Global Day of Coordinated Actions (FReep ANSWER et al March 18-20)

International ANSWER ^ | on or before March 3, 2005 | some Stalin fan

[BillF]

[UPDATED FROM AN EARLIER POST. LEFTISTS ARE TIMING THESE TO THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE START OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. ALL EVENTS ARE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 19 EXCEPT WHERE NOTED. I've reformatted, left out some irrelevant info, and added emphasis. I will post rally info from another leftist group below on this thread. Check relevant leftist websites in case their plans change.]

ALABAMA Huntsville North Alabama Peace Network EVENT: Gather at Flying Monkey Arts Center for a art show / benefit concert for the Victims of the War in Iraq.  Art show, 3 - 7pm; Benefit concert 7-10pm; Rally, downtown Huntsville, noon. ALASKA Juneau EVENT: Gather at 10am at the steps of the Capitol Building (4th & Main St)  ARIZONA Phoenix Grandmothers for Peace EVENT: Gather at 11am at Bell road & 99th Ave CALIFORNIA Los Angeles A.N.S.W.E.R. LA EVENT: At 12 noon we will gather at Hollywood & Vine San Francisco A.N.S.W.E.R SF EVENT: Gather at 11am at Dolores Park march to the Civic Center Downloadable flyer COLORADO Denver EVENT: Gather at 1pm at the west steps of the state capital building. WASHINGTON D.C. DC A.N.S.W.E.R. TRANSPORTATION:  To Fayetteville, NC; call for details [Note that ANSWER has, in the wake of constant counter-protests by DC Chapter FReepers, decided to go elsewhere for a friendly reception. Many DC FReepers will follow them to other locations in hopes that they will go still further away by swimming to Cuba. ] FLORIDA Orlando Orlando Not In Our Name EVENT: Gather at 12 noon at International Dr. & Sand Lake Rd. St. Augustine People for Peace and Justice & Veteran for peace, International Action Center EVENT: Gather from 1-3pm at the Bridge of Lions, west of the downtown Plaza St. Petersburg St. Pete for Peace EVENT: Gather at Williams Park Noon-5PM 2nd Avenue N and 4th Street in downtown St. Petersburg   GEORGIA Atlanta International Action Center DATE: Friday, March 18 EVENT: Gather at 4:30pm, at Marietta & Centennial Olympic Park; march will leave at 5pm HAWAII Pahoa EVENT: Gather at 1pm at Kalani Oceanside Retreat ILLINOIS Carbondale Peace Coalition of So Illinois EVENT: Day long installation of memorial crosses at the Town Square Pavillion.  Vigils and Bannering at 4  locations in town at 11:30am with convergence for a rally at the Pavillion at 12:30pm. Chicago Chicago March 19 Coalition EVENT: 12 noon gather at Oak St. & Michigan Ave. followed by a march down Michigan Ave. to Federal Plaza. Downloadable flyer  IOWA Burlington Citizens for Peace EVENT: Gather at 2pm at the Port of Burlington Building on the Mississippi Riverfront KANSAS Salina Salina People for Peace DATE: Sunday, March 20 EVENT: Gather at 7:30pm at Salina Mennonite Church 600 W. State St. (12th St. and State St.) for a film showing and discussion. MASSACHUSETTS New Bedford DATE: Sunday, March 20 EVENT: Gather at from 1-4pm at the corner of Buttonwood Park, rte 140, and rte 6. across from the CVS. Worcester Veterans For Peace DATE: Saturday, March 19 EVENT: Gather from 12-2pm at Lincoln Square MICHIGAN Flint Flint Michael Moore Meet Up Group EVENT: Gather at 3pm at City of Flint City Hall Grand Rapids West Michigan Justice and Peace Coalition (WMJPC) EVENT: Gather at 1pm at Calder Plaza Lansing EVENT: Rally at the Capitol at 10am.  Critical mass from the Capitol to East Lansing.  For those who can't bike, an antiwar caravan will drive to the campus of MSU.  The documentary film "About Baghdad" will be shown at 3pm at MSU.

