Model". Also identified as the author of his recent book "The 'S' Word: A Short History of an American Tradition...Socialism." (Verso). He has also participated in affairs/programs of the marxist Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the Communist Party split-off, the Committee of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (COCDS).
• Emma's Revolution
• Adam Porton - Wisconsin Wave
• Alderman Joe Moore - Chicago
• Ben Manski - Liberty Tree, (also Stop The Machine)
• Beverly Speer - Wisconsin Democracy Campaign
• Bill Thorington - Banker
• Bryan Kennedy - President, AFT-Wisconsin (AFT)
• Carl Gibson - U.S. Uncut
• Cynthia Lin - Freedom, Inc.
• Dace A. Zeps - Progressive Dane
• David Cobb - Program on Corporations Law and Democracy
• Diane Farsetta - WI Network for Peace and Justice (Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice)
• Erika Wolf - United Council of UW Students
• Frank Emspak - Workers Independent News - apparently this is the same Frank Emspak who was affiliated with the CPUSA in his youth because his father was Julius Emspak aka Comrade Jupiter{CITATION to TOCSIN issues}
• George Friday - Independent Progressive Politics Network IPPN (see Ted Glick below)
• Heidi Wiegleitner - Progressive Dane
• Jeff Clements - Free Speech for People
• Jerome Scott - League of Revolutionaires for a New America (LRFNA)
• John Bonifaz - Free Speech for People
• Kabzuag Vaj - Freedom, Inc.
• Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap - Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County
• Kevin Zeese - It's Our Economy; also an endorser and speaker at the planned "October 2011" Stop The Machine protest in Washington, D.C. His background, according to an "October 2011" bio sheet includes "Co-Director of "Its Our Economy"; Director of "ComeHomeAmerica"; Steering Committee of the Bradley Manning Support Network (related to the Wikileaks release of classified American intelligence and diplomatic papers; Board member of Velvet Revolution and [{Common Sense for Drug Policy]]. "A lawyer from Baltimore, Md."