RNC Protests [All Democrats Invited!]

NYU College Dems are not officially encouraging or sponsoring protests at the Republican National Convention, and I know there is some dissent among our members as the effectiveness of protest as a tactic. But, since some parties (including myself) are interested in these protests, and others may see it as a really good opportunity to register people to vote, here's information:

Thursday, August 19th Still We Rise Coalition Meeting 6 PMSt. Mark's Church - 131 E 10th St. at 2nd Ave A,C,E,2,3,F,V,N,R,Q,W,4,5,6 Trains to 14th Street, then L to 3rd or 1st Avenues.

Friday, August 20th to Sunday, August 22nd Life After Capitalism 2004 Conference, FRIDAY, 7 PM: Hunter Assembly HallFirst Floor of North Building 695 Park Avenue at 69th Street SATURDAY, 10AM-6PM & SUNDAY, 10:30AM-6PM: The Graduate Center of the City University of New York365 5th Avenue at 34th Street

Saturday, August 21st “Fear Will Not Silence Us” Art Show And Happening 7-9 PM ALWAN for the Arts, 16 Beaver Street (b/t Broad & Broadway) (212) 760-1722 $8-$15 Subway:4,5 Bowling GreenN,R Whitehall2,3 Wall StreetJ,M,Z Broad Street1,9 South Ferry

Tuesday, August 24th The East Village Welcomes the RNC 8 PM Webster Hall 125 E 11th St New York 10003 A night of political cabaret, activist tabling and all-out rave is how the East Village and Lower East Side will welcome the Republican National Convention to New York. On the main stage, Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping will kick off the night with their heavenly rabble rousing goodness, with performances following from Dan Bern, Billionaires for Bush, Celena Glenn, 3rd Party and many more; the Bands Against Bush room will rock you out, up and down. The World War III Arts in Action room will feature live art, slideshow art projection and live music; MoveOn's Bush in 30 Seconds television ads will be shown throughout the night.

Wednesday, August 25th No RNC Kick-off Party all day event Webster Hall 125 E. 11th Street, Manhattan

Wednesday, August 25th “Summer of Love 2004: Concert for Equality” 6-9 PM Central Park, East Meadow, 98th St & 5th Ave FREE

Thursday, August 26th War Crimes Tribunal: The People Judge Bush 3:00 PM (2 PM Registration Opens) Martin Luther King Auditorium65th & Amsterdam (near Lincoln Center)Take the 1, 9, A, B, C, D subway

Thursday, August 26th “Unconventional Heroes: An Evening of Performance to Honor Courageous Resisters” 7:30 PM Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, NYU 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South Tickets available at Skirball Center Box Office (212) 992-8484

Thursday, August 26th LiveMusic’s “The Anti-Convetion: A Benefit for Not in Our Name” 7 PM Doors, 7:30 PM Warsaw, 261 Driggs Ave Brooklyn, NY $20 in advance

Friday, August 27th Immigrant-Worker Solidarity Day Of Action4 PM to 10 PMSt. Mark's Church131 E. 10th St., New York(between 2nd & 3rd Avenues)directions

Friday, August 27th OUTRAGED: a pre-republican national convention protest- party 7:00 pm Remote Lounge Bowery St. between 2nd & 3rd St.A benefit for the MOVE ON VOTER FUNDFeatured artist: BITCH, with performances by; Pandora Scooter, Brickhouse

Friday, August 27th Critical Mass Against the RNC7:00 PM North Union Square (16th St. and 4th Ave.) Critical Mass is an international event held in hundreds of cities on six continents that occurs on the last Friday of every month when bicyclists spontaneously come together to ride the ordinarily car-clogged streets of their cities.

Friday, August 27th LiveMusic’s “The Anti-Convention: A Benefit for Not in Our Name”7 PM Doors, 7:30 PM Warsaw, 261 Driggs Ave Brooklyn, NY $25 in advance Saturday, August 28th Books Not Bombs Youth Convergence9 AM- 6 PM Convergence Center @ Saint Marks Church, 131 East 10th Street.

Saturday, August 28th March for Women's Lives New YorkAssemble at 11:00 a.m. at Cadman Plaza, BrooklynStep-off at 12:00 noon across the Brooklyn Bridge1:00 Rally for Women’s Lives at City Hall Park, Manhattan

Saturday, August 28th FREEDOM FORUM: REAL HOMELAND SECURITY WITH CIVIL LIBERTIES (FORUM) 12 Noon Graduate Center, CUNY -Elabash Hall, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35th St

Saturday, August 28th A PEOPLE'S CONSTITUTION DISCUSSION:"The Right to Vote and the Future of American Constitutional Democracy"(presented with My Daily Constitution) 2-4 PM New York Public Library/Countee Collen Branch, Harlem, 104 West 136th St Tickets: Free