MINNESOTA Minneapolis Iraq Peace Action Coalition EVENT: Gather at 1pm at Loring Park Hennepin/Lyndale Ave. & Oak Grove St, march at 1:30pm, 2:30pm Speakers & Program at St. Mark's Cathedral (510 Oak Grove St) St. Paul Neighbors for Peace EVENT: Gather at from 5:45pm-7:15pm  for a walk for peace, corner of Snelling and Summit Ave., going west to the Mississippi River. Please bring candles. MISSISSIPPI Biloxi South MS United for Peace DATE: Sunday, March 20 EVENT: Gather from 12-6pm at Biloxi Green & Visitors' Center, Highway 90 at Lameuse. MONTANA Bozeman Bozeman Peace Seekers DATE: Sunday, March 20 EVENT: Gather at 2:30pm at the Ballroom, Emerson Cultural Center for a "Party for Peace" with songs, speeches, drama and audience participation. NEW JERSEY Atlantic City CPJ EVENT: Gather at from 2-4pm for a march will begin at Garden Pier parking lot, march to Kennedy Plaza for rally and return to Garden Pier NEW MEXICO Albuquerque Stop the War Machine EVENT: Gather at from 11am- 1 pm at the National Guard Armory & Armed Forces Recruting Center, corner Wyoming and Copper, NE. NEW YORK New York City International Action Center EVENT: 12 noon in Central Park at the East Meadow New Paltz Initiated by Hudson Valley Activist Newsletter EVENT: Rally at 1pm at Hasbrouck Park (near SUNY New Paltz) and march through town. Rep. Maurice Hinchey [Karl Rove framed Dan Rather with the forged documents] will be the featured speaker. NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte Action Center For Justice EVENT: Gather at 1pm at Marshall Park (2nd St & S. McDowell St) Fayetteville Military Families Speak Out EVENT: Gather at from 11-4pm at Rowan Park OHIO Columbus Central Ohio Peace EVENT: Gather at 1pm at The West Plaza of the Ohio Statehouse (Broad & High Sts.) Dayton September 11 Coalition EVENT: Gather at 6:30pm at Courthouse Sq. (Third & Main Sts.) Lima DATE: Sunday, March 20 EVENT: Gather at 2pm at Lima Sq. OREGON Cottage Grove Stand For Peace EVENT: Gather at 11am for a procession thru town to National Guard Armory PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh EVENT: Gather at 11am at Frick Park SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston DATE: Sunday, March 20 EVENT: Gather from 2-5pm at Marion Square TENNESSEE Knoxville Knox Area Coalition for Compassion EVENT: Gather from 11-1pm at West Town Mall (Kingston Pike & Morrell Rd) Bring signs! Memphis Mid-South Peace and Justice Center EVENT: Gather at 12 noon at First Congregational Church, 1000 S. Cooper. We will march through midtown to Overton Park where there will be a Rally at Veterans Plaza. VERMONT Rutland Central Vermont Peace EVENT: Gather from 3 til 5 pm at RTE 4 and 7, Rutland Vermont  (Main St Park by visitors center) VIRGINIA Augusta Augusta Coalition for Peace and Justice EVENT: Gather at from 12noon- 1 pm at the Augusta County Court House WASHINGTON Seattle EVENT: Call for details WEST VIRGINIA  Martinsburg EVENT: Gather from 4-7pm at 224 West King Street

[BillF]

Please consider taking a road trip to Fayetteville, NC.

It was great last year.

[Flora McDonald]

ROAD TRIP PING!!!!!

I'm leaning toward Fayatteville, NC.

The Augusta Co. Courthouse in Staunton is a lot closer but they will only be protesting for an hour and there will probably be a max. of 10 old hippies.

So it looks like Fayetteville for me.

To self: make some of those giant foam hands with purple fingers...find the spit shields and nose plugs from last ANSWER FReep...make "OSAMA IS YO MAMA" sign...a puppet would be nice - Kennedy on a stick...no, too heavy to hold up...batteries for the megaphone...

[BillF]

Flora McDonald said: make "OSAMA IS YO MAMA" sign...

LOL.

Flora, you had to leave early so you're not aware of the sign controversy. Fayetteville Police told us that we could not have signs (even foamboard) larger than a certain size. Don't remember what the size was, but it was pretty small. I think that even some of your signs were too large and had to stay in tax relief's SUV.

Flora, before you make that new sign, maybe clyde asbury or tax relief will be so kind as to clarify the sign requirements? They may be waiting for further info.

I don't have any idea about rules for puppets down there.

[tgslTakoma]

In anticipation of cANSWER chickening out on the humiliation of being outnumbered by DC Freepers on March 19th, I took that weekend off work - now I need to find out if there is an official Freeper hotel, or if I should book with the one we stayed at last year.

Please Freepmail* details, if there are any.

*Freepmail info, because we don't want the lefties to do what lefties often do - destroy property, vandalize (our) vehicles, threaten the property management, etc.

[tgslTakoma]

We followed the Fayetteville PD sign size rules last year (smaller than 2sq ft, IIRC).

The lefties, however, did not, and were not challenged (by Fayetteville, NC PD) on their disregard for the rules.

