How to Protest 1/20 if you can't go to DC demo

[emlev]

Let's use this thread to share ideas about other ways to protest the in-UGH-uration on 1/20 for those who can't go to the demonstration.

I invite you to post links about local actions and also creative ways to demonstrate our outrage and share our information.

[Mr_Spock]

1. We're going to a Dean shindig here in Mass

I can't wait :D

[melwoods]

9. That was absof@ckinglutely hilarious.

I particularly enjoyed the "sphincter with ears"!:) May I make a copy of it,assuming I can figure out how on this piece of crap fuck-up box?

[Mr_Spock]

11. I've got a copy on my MP3 player - it's not my site though

I just promote his songs because they are so perfect for todays misery - especially "Nation of Ass Holes". I love when sigs are turned on because nobody answers my posts, but they always give a big thumbs up to the song in my sig :D

[melwoods]

15. What is this budding young talent's name?

If his other stuff is anything like this, I gotta hear it!:)

[Mr_Spock]

16. Not sure - I sent email complementing his music though

http://www.disenfranchisedmusic.com <- go here - a couple of other songs and an email contact. Genocide for the holidays is kinda funny - especially the last (talking) part...

[melwoods]

20. Why that just warmed the cockles of my heart.

Thanks for the lovely music. Can't wait to hear what he may have to croon about Fallujah!:party:

[VPStoltz]

13. Paint it Black

I've been wearing a black "NOT ME" wristband and will continue to do so for some time. I also have made more a few black ribbon under a U.S. flag pins for friends, etc. I won't be buying anything in observance of the "Not One Damn Dime" protest and possible dress in something as close to a black shroud as possible. I work for "the state" so I will not be allowed to protest too publically though my boss thinks "*" is a total idiot too.

[emlev]

2. Protest in San Francisco 5:00 p.m. Civic Center

Organized by A.N.S.W.E.R.

Link:
http://www.ANSWERcoalition.org

[Warpy]

3. Not spending one thin dime

no matter what happens. Wearing black, as befirts mourning. Not going to work.

Screw the consumer economy. No vote, no participate.

[emlev]

4. Protest with Public Poetry--Berkeley, CA

Let America Be America Again Inauguration Protest
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Date: Thursday, January 20, 2005
Start Time: 9:00 am   End Time: 5:00 pm
(Time Zone: US/Pacific)
Category: Community Events
Description
At 9 o’clock in the morning, on January 20, 2005, at the moment the oath of office is being administered in Washington, D.C., Artists and Writers for Peace will bring people together in BART Plaza in Downtown Berkeley, California to read the Langston Hughes poem “Let America Be America Again.” And then to read it again. Anyone who wants to join in will have a chance to come to the microphone--the reading will continue until everyone has had a turn or the light has dimmed.

We are sending out a call to people all over the country to make this reading a part of their Inauguration day activities. We like the idea of the words...”Land that never has been yet and yet must be...” drowning out the pontification and lies that will emanate from our nation’s capitol that day. And we like the idea of everyone speaking the verses of protest at the very moment--12 noon EST-- of the inauguration ceremony.

While “Let America Be America Again” was first published in 1936, it speaks to us today with a voice both critical and hopeful.

If you are planning an event, please contact us at with news of your participation, so we can keep the press apprised of the scope of the project. For updates and a link to the poem go to www.berkeleyartsfestival.com.

Contact
Bonnie Hughes

Email: [e-mail]
More info: www.berkeleyartsfestival.com

[emlev]

5. Inauguration Day Freeway Blogging

Check this out!

http://www.freewayblogger.com/j20.htm

and for general info on freeway blogging, the home page:
http://www.freewayblogger.com

[emlev]

6. Bush Blackout of websites

Here's the link:

http://www.bushblackout.com/

[KaliTracy]

25. still feel that a total shut down of websites is counter productive.. an

image on your site -- that links to information sites might be better -- People who are clicking on your site for information or Comerce May not come back if they don't believe in the message. That might be worth it for some people -- others, it could mean a whole lot of sales down the tube. I like their signs! I just wish it wasn't about supressing our own voices....

(this can be linked to one of your favorite information sites... I created this quickly, just an idea. Other text would work, too.)

[emlev]

31. I agree with you

I'm trying to post the ideas that are circulating. I don't agree with all of them.

