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On Saturday, there was a big Green rally in Washington Square Park. |
Camejo
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On the main stage there were so many speakers and performers including Camejo (Nader's
running mate).
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The Green Stage
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The square invited all artists, performers, political groups, yogis,
and anyone else to voice their opinions against the war/occupation.
One group played a mock game of monopoly with people dressed up like
Bush, Rumsfeld, Sharon, etc. |
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There was a sign that said "Have you ever wanted to sling mud like
the politicians do?" This was a fun game worth the $1.
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Woops
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We trucked it over to ground zero to "ring out" the GOP convention.
We saw a truck that seemed to have parked in the wrong place
overnight.
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We saw these guys too, but I can't figure out what their message is.
That's baby G.W. down in the stroller.
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Ground Zero is just a flat cement block with bars around it.
There were thousands of people "ringing out" the Republicans with
bells, and there were so many people from 911truth.org.
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There were cops everywhere with little play motorcycles. Jodi
thought they were mopeds so we asked them and they were like, "No
way these things are scooters." |
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Sunday, 8/29/2004: The Protest
Jay with the Greens & CamejoWe marched with the Nader/Camejo contingency.
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Every age group, race, culture, sexual orientation, and style of
person you could imagine was walking, marching, and dancing against
war.
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There were signs for people and signs for the helicopters and
blimps. |
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Every liberal group you have ever heard of was represented.
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Jodi at Madison Square
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It was most intense when we walked by the building where most of the
convention was taking place. There was a big paper dragon that
was lit on fire here.
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The visually most powerful statement made was probably the 1000
coffins carried at the end of the march.
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There were too many great things to show or talk about. But, I
think that events like this go way beyond what you can see or hear.
All the people who attend a protest get educated and inspired to do
more. I think events like this self perpetuate their theme.
I am definitely not stopping here. There's never any reason to go
to war; this war was an unprompted unilateral attack on a nation that is
no more threatening than a dozen or so other nations. |
See some of the
SIGNS (Go to Page 2)
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