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Democratic National Convention   Boston, MA, 2004-07-26 00:00:00 - 2004-07-29 00:00:00

The 2004 Democratic National Convention will bring together 4,353 delegates and 611 alternates representing each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands and Democrats Abroad. Over 80 percent of the delegates will be selected based on the results of the vote for Democratic presidential candidates in the 2004 primaries and caucuses, while the balance will include Democratic members of the Unites States Senate and House of Representatives, Democratic Governors and Democratic National Committee members.

Republican National Convention   New York, NY, 2004-08-30 00:00:00 - 2004-09-02 00:00:00

On January 31, 2003, the Republican National Committee (RNC) announced the selection of New York City as the host city for the 2004 GOP Convention. The city was selected by a unanimous vote of the RNC's 165 members because New York offered the best package of goods and services - including the convention complex, hotels, venues and event funding, to name a few.

General Election   , 2004-11-02 00:00:00 - 2004-11-02 00:00:00

This is it! This is the day! Make sure you're registered, have your ID, and know where your polling place is! Get in there and DO IT!

Bowery launches Protest site

New York -- Underground hiphop label bowery.com launches a political protest site today.

The Reel Roundtable   Sweet & Vicious Bar - 5 Spring St, btwen Elizabeth St & Bowery, 2004-08-03 20:30:00 - 2004-08-03 23:55:00

The Reel Roundtable connect : create : contribute The Political "Party" It's getting HOT in here, so join us on Tuesday, August 3rd for all political activists to get together for one night as we all prepare for the upcoming weeks! When: Tuesday, August 3rd at 8:30pm Where: Sweet & Vicious Bar - 5 Spring St, btwen Elizabeth St & Bowery Why: to have a good time & we're taking political film submissions Who: sponsored by The Reel Roundtable RSVP: rsvp@reelroundtable.com, please include your name, organization and # of guests Also, if you or someone you know has made a feature film, a short film and/ or a music video regarding politics then attach your business card to the DVD or VHS screener and bring your submission. The political films will be screened with the Reel Roundtable's film series The Film Medley on * Monday, October 25th & Monday, November 1st Remember it's a theme party, so dress accordingly. Wear your creative political t-shirts, pins, hats, underwear, etc... We encourage you to promote your organization by hanging posters, bringing sign-up sheets, selling/ wearing/ giving out t-shirts, bringing literature/ postcards/ business cards.

America Versus President   The 37th Street Theater, 2004-08-21 00:00:00 - 2004-08-21 00:00:00

Vascular Producitons & The 37th Street Theater Presents... America Versus President 325 W. 37th St. 10th Floor Sat. Aug. 21 Doors open at 7:30pm $7 8pm sharp-Nataraja Dance 8:30-Kate Kennedy Dance Co 9pm- Richard Jarboe 10pm Tom Chess 11pm Bruce Balmer 12am The Robber Barrons of Soul 1am Brian Boyles plus surprise guests Music, Dance, Fine Art, Poetry Right in the Face of the Convention

Ringing for Healing: For All Victims of Violence All Over the World   World Trade Center site, 2004-08-28 17:00:00 - 2004-08-28 19:45:00

Please join us Saturday, August 28, for our Observance, ringing the entire circumference of the World Trade Center site. Join 3,000+ others in ringing bells for victims of violence around the world, including 9/11. RingOut will give you a free bell or bring your own! Bring your friends! Specific directions and Oliveros' score are given on RingOut's website.

United For Peace And Justice Demonstration!   Madison Square Garden, NYC, 2004-08-29 10:00:00 - 2004-08-29 17:00:00

On August 29, United for Peace and Justice will hold an impassioned, peaceful, and legal march past Madison Square Garden, the site of the Republican Convention. When the Republicans descend on New York City with their agenda of war, greed, hate and lies, they will be met by a massive, diverse, peaceful outpouring of dissent, as huge numbers of us join together in a spirit of nonviolence for a legal, permitted march on August 29 to say NO to their destructive and divisive policies. NOTE- CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR LATEST DETAILS

Presidential Debate - Libertarian, Green Parties   C-SPAN and Saints Cyril and Methodius Church, 502 West 41st Street., 2004-08-31 19:00:00 - 2004-08-31 21:00:00

Arrangements have just been finalized between Libertarian Party candidate Michael Badnarik and Green Party candidate David Cobb to participate in this debate in Manhattan, while the Republican National Convention is convened. Invitations to participate in this debate have been extended to Republican incumbent George Bush, Democratic candidate John Kerry, Independent/Reform candidate Ralph Nader and Constitution Party candidate Michael Peroutka. The debate will be moderated by Walt Kane of News 12 New Jersey and Robert Richie of the Center for Voting and Democracy.