[demodonkey]

40. Agree - Blackout of Websites NOT good idea; we NEED the web that day! nt

[Acryliccalico]

7. An anti-inauguration party

We are all wearing blue. It will be sad but there is always hope for another day. We are not giving up. I live in a blue state.

[uppityperson]

8. black sheet over head, wires on fingers, sign in hand

"Moral Values?
Not my President"

[oldtime dfl_er]

22. Man woudl I love to see a whole row of those lining the route

Somber but powerful.




www.cafepress.com/showtheworld

[emlev]

10. Distribute ideas at MLK Day events

Make a small flyer (1/4 size) listing ideas from this thread and elsewhere, and distribute it at Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events on Monday.

[emlev]

12. Exploit consumerism--free gifts with messages

Hand out tiny American flags with messages taped to their toothpick flagpoles (including your favorite election fraud web link, perhaps). Or barfbags printed with information about the election theft and what people can do to help get the word out. Or, or, or...

Here's a description of the action this idea is based on:

Years ago, right after Reagan's recommendation that everyone dig a fallout shelter in their back yard in case they had to get in it (in which case they could cover it with boards and put rocks on top of the boards, as I recall), a friend and I bought hundreds of those little paper cocktail parasols. We labeled each with a tag the size of a fortune cookie fortune that said "U.S. Government Approved Radioactive Fallout Shelter." We dressed up as conservatively as we could and went to a posh shopping area on Christmas eve. We stood on a street corner and handed them out. The reception was great.

We enjoyed saying, "Did you get your fallout shelter" as we handed them to people, discovering that no one wanted to be left out, so people took them. We also discovered that people tended to do what the person in front of them did, so if one person didn't take one, the next one wouldn't. The cure for this was that if one person didn't take one, we didn't offer one to the next person, but to the first person who came along after that who made eye contact with us. They then felt they'd been specially chosen and always took one. Then the sheep behind them would do the same.

[bleever]

14. Sweet.

[emlev]

17. Be a guest on a local radio show

Talk about what you know and how you know it. If you've been reading about fraud, you know tons more than most people. You don't have to claim to be the person who did the research, as long as you can refer people to your sources. Remember to have some ways people who don't have internet access can get info and get involved.

[emlev]

18. Start asking people now: what are you doing 1/20? n/t

[emlev]

19. Link for posting or finding local events

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=28

[KaliTracy]

21. Ways to Hold a Student Walkout.

January 15th, 2005 6:48 pm
Ways to Hold a Student Walkout

1. WALK OUT FOR ENTIRE DAY
Show up to school, go to your first hour class. When the bell rings (or the class starts), get up and leave the school.

2. WALK OUT FOR ONE HOUR
Same as above, pick the hour everyone will leave, then leave and return for the next hour's class.

3. WALK OUT NEAR END OF DAY
When the bell rings for your last hour class, get up and leave. Hold protest outside school.

NOTES:

1. Make sure you notify the local press you are going to do this. The only way for your actions to have nationwide impact is if the public knows of your actions.

2. Be completely nonviolent and peaceful. Do not cause any harm to person or property, even if you are confronted by those who disagree with you.

3. Tell your parents what you are going to do (if you have the kind of parents you can tell).


This from Michael Moore's site. See rest here http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=968

[oldtime dfl_er]

23. Seattle -- 2pm Westlake Center

followed by a 5pm rally. Sponsored by Not In My Name. I'm walking out of work, and I've already got one person convinced to come with me.


www.cafepress.com/showtheworld

[emlev]

26. When you walk out of work...

what will you leave in your place for the people who come looking for you to find?

[oldtime dfl_er]

28. this mug!!

www.cafepress.com/showtheworld


LOL!!!!

[emlev]

30. Put something in it for them to take?

See #12 above.

Of course, I have no idea where you work or who you work with. But we've got to educate where we can, right?

[oldtime dfl_er]

32. excellent idea

will do it.

[emlev]

24. Reregister as "independent" en masse on 1/20

Call for action posted at:
http://www.donotconcede.com/

See this DU thread for discussion:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x286516

[KaliTracy]

27. can independents vote in primaries? Just wondering... n/t

[emlev]

29. That varies by state

and it's part of what's discussed on the DU link I put into my previous post.

