Fight With Tools Conference

The Flobots formed a non-profit group for community organizing, Fight With Tools, which held its first annual conference at the end of 2008. The band has funded the initial costs of launching community groups in several cities, working on topics like immigration reform and militarism. They are performing a New Year's Eve show just down the road from Denver University, at The Gothic. It's refreshing to see a band that not only talks a consistent political talk, but walks the walk by funding efforts to make things better.

Below is a video of band members welcoming everyone to the conference. Other highlights include a militarism workshop with a game of Jeopardy, and a talk by Dan Conerd from the Iraq Veterans Against the War, on the reality of deployment. Here's another video from Wednesday, with Jonny 5 and Brer Rabbit leading a workshop on Strategies for Change.







The first day concluded with a vigil at the State Capitol in downtown Denver, to protest Israel's bombing of the Gaza Strip. There were more than 200 people there, an inspiring sight.