Saturday, August 28th, Sunday, August 29th, Thursday, September 2nd GUANTANOMO (theatre) SATURDAY: 3 PM, 8 PM, SUNDAY: 3 PM, THURSDAY: 8 PM Culture Project, 45 Bleecker Street Guantanamo looks at the questions surrounding the detentions at Guantanamo Bay. (presented with Culture Project) Tickets: $55, $60 Box Office: 212-253-9983

Saturday, August 28th THE FOURTH WORLD WAR (film) 5, 7, 9 PM Anthology Film Archives, 32 East 2nd Street @ 2nd Avenue The story of men and women surviving this current global conflict. (presented with Anthology Film Archives) Tickets: $8, $5 Box Office: 212-505-5181

Saturday, August 28th Ground Zero: Ring Out the Republicans 5:30 pm Streets surrounding Ground Zero, Downtown

Saturday, August 28th MARGARET CHO'S STATE OF EMERGENCY WORLD TOUR (COMEDY) 7 PM The Apollo, 253 West 125th Street btwn 7th & 8th Ave Margaret Cho kicks off Imagine Festival 04 with “State of Emergency.” Tickets: $50, $40, $25 Box Office: 212-531-5305

Saturday, August 28th WOMEN AGAINST WAR – AN EVENING OF MUSIC AND INSPIRATION 7 PM The Riverside Church Nave, 490 Riverside Drive at 120th Street Advance Tickets Only: $10. Call 1-800-838-3006

Saturday, August 28th EVENING WITH JOHN SAYLES & FRIENDS: segments of SILVER CITY 8 PM Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space, 2537 B'way @ 95th Street John Sayles will show the “Silver City” trailer and film segments Tickets: $15, $14, $13 Box Office: 212-864-5400 or tickets.com

Sunday, August 29th Massive NYC March and Rally on the Eve of the RNCAssemble at 10:00AM, Seventh Avenue @ 14th StreetMarch steps off at noon

Sunday, August 29th WOMEN’S PEACE RALLY AND MARCH 10 AM Location TBA (United for Peace & Justice is waiting for a permit)

Sunday, August 29th Bush Bash in Brooklyn 3:00 PM until Midnight Café 111, 111 Court Street Bush Bash in Brooklyn will be a day of music, comedy, spoken word and political thoughts dedicated to highlighting the repugnant policies of the Bush Administration. The day will kick off at 3pm, and will run until midnight. Performances of many kinds will make up the day - with sets ranging from 5 minutes to 45 minutes.

Sunday, August 29th TOGETHER FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE (dance) 7:30 PM Merce Cunningham Studios, 55 Bethune Street @ Washington Street Together for Peace and Justice, an evening of dance, music, and poetry. (presented with Artists for Peace) Tickets: $12, $5 Box Office: 212-802-4800 Link: 212-227-8545

Monday, August 30th Still We Rise Coalition's Poor People's March2:00 PM Union Square, over 14th Street to 8th Avenue (past Madison Square Garden and the Press Post Office), making a right onto 34th Street and then a left onto 7th Avenue into Times Square for a rally beginning at 5:30 PM

(There are smaller feeder marches coming over the Brooklyn Bridge to Union Square and starting at Harlem State Office Building joining the rally in Times Square).

The Still We Rise Coalition consists of New Yorkers who are organized through community based and nonprofit organizations united to raise awareness about welfare issues, housing, civil liberties, healthcare & HIV/AIDS, criminal justice & immigration issues--the issues directly affecting the lives of low-income New Yorkers, primarily in communities of color that our leaders have ignored. On the opening day of the Republican National Convention, August 30th, 2004, we willing be holding a large scale march & rally

Monday, August 30th Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign's “March for Our Lives” 4 PM In front of the United Nations, 45th St & 1st Ave

Monday, August 30th PATRIOT ACT: A PUBLIC MEDITATION (THEATER) 7 PM New York Theater Workshop, 79 E 4th Street Patriot Act: an exposé of threats to American democracy and freedom. Tickets: Box Office: 212-460-5475 Link: www.nytw.org/

Monday, August 30th STAND UP FOR CHOICE Big Tent Extravaganza (MUSIC + COMEDY) 8 PM Beacon Theatre, 74th and Broadway Moby, Lewis Black, Joan Osborne, Michael McKean stand up for choice. (presented with Planned Parenthood/Republicans for Choice) Tickets: $25-$125 Box Office: www.ticketmaster.com Link: www.plannedparenthood.org

Monday, August 30th BROTHERS & OTHERS: THE IMPACT OF 9/11 ON ARABS, MUSLIMS & SOUTH ASIANS IN AMERICA (film) 11 PM Barbès, 376 9th Street, Park Slope "Brothers and Others" focuses on Muslims and Arabs in America after 9/11 Tickets: $5 Box Office: 718-965-9177

Tuesday, August 31st Youth Day of Action! http://www.rncnotwelcome.org/youthrnc.html Details TBA

