How big is the Global Day of Protest, 3/20 going to be?

[anarchy1999]

How many of us here at DU are going to be at an event or are helping in organinizing events?

I believe, if we all work really hard, we could make this be the biggest, protest yet, especially here, in the good 'ole US of W (whoops,I meant A). Am I too optomistic?

[Mandate My Ass]

I believe this one will be big

bigger than the pre-war marches because more and more people have seen through the lies and obfuscations and despite all the attempts to ignore them, people are becoming aware of the transfer tubes and what lies within them.

I'm optimistic myself. I'll be in NYC with a couple of family members.

[coltman]

1. myself

my wife and daughter plan on going to the one in Toledo Ohio. My daughter wants us to take her as part of her birthday present.:headbang:

[anarchy1999]

4. Absolutely Way to Cool! How old?

Can I send her flowers? You have an amazing child, to be very proud of. (Speaks loads for the two of you as well, Mom and Dad, kudos!)

[coltman]

20. thank you!

sorry i didn't get back before this. yeah she's pretty good. she'll be 20.

[coltman]

21. gryphon says thank you

she is a member of du "gryphon" she said she prefers lillies.

[Joanne98]

22. Is there a web site for the Toledo one?

n/t

[althecat]

2. Out here in NZ we have actions planned in all the main cities...

Plus there has been sufficient lead time to produce quite a bit of publicity.

I do not expect it will be huge but lots of small actions everywhere = a big protest.

Al
New Zealand

[anarchy1999]

5. Please keep us all posted.

n/t

Wish I had come to NZ many long years ago. If only hindsight came first.

[_Jumper_]

3. What is it supposed to protest?

Iraq? Globalization?

[anarchy1999]

6. You are seriously kidding, Right? Not been around for awhile?

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/
March 20: The World Still Says No to War

MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION
OUTREACH MATERIALS • UPDATES • ENDORSERS
CALENDAR OF MARCH 20 EVENTS • NEW YORK CITY PROTEST

Over 200 U.S. Events Planned
Protests in More Than 50 Countries
Over 500 Groups Endorse Call to Action
• Join List of Endorsers
• List Your March 20 Event
• Receive Mobilization Updates

Momentum is building around the world for the Global Day of Action against War and Occupation on March 20, the one-year anniversary of the U.S. bombing and invasion of Iraq.

On that day, people on every continent will take to the streets to say YES to peace and NO to pre-emptive war and occupation. Joining with growing numbers of military families and soldiers, we will call for an end to the occupation of Iraq and Bush’s militaristic foreign policies, and highlight the linkages between the occupations of Iraq and Palestine. March 20 will be the first time the world's "other superpower," as The New York Times described us, will take center stage since February 15, when more than 15 million people across the globe expressed their opposition to Bush's looming war on Iraq.

The March 20 Global Day of Action has been endorsed by the Global Assembly of the Anti-War Movement, the World Social Forum, and the 3rd Hemispheric Forum Against the FTAA. A vast and diverse array of organizations worldwide are hard at work mobilizing for the day.

In the United States, there will be a massive protest in New York City plus dozens of local and regional demonstrations across the country, including a major protest in Fayetteville, NC, the home of Fort Bragg.

Politically, the U.S. protests will also take on the domestic impact of Bush's foreign policies—what some people call "the war at home." We will express the growing opposition to the USA PATRIOT Act, which has authorized political arrests, indefinite detentions, domestic spying, and religious and racial profiling. We will call for an end to the mass detentions and deportations of innocent immigrants in the name of fighting terrorism. We will say no to massive military spending amidst vast cuts in vital domestic social and economic programs.

[LeahMira]

10. No kidding...

You are seriously kidding, Right? Not been around for awhile

No need. There hasn't been word one in my e-mailbox. Certainly the mainstream media isn't going to publicize it.

I'd say it's time to get going if people are going to have enough time to plan their schedules around it. Every progressive group needs to send out several announcements if this thing is going to pull together.

[_Jumper_]

14. Thanks

I haven't been reading the GD forum regularly recently.

[G_j]

7. I'm going

but don't expect a big DU response.

[Renew Deal]

8. I want to do voter registration in NY

But I will probably go either way.

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[anarchy1999]

11. Stupid Day? What more approriate DAY?

The anniversary of the start of "Shock and Awe". Dropping Bombs. What more would you like in the way of a good day for a protest? Not only that it falls on Saturday this year. What the heck are you saying? "A stupid day"? Just HOW?

[Must_B_Free]

17. More appropriate would be May 1, the declaraion of "Mission Accomplished"

[anarchy1999]

12. kick to the top - Bring out everyone you can.

n/t

[anarchy1999]

13. Back up to the top -------

n/t

Can we all please keep up a pledge to be on the street on 3/20, somewhere, someplace in this nation? Can we all pledge to make our voices be heard one more time?

[northofdenali]

15. Also the day of the Democratic Caucus here in Fairbanks -

right on the edge of a major drive; finish the caucus, grab your sign and HIT THE STREET!!

[anarchy1999]

16. Back up to the top!

n/t

[raysr]

18. Focus Groups

[corporatewhore]

19. I will be in Crawford heheheheh