Timeline
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Thursday
August 26th |
Democracy Uprising! The DNC2RNC Caravan will arrive in New York
City. |
Friday
August 27th |
Immigrant Workers Day of Action and Speak Out
Critical Mass Radical bikers reclaim the streets. |
Saturday
August 28th |
The Books Not Bombs Youth Convergence will be an all-day gathering for all
youth and students who oppose the Bush agenda.
March for Women's Lives — Planned Parenthood of NYC sponsors march across the Brooklyn Bridge for reproductive freedom
Time's Up Presents: Bike National Convention (BNC) — a day for workshops, tune-ups, and fun designed to
bring together bike activists from all over the country.
A Green World Is Possible A Festival of Non-Violence, Ecology, Democracy, Social and Economic Justice
RingOut the Republicans World Trade Center/Ground Zero Observance
How Far to the Right Have We Gone?
A Town Hall Meeting, organized by Historians Against the War
Women Against War: An Evening of Music and Inspiration, hosted by CodePink. |
Sunday
August 29th |
The World Says No to the Bush Agenda:
United for Peace and
Justice to host a massive legal and permitted march past Madison Square Garden, site of the Republican Convention |
Monday
August 30th |
The Still We Rise Coalition will hold a march and rally, led by thousands of low-income New Yorkers, to support HIV/AIDS/Healthcare, Welfare Reform, Immigrant Issues,
Housing/Homelessness and Criminal Justice Issues.
Poor People's Economic and Human Rights Campaign presents a March for Our Lives. Starting at the United Nations, finishing
at Madison Square Garden. |
| Tuesday August 31th |
A Day of Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
and Direct Action:
A31 Action Coalition | War Resisters League
Building a World of True Security
Interfaith Ring of Hope Around Manhattan An evening vigil to support social justice and peace
The Campus Anti-War Convention A discussion of the de facto occupation of Iraq, featuring Ralph Nader, Rep. John Conyers, Colleen
Kelly, and others.
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Wednesday
September 1st |
The Line: a symbolic unemployment line thousands of people long, stretching from Wall Street to Madison Square Garden
Stop Bush: Taking Back America Union rally organized by NYC Central Labor Council
Code Red: Stop the Bush Agenda Rally organized by NYC Chapter of the National Organization for Women.
March on the Media: Protest the Corporate Media's Complicity in Lies
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Thursday
September 2nd |
Artists and Activists United for Peace Rally and Parade A Black-led event in Harlem, focusing attention on issues of concern to communities of color
Vigil for the Fallen organized by Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out and others
Party for Peace Concert in Tompkins Square Park, organized by One Peoples Project
Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War: Candlelight Convergence in Union Square During George W. Bush's Acceptance Speech, organized by United for Peace and Justice
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