THERE COULD BE MORE
PROTESTORS THAN USUAL AT THIS
YEAR'S COLUMBUS DAY CEREMONY IN
PUEBLO.
WE SPOKE WITH A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM A NEW
SOCIALIST GROUP, WHO TELLS US
THEY PLAN TO JOIN NATIVE
AMERICAN GROUPS IN DEMONSTRATING
AT THE EVENT.
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THEY CALL THEMSELVES PUEBLO
SOCIALISTS THEY'RE PLANNING TO
JOIN THE RALLY AGAINST THE
COLUMBUS DAY CELEBRATION
MONDAY.
"CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, IN
HISTORY, HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE GENOCIDE AND ENSLAVEMENT OF
NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLES."
THEIR TWEET ABOUT THE UPCOMING
DEMONSTRATION WAS LIKED AND
RETWEETED BY COLORADO SPRINGS
ANTIFA AND THE COLORADO SPRINGS
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF
AMERICA.
IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER EITHER
GROUP PLANS TO ATTEND ON MONDAY
...
HOWEVER O'DURNION TELLS US HE'S
AWARE THAT SOME SOCIALISTS AND
ANARCHISTS FROM OUT OF TOWN WILL
BE JOINING THEM.
THEY WANT THE STATUE REMOVED
FROM THE PUBLIC SQUARE AND THINK
A MUSEUM IS A MORE APPROPRIATE
PLACE FOR DISPLAY.
"WE DON'T HAVE STATUES OF ADOLF
HITLER.
WE DON'T HAVE STATUES OF ANY
OTHER GENOCIDAL ENSLAVER OF
PEOPLES."
THE CENTURY OLD STATUE IS LISTED
ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF
HISTORIC PLACES.
FOR DECADES, ITALIAN AMERICANS
IN PUEBLO HAVE CELEBRATED
COLUMBUS' VOYAGES TO THE NEW
WORLD AND ITS LASTING ROLE IN
THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED
STATES.
"HIS PARTICULAR EXPEDITION THAT
CAME TO THE NEW WORLD IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR US EVEN HAVING
AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO TALK
ABOUT THIS.
THAT'S HOW WE REMEMBER HIM,
THAT'S HOW WE THINK ABOUT THAT."
THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION WILL
SPECIFICALLY HONOR FOUR
INFLUENTIAL ITALIAN AMERICANS
FROM PUEBLO.
THE SONS OF ITALY, WHICH
ORGANIZES THE EVENT, TOLD US
THERE WILL BE SECURITY AT THE
EVENT AND THEY'RE CONFIDENT THAT
THE PUEBLO POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN
KEEP THINGS UNDER CONTROL.
THE COLUMBUS DAY EVENTS WILL
BEGIN MONDAY MORNING AT 10:00.
NEWS 5 WILL BE THERE TO COVER
WHAT HAPPENS.
