DENVER, TX. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Republic Records) - A statement from Flobots:
"During the last week of this month, Denver will host the Democratic National Convention. Given the many individuals, organizations, and entities who will be in our hometown that week with various agendas, the band wanted to make clear our goals for the week.
Our goals during the DNC are:
To celebrate the fact that a progressive African-American candidate running a grassroots campaign on an antiwar platform has secured the nomination of a major political party.
To claim this nomination as a victory for the antiwar movement.
To reaffirm our moral obligation to end the occupation of Iraq, support the reconstruction of Iraq, and fully fund veterans' benefits.
To call attention to ongoing efforts to address other forms of violence and neglect in US foreign and domestic policy.
To commit ourselves to transforming this country into a resource for peacemaking and sustainability.
To meet these goals, we will participate in a variety of events and activities and engage in dialogue with those around us. Whatever your role in the convention, we invite you to get involved in the following ways:
Do all within your power to ensure the safety of all people you encounter, regardless of ideology or role.
Help educate yourself and others by participating in workshops and events scheduled for the week.
Join us on Wednesday, August 27th at the Denver Coliseum unite with Rage Against The Machine, The Coup, State Radio, Wayne Kramer, and 10,000 to call for an end to the occupation of Iraq.
With the eyes of the world on Denver, we have an opportunity to begin embodying the America we would like to become. As Langston Hughes said, "America never was America to me, and yet I swear this oath- America will be!"
As well as selling over 225k records and having one of the fastest rising new songs of 2008 ("Handlebars," soaring to No 1 audience on the Alternative chart, and holding down the top spot on Los Angeles' influential radio station KROQ for nearly three months running), this is a band who do not shy away from what they believe.
Flobots have two non profit organizations: FightWithTools.org is a national street team and a social networking site, with the goal of finding aspects of their community in which they can get involved. They've also created a larger issue through the site, which is voter registration. Flobots have a goal to register 10,000 new voters by this year's election. Flobots.org is the parent organization, with several community programs, such as music therapy workshops at the Denver Children's Home for youth who have experienced trauma.
