During last week's historic Democratic Convention in Denver there were a number of other 'conventions taking place outside the walls of the Pepsi Center. One of them involved the antiwar sentiments expressed by those in nearby Kent City.

The day we caught up with Oakland rap star Boots Riley of the Coup, hehad just finished opening up for Rage Against the Machine and was gearing up for a 7 mile march through downtown Denver to protest the Iraq War.

We talked to Boots about the historic implications of this election and whether or not Barack Obama's candidacy held any special meaning. Boots noted that Obama was just a new face to the same old imperialism. He likened Obama to being a new manager taking over McDonalds. He noted Obama, may be nicer and give you abreak on a few different things, but at the end of the day, its still McDonalds. Boots said the entire system needs to be changed. Less