When did this get announced? Where will it take place? Any more info would be appreciated.

I'd heard of the March 20th protest against the war, but not a word of Feb 1.

What is the point of a undefined, muddled, mass protest of any and all issues? What's the message? Who is supposed to be listening? How can anyone learn what the issues are when the message is so diluted? Where are you getting your attendance numbers? Who is the "we" that you refer to? How about some less nebulous details.

this is the first ive heard about this on 2/1/03 can you tell me more.. ps how can i help

This looks like deliberate disinfo. The muddled jumble of issues, and especially the last line ("you name it, we're protesting it") give it the fingerprints of someone who's seeking to sow confusion.

This information seems legitimate. I see nothing wrong with protesting many problems in the same protest. We'll just see on the news what happens on Feb 1.

You can wait, Maggie. I'm pretty comfortable disocunting this post as agit-prop junk unless I see the normal indicators of a real protest, including (1) a sponsoring organization, and (2) even the thinnest shred of logistical info about permits, where people will meet, when.

Take a look around people. Spend 1 few minutes going back thru the newswire. There are cops trolling this website HEAVILY. Keep it in mind.

Here's a good article about the new, deliberate disruption campaign, from Nat Hentoff on TomPaine.com, originally in the Voice.
 http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/9559

*cough* troll *cough*

So, who's this 'we'?

For real... "Individuals" like Nubian Kitty, truthout, Garlic Sauce and Lollipop Girl are so obviously trying to disrupt indymedia. Cops? Maybe. Getting their rocks off by abusing the open publishing and ranking system? Definitely. Buzz off, trolls!

Joe, you forgot DOT and DOT's Nubian Love Kitty (different from Nubian Kitty :) ).

"Disrupt Indymedia"? If it wasn't for us, this place would be dead. Look through the posts to see who posts the most! You should appreciate us more.

Speaking for me and DOT, we are definitely not cops, mossad, the cia, fbi, psych ops, cointelpro, george bush or michael jackson.

Yesterday I had a busy schedule so I barely had enough time to type that message - I had to leave for work. So I couldn't (not didn't want to) tell you all who we were.
All of us are various people, Greens, Democrats, school teachers, Natural Laws, veterans tired of war and its horrors, Independents, civil Libertarians, anti-Bush activists, peace-activists, hippies, civil rights activists, etc. Basically we are an alliance of people who want to win back the USA. These protests will do more than merely get our message across of the issues that's happening in our country - they'll also show Americans that many people are uniting to win the USA back and will take it back. We're trying our omniprotesting to get more and more people involved. This way no one feels left out and we're sure to attract more media attention by taking the protesting to city halls. All the people we're trying to help feel included. I was thinking that you Indymedia people might be cops but I have a feeling you're not. We're also protesting the PATRIOT Act, unequal rights for homosexuals, computerized voting machines not having a paper trail, and more. All protests will take place just outside of city halls. We'll have protests going on in many other cities besides the ones listed too on Feb 1st. All protests will proceed like this:

increasing gap between rich and the poor
FTAA
War on Drugs
pResident Bush
PATRIOT Act
unequal rights for homosexuals
computerized voting machines not having a paper trail
miscellaneous