Denver Communists

On Friday, we celebrated three years of monthly protests against Drip Café, the homophobic “café evangelist” project that has tried to smuggle their backward ideology into the art district under cover of an innocent coffeeshop. (See the slideshows pinned to our Instagram profile for more.)

We got *extra* love from the *extra* crowd since it’s Pride month.

Drip supporters amped up their sealioning tactic — diverting our attention with relentless bad-faith questions and feigned earnestness and curiosity. But after years of dealing with these fundamentalist numbskulls, we know they only talk to us to waste our time, convert us, or satisfy their humiliation fe**sh.

It seemed like we were the subject of a field trip for young adult protest-tourists fulfilling their religious duty to confront q***r people during Pride.

One Drip supporter claimed to be a transmasc le***an until she received conversion therapy directly from Jesus Himself during a near-death experience.

A couple of Drip supporters zeroed in on an intersex comrade of ours, alternating between lovebombing her and invalidating her gender. They used faux science to justify their transphobia, insisting that chromosomes are all that matters. Shocking that biblical literalists would spew bigoted pseudoscience, right?!

We turned away dozens of potential customers. A few that we missed exited before buying anything after hearing the bad Christian music and realizing the place was a weirdo cult-café. One gay couple didn’t catch the vibe until after they bought drinks — then came outside, got the scoop from us, and decided to pour their drinks out.

Notes of Dissent played “Bella Ciao,” Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga, and Rage Against the Machine to drown out Drip’s dreadful Christian rock.

Denver Police mostly kept their distance, but kept an eye on us. They were curious about our mystery guest dressed in black, but didn’t get too far in questioning us about them.

See you next month to KEEP THE ART WALK GAY!

Join us to show support for a drag queen story time with Zarah Misdemeanor, which is under threat from the vile reactionaries with Libs of TikTok.

Monday, June 8 at 9:45 am
Belmar Library
555 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood

Once just a fringe ragebait twitter account, Libs of TikTok has metastasized into a powerful political force directly impacting legislation and encouraging threats, harassment, and terrorism against q***r people.

According to Ari Drennen, LGBTQ program director for Media Matters, the progressive media watchdog group, “Libs of TikTok is shaping our entire political conversation about the rights of LGBTQ people to participate in society. It feels like they’re single-handedly taking us back a decade in terms of the public discourse around LGBTQ rights.”

Those who oppose drag claim to be protecting kids, but they actually seek to criminalize and oppress trans and all q***r people — especially trans women, who are central to the right’s fear-mongering.

We will be lining up alongside our comrades in Parasol Patrol outside the library to visibly and vocally support drag, and to counter any right-wing opposition.

Join us! Drag defense is anti-fascism!

Join the Denver Communists for some IRL socializing!

📅 Saturday, June 20 at 2pm
📍Sunken Gardens Park

When you get there, look for our flags! We will have food, drinks, and politics ready to share.

🚢 Trump, Iran, and the Limits of Empire

The US’s most recent imperialist exploit in Iran has been as catastrophic as it has been bloody. Trump’s inability to bully, bluster, and bomb Iran into submission, while suffering humiliating military setbacks, has exposed the empire’s vulnerabilities. This is a contradictory new era of imperialism, in which the US and allies including Israel become more dangerous as they lose their grip on soft power.

📖 “The communist position on Iran must therefore be for the defeat of the US and Israel, for the military victory of Iran in its defense against imperial aggression, and for the victory of Iran’s exploited and oppressed in their struggle against the Iranian regime.”

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