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R3VOLUTION March in Washington DC • July 12, 2008

The R3VOLUTION March scheduled for July 12th in Washington DC has to be one of the most thoroughly discussed events in the movement’s history. Some of our movement luminaries such as Devvy Kidd published the position that we shouldn’t do this march at all (in favor of a presence at the RNC), while others such as Ernest Hancock eschew all collective action.

The motives or objectives have been strongly debated. For some, media attention remains an objective. For others, it’s a confidence-building or training exercise for the movement. For many, all they had to hear is that Dr. Paul wanted to do it. In fact, there were several groups and individuals who seemed to have started working on a mass mobilization in DC, either some short days before Dr. Paul or right about the same time.

For us at RTR, we’re mindful of our obligation to carry on the work of Aaron Russo who brought us so far as a movement. Depending on what version of the movie “America: Freedom To Fascism” you watched, you were urged to be prepared to take part in mass demonstrations, strikes or even civil disobedience. These actions represent us keeping our promise to our friend Aaron and to our nation as a whole.

This July 12th mobilization will put us right on the streets for some rigorous activist action and we hope to greatly expand the teaching and learning opportunities for the movement. We’ll use this event to send home as many mobilization experts as we can. We’re recruiting as many volunteers in as many different capacities as we can, and we have volunteers with every imaginable skill getting to work right now. We’d like more folks to be Marshal and Medical volunteers, we still need graphic artists, the travel subcommittee just got organized and there are still a lot more subcommittee positions open. I’d encourage everyone who attends to volunteer in some capacity as we work to insure a safe, peaceful, family-oriented event.

Ultimately we’ll publish every step we took and all relevant documents for other groups to use as a template for future action. The RNC is coming up soon. We have a position paper on this at our website, RevolutionMarch.com.

Now, since no movement is complete without somebody holding out the hat, the budget for this event so far is looking pretty expensive. Major expenses include portapotties, sound equipment, a stage, rental of police officers, and travel expenses for key speakers and staff who otherwise could not afford to be there. We have no way of knowing how many people will actually show up but we‘d like to be prepared for more than ten-thousand of us. Expenses add up fast. We’ll be publishing an official budget soon, so please consider making a donation to make this event great.

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