Samba Out the GOP!   W. 34th St. between 11th and 12th Avenues (a/k/a West St. or the West Side Highway) NYC, 2004-09-01 21:30:00 - 2004-09-01 23:30:00

RingOut will give its bells a samba shake this Wednesday with (other) Latino/a people of NYC who want the GOP out! RingOut will encircle the front of the famous Latin nightclub Copacabana where the GOP plans a Coca-cola-sponsored "Hispanic event." RingOut will distribute free small liberty bells to participants. Percussionists with Latin bells and Coke-can shakers, including from NY Samba, are planning to attend. As always, RingOut will RING rather than confront: this will be a peaceful event.

The RingOut will be held from 9:30-11:30 PM. Wednesday, Sept. 1 (the "Hispanic event" runs from 10 PM to 2 AM) on W. 34th St. between 11th and 12th Avenues (a/k/a West St. or the West Side Highway)..

RingOut is a new grassroots non-profit dedicated to ringing bells in large-scale ringing events. It wants to "ring out the old, ring in the new; ring out the false, ring in the true." RingOut created the celebrated "World Trade Center/Ground Zero Observance" August 28 with the premiere of a Pauline Oliveros composition played by thousands of bell-ringing participants. RingOut also participates with other groups, including Times Up!, Greene Dragon, Billionaires for Bush, and anti-globalization groups. For more information, please go to our website.

New York Voter Registration Deadline!   New York State, 2004-10-08 00:00:00 - 2004-10-08 00:00:00

New Yorkers! Voter registration deadline is Friday! Register now - download the form from rockthevote.org

WAKE UP WALL STREET   New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, one , 2005-03-28 08:00:00 - 2005-03-28 14:00:00

Friend -- ARE YOU GOING TO NEW YORK CITY ON MARCH 28th?? On Monday, March 28th, 2005, from 8 am to 2 pm., there will be a “WAKE UP WALL STREET” rally held in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, one block East of Broadway. ARE YOU GOING? The rally will urge the world financial community to divest of stocks in corporations profiting off the Sudanese regime carrying on a GENOCIDE IN DARFUR. The rally has no political agenda whatsoever, but that VIOLENCE IN THIS WORLD MUST END, AND THAT ALL CITIZENS MUST BE PROTECTED BY ALL GOVERNMENTS. It is a simple statement, made for a new generation of world citizens. WILL YOU BE THERE? You will arrive before morning rush hour, and you will be on your way out before evening rush hour. Stand with us against violence. Take your part in history. Take a bus. Take a train. Take a plane. Bring a friend. Bring a sign. Bring your best hopes for a new world. And please, be sure to... FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO EVERY LAST PERSON YOU KNOW. PEACE! http://www.fightordie.org ***If your group would like to co-sponsor the rally, all you need is a banner and a commitment to be there. Email freesponsor@fightordie.org today! “There is no way to peace–peace is the way.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen master, poet, and peace activist.

Troops Out Now rally   East Meadow, Central Park, New York, 2005-03-19 00:00:00 - 2005-03-19 00:00:00

Big rally... it's the second anniversary of this bloody war. Come to Centra Park to voice your DISCONTENT!

End the War! Abolish Nukes!   Assemble on 1st Ave above 50th Street, 11am, March by the United Nations, Rally in Central Park, Heckscher Ballfields, 2pm, 2005-05-01 11:00:00 - 2005-05-01 17:00:00

Sixty years ago, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, instantly killing and wounding hundreds of thousands of people and beginning the nuclear arms race. In May, world leaders, mayors and citizens from around the world will converge on the United Nations to decide the fate of the endangered Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The nuclear weapons states, led by the U.S., are hypocritically accusing other nations of seeking nuclear arms while ignoring their own disarmament obligations. The Bush administration lied when it went to war in Iraq by claiming Saddam Hussein had “weapons of mass destruction.” And as this war rages on, with mounting casualties on all sides, a country in ruins, and escalating costs here at home, Washington is turning its sights on Iran and North Korea, seeking again to inflame public fears of a new nuclear threat. At the same time, the U.S. is modernizing its nuclear arsenal and expanding the role of nuclear weapons in its “national security” policy.

THE WORLD CAN'T WAIT!   47th STREET AND 1ST AVENUE, 2006-10-05 12:00:00 - 2006-10-05 23:00:00

On October 5, people everywhere will walk out of school, take off work, and come to the downtowns & townsquares and set out from there, going through the streets and calling on many more to join us - making a powerful statement: "NO! THIS REGIME DOES NOT REPRESENT US! AND WE WILL DRIVE IT OUT!"

GENERAL ELECTION   , 2006-11-07 06:00:00 - 2006-11-07 21:00:00

"To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain." - Louis L'Amour ... In New York? Find your polling place here http://gis.nyc.gov/vote/ps/index.htm General info http://www.elections.state.ny.us

Bush Moves Toward Martial Law

President Bush has signed into law a provision which, according to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), will actually encourage the President to declare federal martial law.