Radical moonbat gangs are meeting in New York, planning to tediously act out their long-denied need for parental supervision—again: NY’s Finest Prep for Anarchy. (Hat tip: ted.)

August 16, 2004 — Cops are bracing for radical attempts to “shut down” the Republican convention, with protesters blockading or disabling delegates’ buses — and the NYPD is even warning McDonald’s and Starbucks that they could be anarchist targets.

The radicals and other activists — who’ve sparked stormy protests from Seattle to Genoa — will be meeting here Friday in a war council to plan protests for the convention.

The radicals claim protests for the four-day event beginning Aug. 30 will be peaceful — and the only threat of violence stems from cops.

But sources said the NYPD is anticipating efforts by radicals to:

* Stop delegates from getting to Madison Square Garden, the convention site, by puncturing the tires of their shuttle buses or lying down in front of them.

* Disrupt subways, especially near the Garden.

* Create chaos at the 40 hotels housing delegates.

Several high-profile members of the radical protest movement will meet Friday at a “Life After Capitalism” conference at Hunter College to discuss a final strategy.

Among them are Canadian activist Jaggi Singh; Lisa Fithian of Los Angeles, a top organizer in the umbrella group United for Peace and Justice; and Miriam “Starhawk” Simos of San Francisco, author of a widely read essay, “How We Shut Down the WTO.”

“We’re not calling for a shutdown of the convention,” Fithian said. “No one has an intention of being arrested. If the police exercise restraint… they have nothing to fear.”

But she said there may be people who want to “go beyond marching.”