[demodonkey]

41. NOT Good Idea, IMHO. Better ways to send message (link).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x286516#286977

[Der Blaue Engel]

33. Staying home from work and observing Not One Damn Dime Day

And on my voicemail and email at work, I will have the following message:

"On Thursday, January 20, 2005, I will be out of the office for a day of mourning in response to the second unlawful inauguration of George W. Bush to the office of President of the United States of America. As part of this protest, I will not contribute any money to the economy on January 20."

I'd like to add something urging people to educate themselves about the election fraud by directing them to some of the websites that have documented it thus far, but I'm not sure how far I can go with this. My local office is fairly liberal, but the corporation itself is not. It may be against company policy to make political statements like this, so I'm still refining this idea.

[emlev]

34. Cool!

Could you refer people to listen to alternative radio news? The demos will be covered there, and it might put you at less risk than sending them to specific websites.

Or perhaps you could ask them to leave a message if they want more info.

[emlev]

35. Seek media coverage of the demonstrations

Contact the media in advance and let them know you'll be monitoring their coverage.

Contact the media on 1/20 if they're not covering the protests and demand that they do so.

Write letters to the editor after 1/20 to commend or complain, and word them so you're doing education about the stolen election at the same time.

All of these would work much better if coordinated than if individual actions, of course.

[Peace Patriot]

36. Stuff people can do at home...

If you can't go to DC and can't get to a protest...

...flood the media with objections to their fawning coverage, demand coverage of the protests; Inaugurations in the past has been about consensus, burying our differences, moving on...not this time! Discuss election fraud --why aren't they covering election fraud?; say "we don't concede," say that BushCon government is illegitimate, and Bush & Co. guilty of war crimes...

...be organized about this, and well prepared; decide which media, get contact info ahead of time; prepare emails, faxes ahead of time; write a little script for phone calls

...prepare materials for email/fax to elected reps after the Inaug--same points, illegitmate gov't, election fraud (investigate!), war crimes (or whatever is on your mind--Social Security?); tie it to false Inaug

...put a sign in your front yard: "He's not my president! 100,000 dead in Iraq! War crimes!," or "Prove to me that Bush was elected" or whatever you want to say.

...fly a flag at half staff, or upside down (signal of distress)

...email all your friends and family about paper ballots and hand counts (or verifiable electronic voting without BushCon owning the secret source code), if you haven't done so already, or write them all a handwritten letter (very powerful); develop new lists to mail out to; contact state election officials to lobby for honest election process

...search the web for sites where you can post election fraud and other info--inform new sets of people

...send a donation to the Greens or to a DC protest group

...light a candle and meditate upon fair and decent government; envision it

...in the work place, black armband, upside down flag lapel pin, whatever you can get away with, and talk to people where possible

...contact voter rights group in your state and volunteer or donate, to get campaign going to change election system

[MelissaB]

37. Fly you flag upside down.

I want to make sure that one gets noticed!

[tinonedown]

42. Ideas for everyone

Thanks PP! Like many I'm just too far away from any of the mentioned locations to participate. (Though I do have people at Berkeley that will be at the poetry reading and hopefully be able to read some of their own work) I will not be going to work, and will 'donate' my day to an e-mail/message board campaign on-line. Election fraud exposure on Inaug/fraud day.

[emlev]

43. I'm glad you're donating your day--I am, too

and hope that others will do the same rather than just having a day "off."

[Fly by night]

38. Nashville -- The Orange State Speaks Out Against Election Theft

We will gather at the Federal Building in Nashville from 4:00-6:00 pm. Multiple groups are mobilizing to be there together. Bring candles and signs against the stolen election or against any illegitimate Bush policies. We will have speakers, orange armbands and lots of collective outrage at the direction that Bush is taking this country, contrary to the "consent of the governed". See ya'll there.

[ClassWarrior]

39. Milwaukee's Day of Mourning... On the corner of Water & Wisconsin...

...in Downtown Milwaukee. Thursday, January 20, 5 p.m.

NGU.

[emlev]

44. Human-held burma shave signs

Decades ago, Burma Shave shaving cream had rhyming advertisements by the roadside. Each line was on a separate sign, spaced far enough apart for drivers to get a big curious before the next sign comes along. These are easy to do with one or two people holding each sign, spaced a block or two apart on a busy street.

It's great if they rhyme, but they don't have to.