Hopefully this year, the Fayetteville PD will liberalize the sign size rules.

;-)

[RedWing9]

Ping!!!!

[rogue yam]

Thanks for the ping, Bill. You can bet your boots that whatever leftie scum show up that day in Frisco will be FReeped senseless (ok, they're already senseless, but you know what I mean) by our intrepid Freeper/Protest Warrior Combined Task Force.

We don't back down!

[BillF]

On a thread in January, MichiganCheese had asked about ANSWER activities in Michigan for the second anniversary protests.

I've also taken the liberty of pinging a couple other Michigan FReepers in hopes that one or more of you can find a FReeper to organize a counter-protest of at least one of the Michigan anti-war protests.

The leftists will have at least 7 Michigan locations (see #2 reply as well as the first post). There may be some overlap in the lists of events of ANSWER (first post) and UFPJ (#2 reply). Generally, ANSWER has had the bigger events, but that really varies from location to location.

[BillF]

Pinging some who posted on the ANSWER thread in January in case anyone wants to help organize a local event to counter the leftists or attend an already-organized event countering the left.

Additionally, or alternately, write letters to the editors of your local papers, starting about a week before the protest, pointing out that for over a year ANSWER's website included the statement that "the anti-war movement here and around the world must give its unconditional support to the Iraqi anti-colonial resistance." ANSWER's leaders are not anti-war. They just support the side fighting America. They support the people blowing up our troops in Iraq, intentionally killing innocent Iraqi civilians, and beheading American civilians.

[Kuksool]

Sounds like fun.

[Marano NYC]

Clever Pun .
Ramses Clarks crew is not so bad. Watch out for Critical Mass as those guys can be dangerous.
The leftist have a new tactic they send a woman to hit a male counter protester . This forces the male to back off.

[LisaFab]

Bill, you da man! A most useful and informative post.

[BillF]

A lot of leftists in a lot of states need a whole lot of FReeping.

Do you have lists for every state?

PS. The fighter plane photos in the pings are great! Thanks for all you do.

[tgslTakoma]

And for all everyone who plans on Freeping their local leftists, here's a helpful reference document... The PAJAMAHADEEN COOKBOOK: Chapter One - Making a MOAB in your own backyard!

Anyone else have another chapter ready for The PAJAMAHADEEN COOKBOOK yet? I was kind of hoping someone would write: Big, Ugly Puppetmaking made easy.

[bmwcyle]

I guess it is time to dust off the posters and get busy.

[Mudboy Slim]

Fayetteville or Wilmington...which is closer to Nags Head, where I'm gonna be that weekend?

I'd like to join in a good counter-protest somewheres...MUD

[God luvs America]

thanks for the heads up....if any chick comes towards me I'll whack her in the head! :)

[Jon Alvarez]

Events in Syracuse, NY

We need your support for a pro-USA rally to shadow the speaking engagements of this "soldier" who is speaking out against our country...Join us, bring a flag or a sign.

From the Syracuse Hate Council:
www.peacecouncil.net
War in Iraq: A Marine's Eye View
Thursday, March 10
7:00 pm, South Presbyterian Church, corner of S. Salina St. and E. Colvin St.
Noon to 1pm OCC-(Fireside Lounge in Gordon Student Center)
4 pm at SU (Kittredge Auditorium, HBC Hall)
Hear first hand from Jimmy Massey, a Marine who served in Iraq and came to believe that the war is wrong.

Friday, March 18th, Noon at the Federal Building
Demonstration agains tthe war planned

Let's stand up to em in Syracuse!

[Marano NYC]

Wrong approach. Have a confederate with a video camera nearby. This confederate must be undercover and look like the enemy. No sports logos and dirty clothing ripped in a few strategic places if a guy two days unshaven.
Get it on film and under no circumstances strike back. Leftist live to get jailed conservatives do not. If your group is creative and you follow instructions you can even sue Code Pink or whatever organization the offender is a part of. Maybe Mark Levin could even be enlisted as council and you can get extra publicity for protest warriors.

[Flora McDonald]

Hmmm...I don't think you'll be all that close to either one.
My daughter was born in Wilmington and we used to canoe in the salt marsh next to the apartment. One day the shrimp were jumping in the canoe!

And then there was Uncle Henry's oyster roast on Masonboro Loop Rd.... a boy would stand at the end of each newspaper covered table and shuck the oysters. Wonder if the place is still there?

In the fall and winter most of the parties our friends had were oyster roasts. They would dig a shallow pit in the sand, put a grate over it and roast the oysters covered with wet burlap bags. I usually brought home made cornbread.

Gotta go...I'm getting hungry.