RNC Protest Activity for Tuesday, August 31, 2004

· 1:30 PM: THE SHOUT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD; THE DAY OF
NONVIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AGAINST THE BUSH AGENDA.
o Speakers from various groups will announce their plans
for
nonviolent civil disobedience.

o WHERE: Union Square, in front of Gandhi statue
(southwest corner
near 15th St.)

o CONTACT: Reality Check A31 Media: 212-279-2485,
917-748-9495.

· All Day: A31 DAY OF NON-VIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND
DIRECT ACTION: "REGIME CHANGE BEGINS NOW"

o Numerous decentralized actions throughout the city to
confront the Bush Administration?s unjust policies at home
and abroad.

o WHEN: Ongoing throughout the day

o WHERE: Various locations

§ All Day: BILLIONAIRE FLASHMOBBING

· Ruly bands of Billionaires will roam the streets of New
York, stopping for three-martini lunches, spontaneous
outbursts of ballroom dancing and en-masse shining of
shoes.

· For locations and times contact: 1-216-803-0990

§ All Day: PEOPLE'S OLYMPICS DIRECT ACTIONS

· While the Republicans are having one of their theme-days
("Sports and Parks"), various groups may participate in
decentralized sporting events throughout the city, as a
part of the day's resistance to Empire.

§ 8.30 AM: HALLIBURTON BREAKFAST

· Breakfast sponsored by Halliburton for the Texas
Delegates. Protest actions and guerilla theater may occur.

· WHERE: NYC Hilton 1334 Ave of the Americas (btwn 54th
and 55th)

§ 9:30 AM: BREAKFAST ON THE GREEN

· Breakfast sponsored by the Wall Street firms for
Republican delegates. Protest actions may occur.

§ 11:30 AM: STOP THE DETENTIONS: PROTEST AT THE BUREAU OF
IMMIGRANT AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (Columbus Park)


§ 3:00 PM: MARCH FROM GROUND ZERO, CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AT
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

· The War Resisters League and School of the Americas
Watch will converge at Cortland St/Ground Zero and march
north on Broadway to Madison Square Garden, where they
will enact a "die-in" on the street.

· WHERE: Cortland St./Ground Zero

· CONTACT: Frida Berrigan, 347-683-4928;
Christy Pardew, 202-903-7257

§ 4:00 PM: ACTIONS IN MIDTOWN (with info booth at Union
Square). Protest sites include (but are not limited to)
the following corporations:

· The Carlyle Group (520 Madison Ave.)

· Rand Corporation (215 Lexington Ave.)

· Lockheed-Martin (420 Lexington Ave.)

· Chevron Public Affairs Office (230 Park Ave.)

· Hummer of Manhattan (798 11th Ave.)

§ 4:00 PM: BIKE BLOC IN SUPPORT OF A31 DAY OF ACTION

· WHERE: Union Square South

§ 4:00 PM: FOX NEWS ?SHUT-UP-A-THON?

· Members of Codepink, the Ronald Reagan Home for the
Criminally Insane, Tejas Bloc and others will join Fox
News? Bill O'Reilly in shouting, "Shut up!"(his favorite
line) in front of Fox's corporate HQ. You won't want to
miss the spectacular moves of the "Fox News Republican
Cheerleaders" — guaranteed to leave you stupefied.

· WHERE: 1211 Avenue of the Americas, between 47th and
48th

· CONTACT:Jeff Grubler, 415-385-5956

§ 4:00 PM: MAN IN BLACK BLOC/JOHNNY CASH PROTEST

· Johnny Cash spoke for the poor and under-represented;
Republicans speak for the rich. Johnny Cash advocated for
prison reform; the Republicans lock us up. People will
gather at Sotheby's to defend the memory of Johnny Cash
with the power of song.

· WHERE: SOTHEBY'S, 1334 York Avenue (one block east of
1st Ave.) at 71st Street

· CONTACT: rine@riseup.net

§ 5:00 PM: GAYS AGAINST BUSH: "SHOW ME" STATE PROTEST
ACTION

· Gays Against Bush will gather to target the RNC Missouri
delegation to protest the "Show Me" State's recent display
of anti-gay bigotry with the passage of the Anti-Same-Sex
Marriage Missouri State Constitutional Amendment.

· WHEN: Front of Westin Hotel, 270 West 43rd Street

§ 6:00 PM: GATHERING AT MADISON SQUARE PARK (or steps of
42nd St. Public Library)

§ 7:00 PM: CONVERGENCE ON MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

§ 7:00 PM: "CREATE A WORLD OF TRUE SECURITY" ACTION

· Create a World of True Security will gather at Herald
Square and construct a model of a world of real security
and true democracy. They ask affinity groups to bring
things that show what true security means to them. Groups
may offer food or water, paint the streets, offer healing,
share songs, tell a stories or engage in discussions about
a world of true security and an end to Bush's endless war
and Homeland In-Security. If the police prevent them from
creating this world or attempt to remove them, those who
choose to will refuse to cooperate, sitting down and
nonviolently holding the space, risking arrest if
necessary.

· WHERE: Herald Square (34th and Broadway)

· CONTACT: Juniper Smith 512-431-7988,
Rayanne El-Amin 415-572-8088

· 6:00-10:00 PM: CAMPUS ANTI-WAR COUNTER CONVENTION

o A non-partisan anti-war counter-convention to discuss
the defacto occupation of Iraq with Ralph Nader, Rep. John
Conyers Jr., Colleen Kelly, and others.

www.nycsocialforum.org/convention

o WHERE: Columbia University, Miller Theatre 2960 Broadway
(116th and Broadway)

o CONTACT: Omar Antar, 203-530-9254

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