We want to know what is going on NOW! We want to BE THERE, via The question is where the crowd will go now that the parade is over. If they want to get a lot of press, take a stand, challenge the authorities Their success at getting away with this tactic will depend in how many Somewhere there is a magic number, probably between a hundred and a The authorities would probably at some point have to cut them off, like Soon, people from all up and down the East Coast would be heading for Hell, the Dowbrigade would even play hooky from work, just for the opportunity article from the NY Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Right about now, according to Fox, the mass of anti-war protesters in New York City are finishing their march and filling up Union Square. First of all, let us say that it is depressing to have to rely on Fox … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/protesttt.jpg\")
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\n about now, according to Fox, the mass of anti-war protesters in New York
\n City are
\n finishing their march and filling up Union Square. First of all, let
\n us say that it is depressing to have to rely on Fox News for a 30-second
\n sound-bite snapshot to know what is going on in Union Square right now.
\n Google news
\n search turns up a few articles at the top about protesters plans, but
\n no current updates from the front. Technorati<\/a> is
\n even worse – all blog entries about the bicycle protest – yesterday!
\n Even the story at the
\n top of the CNN
\n web site<\/a> are about protesters plans and what is going
\n to happen – not about what is happening right now, in their own back
\n yard.<\/p>\n
\n the Blogosphere. We want a site where we can read what people who are
\n in that crowd are writing or saying, blogging via Wi-Fi or cellular modem,
\n alongside a feed from a webcam in Union Sq. There MUST be a webcam
\n in Union Sq, somewhere, probably several! Lord knows the authorities
\n have their cameras monitoring the crowd. What we don’t want is a 30-second
\n synopsis of what is going on provided by a Rupert Mrudock minion, but
\n that’s all we’ve got. <\/p>\n
\n There are rumors that thousands are expected to gather in Central Park.
\n March organizers, denied a permit to hold a rally in the park, maintains
\n that if marchers go to the part it would be simply as law-abiding citizens
\n off to enjoy the beautiful weather in a day at the park. Check out this NYT
\n interactive ma<\/a>p of the area.<\/p>\n
\n and have the makings of a hell of a party, they should ALL go to Central
\n Park – and refuse to leave. Declare it "Liberated Territory", out
\n of the control of the illegal Bush regime. They could all camp out in
\n the park, which has the bathrooms, drinking water and food outlets to
\n make it a feasible proposition. By creating a liberated "Tent City" in
\n the heart of Manhattan, they would instantly create a focus and a headquarters
\n for what is increasingly appearing to be a disunited and capricious
\n coalition of protestors.<\/p>\n
\n people they can get on-board before the NYC Police take them as a serious
\n enough threat to hold the requisite meetings to authorize the use of
\n force to move the protestors out.<\/p>\n
\n thousand, beyond which the political and police authorities would decline
\n to act on the simple reasoning that the benefits of rousting them would
\n be outweighed by the images of pitched battles between police and hundreds
\n of protesters. They would probably let them stay until the end
\n of the week, and just keep them surrounded.<\/p>\n
\n the naval embargo of Cuba, because as the press commences with live broadcasts
\n from the liberated territory, Sam Donnaldson doing interviews with the
\n sounds of wild partying obviously off-screen, jungle drums beating around
\n a bonfire in the background, bare breasts hoisted on sturdy shoulders,
\n people would start to head down to the park, to join in the fun or just
\n to gawk, looking for love, or action, or trouble.<\/p>\n
\n Central Park. It would be this generations Woodstock. Bands would
\n set up in the acoustic shell, Of course, at some point the Powers-that-be
\n would order the part cut off from the rest of the city, nobody in or
\n out, which they could do without the kind of violent confrontation necessary
\n to clear the area entirely.<\/p>\n
\n to blog from "liberated territory." This story defines what we consider
\n "news" and contrasts vividly with what is expected to transpire inside
\n Madison Square Garden. Inside, the drama will be carefully scripted
\n and designed by experts for a desired impression. Outside, on the
\n mean streets of Manhattan, nobody has any idea what is going to happen.<\/p>\n