Instead, they threw the march open to a dizzying range of left-leaning causes, each of which would be able to set up an information table, or give a speech from the stage. But at times, the utopian goal of a grand alliance of progressive voices seemed to produce a kind of march of babel. At first the young people in green Army pants, black shirts and red bandannas on their heads crowded around the burning symbol. It's impossible for them to represent us. The deep suspicion of the influence of corporations united many in the cacophonous crowd.
Protesters regard the two major parties with equal disdain.
And they say the millions of corporate dollars underwriting the conventions only proves their point. The mud-wrestling skit was a digest of the demonstrators' complaints. The ring was part of an ensemble on an 18-wheel truck called Corpzilla and designed by activists from the District. Not being able to afford a lawyer. The candidates wrestled to see who would execute the man.