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Thanks for the photos. I can't tell you how helpful it is for those of us on the sidelines. Anyone else who gets the opportunity, your photographic perspective will be appreciated as well!

So much for the Great Central Park Revolution.

It amounted to a bunch of people milling around aimlessly and then going home.

That was REVOLUTIONARY!!!!

That sure was worth all the UFP&J bashing and obnoxious shit posted to the newswire....

.Pics include images of Stone Walk with the tombstone they plan to bring to the WTC.

Looks like about a thousand people.

Yawn..

Nice!

From 1:00PM to 8:00 PM a lot of people passed though, the numbers reaching at times 25,000.

Don't know about other areas of the park though.

It didn't help that UFPJ was announcing to the demonstration for people to go home and not to the Park, and that UFPJ "marshals" were preventing people from heading northward out of Union Square in the direction of CP.

But given the fact they were working with Bloomberg (first on the West Side Highway matter and then going all the way down to Union Square) that shouldn't come as a surprise. What was a surprise is the numbers that do show up.

However, we will never again work with Leslie Cagan, she is not to be trusted

wow, good thing more people didn't go down to Times Sq. and actually confront the delegates. God forbid that liberals would do anything that might affect their comfort level.
The lack of media coverage today has much to do with the non confrontational approach at these boring actions. Let's step it up!

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Way to stick it to the man!

You really showed em who's boss!

That looks fuckin' BORING!

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 http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/101459/index.php
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Perhaps they mistook this for Paul Simon concert? What a joke. It just goes to show that 99% of the so called "radicals" are all bark and no bite. Remember, you can't get the press without a touch of drama.

seems that some of my fellow readers are saddened to see that there was no action and the event was boring. Being that a major part of the group seemed to be expressing anti war sentiment a mass riot would be just a bit out of place wouldn't you think? Rent a Vin Diesel if you want "action" boys.

In the run-up 2 the February 15 demo in London, England (which was 2 million strong), the authorities - police & Home Office - told us we wouldn't be allowed to rally in Hyde Park. They also were worried (!) about the grass, they said. The Stop the War Coalition basically said we were gonna go there anyway, so the police backed down. If you got the numbers, there's fuck all they can do, really.

would any of you "tough" characters really find it more radical to go to where the 'delegates' are and tell them what you think of them? they dont give a shit what you think, and even if the convention was interrupted, electoral politics would continue. why spend all your energy yelling at deaf ears, only to be arrested, when you could relax in a pleasant atmosphere and connect with like-minded people. revolution begins out of community, and catalyses into struggle, but with out a community base, struggle is irrelevant. and shouting at delegates is not struggle, it's giving up.

um.... i think you're commenting on a different thread maybe? this thread is about Central Park, not about the delegates

to discuss the actions targeting delegates, go here:

 http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/106863/index.php
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 http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/107186/index.php

Oh goody cops with no riot gear. Where's a brick :-)

woo hooo

Goddamnit, I was totally fooled!! I really thought it was going to be a dustup! I WAS GOING TO GO, BUT DIDN'T!! FUCKING HELL! CO~NO! PUTA!
MIERDA! LOOK AT HOW GREAT IT WENT!

Without direction, organiztion and a point of reference, the way it is in a march and a rally, people generally will not become animated or angry enough to kick up some dust. So the Central Park gathering was probably never destined to be a newsmaker or anything more than sleepy and mundane

After the court in New York ruled against the UFPJ to hold a rally in Central Park, I filed an official complaint against the judge in that case. As a resident of the Seattle, Washington area, it was absurd that this judge would rule it illegal for a free people to freely congregate in a public space. We are all too familiar with how a peacefull rally can degenerate into mayhem, ala WTO...
I received my reply back in the mail today. It reads, "Your complaint will be presented to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct which will decide whether or not to launch and inquiry. We will be in touch with you after the Commission has had an opportunity to review this matter."

Most people are saving themselves for direct action on Tuesday, and didn't want to engage in stuff that could get them arrested before then. Sunday was about support in numbers for the march. Most who are able and interested in direct action were there on sunday in support of the main march, even if beliefs about "better" tactics may differ.

Supporting one another in tactics is pretty cool, imo.

There were thousands of people along the sides of the Great Lawn under the trees--that is why some of the photos of the lawn crowd look a little sparse. It was a long hot day for most, and the shade was welcome. I also took some photos and a video which include the park gathering:

Photos
 http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/08/1693599.php
Video
 http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/08/1693724.php