Two theatrical direct actions were arrested prematurely in the early hours of the morning, setting a tone for the hundreds of senseless arrests that would follow through out the day. However, a highly succesful and powerful demonstration against illegal and inhumane INS detention policies set the tone for really solid, politically-focused actions that would also follow throughout the day. [ photos | audio | Statement to free illegal detainees of the "War on Terrorism" | Fight like hell for the living ] Between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon major actions seemed to simultaneously errupt across the city. A banner was dropped at Port Authority by Bus Riders Against Bush that read: "Four More Months." The War Resisters League gathered at ground zero to hold a vigil followed by a march to Madison Square Garden, where they planned to hold a die-in. Police arrested 100 marchers before they even left. [ Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 ]The die-in finally occured several hours later, blocking traffic at Broadway and 28th St. for at least an hour [ Report | Photos ]. Simultaneously, several hundred people gathered outside of Fox News at 47th st. and 6th ave. to hold a Fox "shut-up-a-thon," where they berated the news agency for its crimes against the television-watchers of the world. [Photos ]. The "Men in Black Bloc" also caused a ruckus uptown at Sotheby's where Johnny Cash memorabilia was being auctioned off to Republicans. Their demand was "No Cash for the Rich!" [ Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 ]. At the New York Public Library, also at the same time, a gathering several hundred demonstrators and a foiled banner drop attracted an onslaught of police, wielding metal barricades and arrest nets. The library was soon shut down as protesters were pushed across the street, where violence and mass arrests occured. [Photos: 1 | 2 ]. While activity was constant in and around Union Square throughout the day, marches set off for Madison Square Garden on three separate occasions. The third and largest move was immediately met with police repression at 16th and Irving. {Report | Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ]. The Bike Bloc, declaring "Still We Ride" after the police attacks on cyclists on Friday and Sunday, also came through Union Square. Earlier breakaway marches that had left from Union Square, along with remnants of marches from other locations somehow converged around Herald Square at 34th st. and 6th ave. Police used nets to arrests large numbers of protesters, people reportedly broke through the nets, pepper spray was deployed and a spontaneous street theater piece recalling prisoner abuse at Abu Graib was performed. One hooded participant in the action broke onto the MSNBC live set, colliding with its host, Chris Matthews. [ Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | Video ] A group that managed to break away from Herald Square and start marching down 26th St., soon found themselves being pursued by police on bicycles. They ran up to Madison Ave where the cops leapt from their bikes, threw protesters to the ground and arrested them. Other groups successfully arrived at 35th and Broadway, where first 15 and soon 150 people were sitting down, blocking delegate buses from accessing the Garden. Delegates actually stepped off their buses to take pictures of protesters in the streets. Road blockades were relatively successful, happening not only at 35th and Broadway but also two other intersections in the vicinity. 35th and Broadway eventually met with violent arrests. But a large crowd of hecklers remained, generally instilling feelings of terror and shame in delegates, who had to be escorted individually across the street by police. On different occasions throughout the day, protesters were able to infiltrate delegate buildings, leaving trails of stickered messages in their wake. Zach de la Rocha from Rage Against the Machine scribbled an impassioned poem for Indymedia from the streets and handed it off to another protester who posted it to our newswire.