You could try something like this:

One nation...

Under fraud...

With liberty and justice...

For none.
---
Other ideas?

[Peggy Day]

45. plant a tree and stay home from work

I intend to stay home from work (personal protest), and not spend one red cent or one thin dime. Also, I want to give back to the earth by planting a tree or something.
I'm a tree hugging liberal and proud of it!!!!

[dogindia]

46. from Bill Moyers "Not One Damn Dime Day"

got this in an email.
Subject: Silent Protest on January 20
From: Bill Moyers
Not One Dime Day - Jan 20, 2005

Since our religious leaders will not speak out against the war in Iraq,
since our political leaders don't have the moral courage to oppose it,
Inauguration Day, Thursday, January 20th, 2005 is
"Not One Damn Dime Day" in America.

On "Not One Damn Dime Day" those who oppose what is happening in our Name
in Iraq can speak up with a 24-hour national boycott of all forms of consumer spending. During "Not One Damn Dime Day" please don't spend money.
Not one damn dime for gasoline. Not one damn dime for necessities or for impulse purchases.

Not one damn dime for nothing for 24 hours.
On "Not One Damn Dime Day," please boycott Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target...
Please don't go to the mall or the local convenience store. Please don't buy any fast food (or any groceries at all for that matter).

For 24 hours, please do what you can to shut the retail economy down. The object is simple. Remind the people in power that the war in Iraq is immoral and illegal; that they are responsible for starting it and that it is  their responsibility to stop it.

"Not One Damn Dime Day" is to remind them, too, that they work for the people of the United States of America, not for the international corporations and K Street lobbyists who represent the corporations and funnel cash into American politics.

"Not One Damn Dime Day" is about supporting the troops. Now 1,200 brave young Americans and (some estimate) 100,000 Iraqis Have  died. The politicians owe our troops a plan - a way to come home.
There's no rally to attend. No marching to do. No left or right wing agenda to rant about. On "Not One Damn Dime Day" you
take action by
doing nothing.

You open your mouth by keeping your wallet closed.

For 24 hours, nothing gets spent, not one damn dime, to remind our religious leaders and our politicians of their moral responsibility to end the war in Iraq and give America back to the people.

Please share this email with as many people as possible
Commercial speech
must not be the only free speech in America!

Bill Moyers

[emlev]

47. Santa Cruz, CA counter-inaugural

 Counter-inaugural
Thursday, January 20th 2005 4:30 pm
Santa Cruz, CA USA
Bring flashlights, drums, your own message protest signs.
Location: 
County Court House at 701 Ocean, at Water. 701 Ocean St Santa Cruz CA 95065 
Contact:
Pat Messer
[e-mail]
Sponsored By:
Too many to name: Peace Action, Media Watch, WIB, Resource Center, Arts and Revolution, and on..

[emlev]

48. Fresno, CA protest

 
"Inaugration Day Day" Protest
Thursday, January 20th 2005 4:30 pm
Fresno, CA USA
Peace Fresno opposes George Bush's agenda of wars of aggression abroad and wars on our civil liberties at home. Join Peace Fresno to protest the continuous occupation of Iraq and to
"Bring our troops home now".
Location: 
southeast corner of Shaw & Blackstone,  Shaw & Blackstone Fresno CA 93710 
Contact:
Dan Yaseen
[e-mail]
559-487-2515
Sponsored By:
Peace Fresno

[emlev]

49. San Jose, CA protest

 


RSVP

Inauguration Day Peace Protest
Thursday, January 20th 2005 5:00 pm
San Jose, CA USA
Say NO to four more years of:
Death and destruction
Cuts in education and health care
Limits on our Constitutional rights
Increasing rates of poverty in US
Deterioration of the environment
Tax cuts for the wealthy
Attacks on immigrant, minority, and LGBT rights
Privatization of Social Security
Location: 
Federal Building South 2nd Street and East San Carlos Street  280 S 1st Street San Jose CA 95113 
Contact:
William Kirkpatrick
[e-mail]
408-998-8504
Sponsored By:
South Bay Mobilization, United for Peace and Justice/San Jose, American Muslim Voice, South Bay Veterans for Peace, South Bay Labor for Peace and Justice, San Jose Peace Center http://www.southbaymobilization.org

[emlev]

