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Disarm America!! Rally

Bryant Park, New York City, May 1, 2004

MAY DAY 2004: We Found The WMD; No More Nuclear Excuses for War!
Global Disarmament Starts at Home — It's Time to Disarm America!!

On May 1, 2003, George W. Bush declared victory from the flight deck of
the USS Abraham Lincoln. Standing under a Mission Accomplished banner,
he proclaimed that, "major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the
battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." With
war hanging in the balance, Bush had told the American public that we
cannot wait for the final proof the smoking gun that could come in the
form of a mushroom cloud. He didnt tell us that the mushroom cloud was
more likely to emanate from the U.S. than from Iraq.

On May 1, 2004 we will demand: No More Nuclear Excuses for War!

The Halifax International Symposium on Media and Disinformation

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, July 1-4, 2004

This International Symposium aims to deal with one of the most pressing matters facing journalists, media and culture workers, and all people — disinformation. The main aim of the Symposium is to empower journalists and collectives of the people by definitively exposing the modus operandi and extent of disinformation, presenting the experience of journalists and activists across Canada and abroad in tackling it, and to consolidate the long-term struggle for its elimination.

Anonymous Comrade writes

Art of Resistance Conference

Seattle, May 13-16, 2004

The 2004 conference is the first annual gathering of political artists from around the country and the world. The conference will consist of two days of workshops, speakers and events exploring political art. Conference participants will receive hands-on skills and practical knowledge, a broader understanding of the history and current state of political art and benefit from the rare opportunity of being able to spend a weekend in a building full of political artists from across the country. We hope to strengthen the movement of artists for global justice by linking together communities of artists whether geographically bound or connected by specific issue.

The Art of Resistance conference will be a weekend full of inspiring art, creative communication and powerful expression. Participants in the conference will be able to participate in up to five workshops out of a total of 12-15 options. Workshops will be hosted by political artists from all over the country, skilled in diverse mediums. Participants will take part in two days of programs including speakers and performance and can attend the many events leading up to and during the conference. Our calendar will list related events occurring before the conference. We will host three open events featuring film, performance, spoken word, music and visual art on the evenings of Thursday, Friday and Saturday at locations in Seattle. The Art of Resistance will also host a political art exhibit which will be on display throughout the conference. Please submit your art to the show. All art in the exhibit and the art created during the conference will be on display on Sunday evening when we open the Arts Brewery to the public.

For more information, check out the rest of the site or contact us at artofresistance@riseup.net

"Injustice" Documentary Screening

Brooklyn, NY, April 24, 2004

"Injustice" is a film about the struggles for justice by the families of black people that have died in police custody in the UK. The film documents a five-year period when the families of Brian Douglas, Joy Gardner, Shiji Lapite, Roger Sylvester and Ibrahima Sey come together to fight for justice. "Injustice" presents evidence that serving police officers in the UK have committed crimes of manslaughter and murder.