fw: nationwide protests are blacked out by media

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From: "goldi316"
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Subject: [Fwd: Media ignores it as coast to coast, Americans are
protesting...]


> Although not being reported, there ARE protests going on in various
> parts of the country. The only source of information on these is the
> indymedia news sites, a loose collective of independent "reporters" and
> citizens posting eye-witness accounts. But if there is to be any hope of
> taking the control of this country back from the criminals and their
> lackeys, we will have to do much more than this! Still, this is
> encouraging, and it's a start - may it be inspiration for the rest of us.
>
> goldi
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Media ignores it as coast to coast, Americans are protesting...
> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:59:17 -0000
>
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>
> >From www.tc.indymedia.org
>
> Recently, I was involved in a project that required a visit to every
> Independent Media Center in the country. I learned of an enormous
> movement happening across the United States that literally astounded
> me. There are protests and marches in every major city in
> the country.
>
> I looked for articles in my local newspaper and on TV.....and there
> was nothing. These stories are found only on our network of IMCs, and
> bless them, for they are all unpaid volunteers serving the people,
> and trying to get the truth out - at a time when, we now know, the
> truth is not an issue for the Major Media. For instance, did you hear
> that in Chicago there were demonstrations for a solid week after the
> Nov. 2 Election..........NO.
>
> What follows is an incomplete compilation of stories on citizen
> unrest from around the country. Most of them have fallen off the
> Main News Column, but can still be accessed. New York City, for
> instance, has post-election stories that go back 30 pages.
>
> Most were non-violent protests, one in particular - Boise Idaho -
> had a rally where everyone dressed in their best clothing and
> carried signs reading "Leave no billionare behind".
>
> Check each cities' IMC to read the full story.
>
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>
> Tuscon - "Police made it a point to harass and supress an energetic
> but peacefull march on Nov. 3."
>
> Austin - "Hundreds of people gathered today in Austin to protest
> the war waged by the US and the concession of George W. Bush
> to a second term."
>
> Baltimore - "People marched through downtown Baltimore
> to voice their opposition to the results of the election...."
>
> Boston - Several people expressed their embarrassment
> before the rest of the world at the results of the election.
> Amy Beth Dimasi said that she had come out, "because Bush
> was not elected the first time. The fact that he's going to be
> in office another four years . . . Right now, it's humiliating
> to be considered an American."
>
> Mass. - ......people gathered in Amherst, Northampton,
> Springfield and in the Berkshires to voice their outrage,
> shock and dismay at what may well turn out to be another
> hi-jacking of a national election.
>
> Amherst - Beginning at UMass... students and allies marched
> to the downtown Common Nov. 9 for an anti-war, anti-racist
> march.....
>
> Buffalo - Rocks and bricks were thrown to shatter plate
> glass windows at the GOP Party Headquarters on Delaware
> Avenue in downtown Buffalo. A window was also shattered
> at the Armed Forces Recruiting Office on Sheridan in the
> town of Tonawanda and the lock to a back door was broken.
>
> Chicago - Chicago Erupts in Week of Protest during the
> Elections ..... the crowd erupted into the second unpermitted
> street march as thousands paraded throughout downtown,
> blocking traffic and confusing cops. "We want an end to all
> US wars and occupations..."
>
> DC - "Today we Marched Because the System is Rotten"
>
> DC - Snake march through DC ....started at the White House
> and kinda wandered all over down town.
>
> Houston - ...demanding that the War Profiteers Halliburton
> and KBR and the Bush regime be thrown out of our community
> and out of office.
>
> Boise - Billionaires for Bush Rally......Carrying signs
> which read "Leave no Billionaire behind", "We can't thank
> our President enough for contributing to our pockets—er,
> I mean economic growth in America."
>
> L A - MARINE APCs APPEAR AT ANTI-WAR PROTEST
> IN WESTWOOD...The APCs circled the block twice, the
> second time parking themselves in the street and directly
> in front of the area where most of the protesters were gathered.