50. Bridgewater, MA counter-inauguration

January 20th COUNTER-INAUGURATION
Bridgewater, MA
Mourning the Inauguration of George W. Bush

Vigil and Silent Witness, Bridgewater Common, 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Statement of Opposition, Boyden Hall steps, Bridgewater State

COUNTER-INAUGURATION
Thursday, January 20th 2005 5:00 pm
Bridgewater, MA USA
Followed by Public Forum, featuring Loretta Filipov, member, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Library Lecture Hall, Bridgewater State College campus, 6:30 pm

Loretta represents the September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
She will speak on her opposition to Bush’s Policies, and on Turning Grief Into Actions for Peace in honor of her late husband Alexander, who died on American Airlines Flight 11, September 11, 2001
Location: 
Bridgewater Common, Junction of Rte. 104, Rte. 28 and Rte. 18, 5:00 to 6:00 pm; Bridgewater State College campus, 6:30 to 7:30 pm  Junction of Rte. 104, Rte. 28 and Rte. 18 Bridgewater MA 02325 
Contact:
Bill Haff
[e-mail]

[tommcintyre]

51. Hawaii Activities

January 20 Marches and Rally
Finalized plans for anti-UARC forum and actions

To people of conscience, disgruntled Democrats, people of faith not rooted in
vengeance and judgment, scientists and artists, "uppity" women and proud gays and
lesbians, those struggling to find the "safety net", indigenous people, immigrants,
environmentalists, and dreamers from the 60's: Where will you be on January 20th?

Will you be giving George W. Bush the Big NO?

Will you boldly stand up to proclaim "Not Our President! Not In My Name!"?

Will you fight for your dreams of a very different future?

Spread the word. Send out an e-mail; make phone calls. Once again, here's what's
happening in Honolulu:

Marches to the State Capitol from each of the following points:
* UH-Manoa Campus Center beginning at 1pm and marching down University Avenue to
King Street, and then up King to the Capitol.
* Honolulu Convention Center beginning at 1pm and marching up Kapiolani Blvd. to the
Capitol.
* Aala Park (near the skate park) beginning at 2 pm. Marching down Hotel to Fort
Street Mall, makai on the Mall to Bank of Hawai`i Plaza, to Bishop Square and up
Alakea Street to Hotel.
* Harris United Methodist Church parking lot (Nuuanu and Vineyard) beginning at 2
pm. Marching on Vineyard to Pali, from Pali to HPU, through Fort Street Mall to
Hotel, and Hotel to the Capitol.

Rally at the State Capitol from 3:30-6pm. Speakers, poets and musicians. Materials
from organizations will be available (and if your organization has leaflets,
brochures, or petitions, be sure to put them out).

Another World Is Possible!

Anti-UARC Campaign:
To everyone who has signed on to the petitions that was circulated a few days ago,
thanks! If you failed to return yours, please return the petition by e-mail. If
you'd like it resent, send a message to [e-mail].

There will be anti-UARC informational forum at UH-Manoa Campus Center tomorrow,
Wednesday, January 19, at 11 am. Spread the word if you're at UH!

People who are concerned about UARC are also urged to go to the Board of Regents on
Thursday morning. Go to Kapiolani Community College, KCC Ohelo Building, to meet
up. The BOR meeting begins at 9:30 on the 2nd Floor of the Ohelo Building, Tamarind
Ballroom. Even though UARC has been taken off the agenda in the face of mounting
opposition, the group will go into the BOR meeting with signs to demand that the BOR
hear testimony on UARC from members of the community at their next meeting. They
will stay for about 30 minutes, and then leave. The meeting agenda is just too
boring to endure for the whole time. But it is very important to demand input from
faculty, students and the broader community, and put them on notice that they can't
establish UARC in secret, and then claim that it is "too late to stop it."

[tommcintyre]

52. kick again n/t

[emlev]

53. Still looking for a way to protest and don't like any of these ideas?

What features would a protest have to have to be right for you? It's not too late to make something happen!

[Carolab]

54. Get a spray can of orange fluorescent paint.

The kind they use to draw a band around diseased trees to be cut down.

Spray "BUSH CHEATED" on the trees. Go up and down the boulevard, everywhere you can, as many as you can get without being seen.

[tommcintyre]

55. My MY... sounds like civil disobedience to me ;+}

GREAT IDEA!!!