Be calm and steady, I reply. Always keep an eye for an escape route, etc. The riot cops march in on the liberated zone, and the masses, like water, flow around them and we begin to march around the city, thousands strong. Just being in the mass of fellow minded outraged folk was a pleasure. Police turn out and are overwhelmed.
Intersections everywhere are alive with knots of activity.
Fucking beautiful scene. It lasts nonviolently and creatively for hours. We lose Tom in the mayhem. 420 East Denny which looks on the outside like a happening lowbagger nightclub. We were pretty bushed tho and caught a bus back to the Space Needle area to get into the Key Arena where the Peoples Gala was starting.