>
> L A - About 1,500 people met at Hollywood and Highland
> and marched to the recruiting station at Sunset and LaBrea
> to protest the occupation of Iraq and the stolen election.
>
> Madison - Rally and March for Peace
>
> Toledo - Hundreds of angry Ohio residents marched through
> the streets of Columbus—Ohio'sCapital—this evening and
> stormed the Ohio State House....
>
> Lansing - .....community members of Urbandale neighborhood,
> were joined by MSU students... to protest the Bush regime,
> occupation, and government.....
>
> Milwaukee - ....a motley assemblage of the 'peace community':
> liberals, church people, disgusted teenagers, environmentalists,
> anarcho-syndicalists, and simple people of good will dismayed
> at the way things turned out.
>
> Maine - .......activists fought off wind, freezing rain, and
> a pressing chill as they stood outside of Bath Iron Works
> to witness and protest the launching of the 47th Aegis
> Destroyer built by the US government.
>
> Vermont - .....people took to the streets in disgust today in
> response to the presidential election which put George W.
> Bush into power for his second term.
>
> New Jersey - Activists picket the Paterson "Army of One"
> office in downtown Paterson.
>
> New Jersey - NJ Solidarity members joined the weekly protest
> organized by Inclusive Democracy at the "Army Career
> Center". The protest is small, but persistent.
>
> NYC - 500, 000 people filled blocks of Seventh Avenue in NYC....
> filing past Madison Square Garden to express dissent towards the
> Republican Party.
>
> NYC - Protests, Scattered Violence Mark Bush 'Victory'
>
> NYC - ....NYPD harassment of Crticial Mass escalated last night,
> with reports that between 33 and 47 people were arrested.
>
> NYC - There was a protest this evening at Union Square Park.
> Apparently, the protesters were surrounded by NYPD with M-16s.
>
> NYC - A contingent of anti-war veterans marching in the official
> city Veterans Day parade found a very favorable response.....
>
> Raliegh - .... attacked North Carolina Republican
> Party headquarters late Friday, leaving behind minor smoke
> damage, broken windows and vulgar messages, authorities said.
>
> Albany - ....a demonstration with perhaps 100 people in
> Red Hook were attacked by police....
>
> Columbus - Around 150-200 people marched from the
> Federal Building back to the state Capitol Building and
> sat and protested on the front steps of the Capitol Building.
>
> Dallas - ....a Dallas-based activist group met a wall
> of police and security as they attempted to
> pass literature to the speakers of a conference on
> globalization and to rally against the conference.
>
> Dallas - Protestors Swamp SMU Bush Rally
>
> Philadelphia - Following the rally, a spontaneous march
> erupted into the streets of Philadelphia.
>
> Pittsburgh - ...march through Squirrel Hill despite chilling
> police repression and rain.
>
> Portland - activists held back-to-back demonstrations in an
> unprecedented week of action for peace and justice.
>
> Portland - There were three arrests today, two at the start of
> the rally at Pioneer Sq. and one under the Burnside Bridge......
>
> Portland - .......police using pepper spray to disperse protesters
> on November 3rd.
>
> Richmond - Participants wore red to symbolize the fact that
> democracy in this country is in extreme danger.
>
> Rochester - Rocks and bricks were thrown to shatter plate
> glass windows at the GOP Party Headquarters..........
>
> San Diego - .....people turned up to voice their re-affirmation of
> their absolute rejection of the war on Iraq.
>
> San Fransisco - ....a rally and civil disobedience at the San Francisco
> Federal Building....
>
> Seattle - .....protesters marched from Western Washington University
> today to protest the occupation and the elections in general.
>
> Seattle - Over 1,000 people gathered in downtown Seattle to protest
> Bush's war in Iraq.
>
> Lawrence - ....activists marched ....in protest of the current invasion of
> Fallujah. Local police accosted activists.........
>
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