More Updates From the RNC Protests

<img src="http://rochester.indymedia.org/sites/default/files/migrate_dada/RNC_Die_In.jpg" align="right"><P><b>Tuesday, August 31:</b> Waves of autonomous, well-planned, yet unpermitted direct actions swept the streets of Manhattan today. They stopped traffic, performed street theater and crashed parties, striking fear in the hearts of delegates. While none of the actions today could claim to have brought down the walls of the Empire, they may have, through their boldness and volume erroded some of the layers of its facade. <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/feature/display/110987/index.php">[summary]</a>, <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/110991"> [categorized links]</a>.</P> <p>The actions on Tuesday resulted in numerous arrests, Indymedia estimates around 800. Many people reported poor conditions at the holding cell at Pier 57 where arestees were initially held, including chemical residue on the floor. Reports of jail conditions: <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/feature/display/113409/index.php">[1]</a>, <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/feature/display/113021/index.php">[2]</a>, <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/111107/index.php">[audio report]</a>, <a href="http://weblogs.csmonitor.com/at_the_conventions/2004/08/index.html#a0002075548"> [Christian Science Monitor report]</a>.</P> <p><b>Wednesday, September 1:</b> AIDS activists from ACT-UP, infiltrated the convention hall and disrupted a speech to the Youth Convention, chanting, "Bush lies. Stop Aids. Drop the debt now." <a href="http://www.actupny.org/reports/rnc_nyc-inside.html">[report]</a>.</p> <p>Later on, over 2000 activists took the streets to for a March on Media to protest the state of mass media and to call for independant media that is unmoderated by corporate interest. <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/113728/index.php">[report]</a> <p><a href="/newsite/node/6697">Read Full Article</a></p>

<p><img src="http://rochester.indymedia.org/sites/default/files/migrate_dada/RNC_Die_In.jpg" align="right" /></p><p><b>Tuesday, August 31:</b> Waves of autonomous, well-planned, yet unpermitted direct actions swept the streets of Manhattan today. They stopped traffic, performed street theater and crashed parties, striking fear in the hearts of delegates. While none of the actions today could claim to have brought down the walls of the Empire, they may have, through their boldness and volume erroded some of the layers of its facade. <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/feature/display/110987/index.php">[summary]</a>,<br /> <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/110991"> [categorized links]</a>.</p> <p>The actions on Tuesday resulted in numerous arrests, Indymedia estimates around 800. Many people reported poor conditions at the holding cell at Pier 57 where arestees were initially held, including chemical residue on the floor. Reports of jail conditions: <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/feature/display/113409/index.php">[1]</a>, <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/feature/display/113021/index.php">[2]</a>, <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/111107/index.php">[audio report]</a>,<br /> <a href="http://weblogs.csmonitor.com/at_the_conventions/2004/08/index.html#a0002075548"><br /> [Christian Science Monitor report]</a>.</p> <p><b>Wednesday, September 1:</b> AIDS activists from ACT-UP, infiltrated the convention hall and disrupted a speech to the Youth Convention, chanting, "Bush lies. Stop Aids. Drop the debt now." <a href="http://www.actupny.org/reports/rnc_nyc-inside.html">[report]</a>.</p> <p>Later on, over 2000 activists took the streets to for a March on Media to protest the state of mass media and to call for independant media that is unmoderated by corporate interest. <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/113728/index.php">[report]</a></p> <p><a href="/newsite/node/6697">Read Full Article</a></p>