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The following are various calls to action that have been put out by organizations and coailitions. The calls to action listed here are being made by their respective organizations, and not the Counter Convention website.
United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ)
Save The Date! August 29, 2004, The World Says No to the Bush Agenda
MASS WORLDWIDE PROTEST DURING THE 2004 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN NEW YORK CITY
Not in Our Name (NION)
The Republicans are coming to NYC trying to use the grief of 9-11 to advance an agenda of horrors.
More than a million in the streets saying "NO" to Bush and all he represents!
School of the Americas
Call for Nonviolent Direct Action at the Republican National Convention (RNC).
Still We Rise
Still We Rise is a coalition of poor peoples, AIDS, housing and human services organizations calling for a march to bring attention to the plight of people who are most vulnerable to the Bush Administrations policies.
Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign
The poor cannot survive another Bush administration! The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, a coalition of over 100 membership organizations domestically and internationally, is calling for a massive poor people's march on the first day of the RNC - August 30th at 4:00 PM, gathering at the United Nations, 45th Street and 1st Avenue in NYC. We must stand together! Join the Poor People's Campaign as we March For Our Lives along with healthcare professionals, youth and students, social workers, artists, religious leaders, media makers, labor unions and our international allies in our effort to Stop The War At Home!
Books Not Bombs Youth Convergence
The Books Not Bombs Youth Convergence will be a gathering for all youth and students who oppose the Bush agenda to prepare for a week in the streets during the Republican National Convention. During the RNC, we will protest the devastating impacts of the Bush agenda on ourselves and our communities. This convergence will bring together youth to share our organizing around the Books Not Bombs agenda, and build networks between youth and students to strengthen our future organizing.
The Books Not Bombs Agenda:
*Schools not Jails
*Campuses for Peace Not War
*Respect Civil Liberties
*Money for Education not Empire
*No More Military Recruitment
The Convergence will last all day and be followed by a cultural show in the evening. The Convergence has been called by the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition, organizer of the Student Strike for Books Not Bombs; all youth and student organizations are invited to attend! The location will be announced.
For more information, check out
www.nyspc.net, or email us at youthconvergence@yahoo.com or call 646-279-4901.
National Immigrant Solidarity Network
We are calling for August 27 the a declaration of Immigrant-Workers Unity Day, and faciliate Immigrant-worker community-activist Speak Out!, a community forum, for the upcoming RNC Mobilization (Aug 29 - Sep 4) at New York City, New York.
New York Summer - 100 Days of Action
Throughout the spring, we will be reaching out to our neighbors, our coworkers, our classmates, and members of our congregations in open forums to discuss how these policies have affected them and how they are responding. In May, we will launch a calendar that fills the 100 days leading up to the convention with events that highlight our neighbors' efforts.
Chicago - New York
Chicagonewyork.net is a resource for groups in Chicago and surrounding areas who are organizing to go to the RNC protests this next fall.
Shadow Protest Join the Shadow Protest as a Phantom Volunteer!
THE SHOUT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD
One No and a Million Yeses
A Day of Nonviolent Civil Disobedience and Direct Action
During the Republican National Convention
The Republicans are coming. In a shameless effort to exploit the tragedy of 9-11, they will use New York City to re-nominate a president whose agenda tramples on the very freedoms they claim to fight for. A radical affront to democracy calls for a radical response. On Tuesday, August 31st, a day of non-violent civil disobedience and direct action will begin, commencing with a synchronized Shout Heard Round the World.
As clocks strike 12pm, 2 days before the re-nomination of George W. Bush, the people of the world will shout NO with one voice. From Brooklyn to Baghdad, London to Lisbon, Seoul to Sao Paulo, we'll honk car horns, blow trumpets, bang drums, pots and pans and shout NO at the top of our lungs.
Here in New York, we will converge on Madison Square Garden, the site of the Republican National Convention, and at other locations around the city where the ill-gotten gains of Republicans will be celebrated. We will sit down in the streets and refuse to move. And from our clear NO will emerge a constellation of YESES: YES to democracy, YES to justice, freedom, and peace. We'll take over the streets--transforming them into stages of resistance and forums for debate. We'll draw our examples and inspiration from the brave shapers of history who came before us - those who put their bodies on the line to gain the vote, win independence, end apartheid. We will harness the spirit that puts our city at the center of the world: creativity, ingenuity, social conscience, grit. We will show the world what real democracy looks like.
We're ready to say "Enough!" We want more than speeches and protest pens. We want change. We want to take democracy from the Halliburtons and Enrons and bring it back to town halls, schools, and neighborhoods. A true democracy thrives on diversity: and, while we celebrate our differences, we stand united in our opposition to the dismantling of our dreams, united in our opposition to the dangerous direction of things. In this we make common cause with the people of the world.
It's time to plot a new course, to wrench out a new kind of history--one of solidarity and participation, of compassion and wisdom. On August 31, 2004, we will begin to forge a new kind of story. Anything is possible. We will shape history. The only limit is the boundary of our collective imagination.