Tuesday, August 31st BROTHERS & OTHERS: THE IMPACT OF 9/11 ON ARABS, MUSLIMS & SOUTH ASIANS IN AMERICA (film & forum) 7 PM Pioneer Theater, 155 East 3rd Street "Brothers and Others" focuses on Muslims and Arabs in America after 9/11 Tickets: $9, $6.50 Box Office: 212-254-3300

Tuesday, August 31st PATRIOT ACT: A PUBLIC MEDITATION (theatre) 7 PM New York Theater Workshop, 79 E 4th Street Patriot Act: an exposé of threats to American democracy and freedom. Tickets: Box Office: 212-460-5475 Link: www.nytw.org/

Tuesday, August 31st INVOLVER '04: DAVID CROSS HOSTS AN EVENING OF MUSIC Time TBA Beacon Theatre, 2124 Broadway Involver '04: All-star night of music & comedy hosted by David Cross, featuring Sleater-Kinney and other special guests. (presented with Knitting Factory/Involver '04)

Wednesday, September 1st Labor Union Rally & March to Stop Bush!4 PM 8th Avenue at 30th Street (enter on 23rd Street)

Wednesday, September 1st A Demonstration in Words During the Republican National Convention8:00 PM At St. Mark's Church, 131 E 10th Street FREE, featuring 20 poets

Thursday, September 2nd United for Peace and Justice Protest www.unitedforpeace.org All Day Location TBA

Thursday, September 2nd Party at Tompkin’s Square Park-One People’s Project www.onepeoplesproject.com All Day

Thursday, September 2nd A PEOPLE'S CONSTITUTION: "Privacy, Free Speech and the Patriot Act" (DISCUSSION) 6:30-8:30 PM Brooklyn Library, Grand Army Plaza

In his comment, Michael says (in part):

Demonstrating anger and frustration with the public is important. I think I was always so unwilling to march because I wanted to concentrate on persuasion, and I think protests are not always the best way to persuade people. My concern was with reaching the people who could persuaded, if they were not alienated by the things I believed in. So ultimately, then, I was concerned that protesting and marching would both demonstrate my anger and alienate people amenable to persuasion and reason.

I think the Republicans coming to visit New York City need to know what people think of them. I think the protests will be a good way of doing that...

Republicans coming to visit New York City need to know what people think of them

Two points: 1. This says it all. It's not Bush they hate. It's us. Bush just symbolizes all conservatives for them.

2. Any Freeper living in N.Y. or any delegate going there ought to bring as many video cameras as possible. The scene aint gonna be pretty and the more it's captured, the more likely voters will turn to the hapless GOP innocents bleeding on the ground.

Rev Billy & the Church of Stop Shopping in the latest issue of TIME

A WELCOME FOR THE REPUBLICANS

Dear Fellow Sufferers in the Shopacalypse.

We are lost in the mall of the transnational corporation known as America, a name taken from a movie produced by tax- and draft-dodgers who hate you. But forgive them, for they have POWER, and power is either grand or it is comic, but either way it is simply the script for CORRUPTION the musical, which was produced by tax and draft-dodgers who hate you. But forgive them, for they have MEDIA drilling each of us for our dreams, memory fragments, moral whispers, and wonderings beneath the night stars, which is used to create a new PERFUME by tax and draft-dodgers who hate you. But forgive them, for they have SEX in the distance, beneath snap-on sunsets bulk-zipped to celebrities who look at you and call you a MARKET, and put you in a dome, and send you down an aisle in a big box, and make you so bored with your life that you actually think that THE NEW TOM CRUISE MOVIE WILL SAVE YOU. This, children, is the Harvard Business School nonsense that made the dead children drink tea in the big 2-day White Sale, do you remember those children? How they discussed Shock and Awe in their displays case while the generals began to sob?

Shopping, you can hardly feel it. We only have the sense that we have forgotten something about our lives.

You'll be able to see two different kinds of protesters at the RNC this week. Those that support treasonous Kerry, and those that want attention.

The difference between the RNC and the DNC is that the RNC is the ones that get the attention of the latter group.

Shows the party that gets paid more attention doesn't it?

It is truly awesome that it works this way. The idiots that support Kerry and the ones that want attention are going to be indistinguishable, and will work against Kerry as middle America watches and decides that they do not want to be associated with the truly extreme people that will make the news each night. The Main(LEFT)stream media will have no choice but to cover the idiotic actions they are sure to perform. Can it get any better than this? I truly love this.

Did anybody hear that NYT has connections to Kerry? Imagine that? Who would've thought huh? /sarcasm

Am I the only one who's actually getting EXCITED about these protests? I can't wait to see the underbelly of the far left be exposed for all the world to see. It makes me wish I were going to the convention so I could wear my "Bush/Cheney" button around the Village and irritate the he!! out of all those tolerant libs.

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