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January 31 Convergences

Posted on December 22, 2005
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Jan. 31, on The Night of President Bush’s State of the Union Address:

Bring the Noise!

Drown Out Bush’s Lies!

In large cities and small towns all across the
country, join in rallies one hour before Bush’s address as we make our
determination to ‘Drive Out the Bush Regime’ the political message of
the day.

At 9:00 PM EST, just as Bush starts to speak, everywhere we will BRING THE NOISE.
In a cacophony of sound, we will drown out his address with music: from
drums to violins, from hip hop and classical; and with noise: banging
pots and ringing church bells, sound car horns and lifting our voices.

To organize a rally in your area, email info@worldcantwait.org 

LIST OF PROTEST LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY:

-Check back here for the latest info, as new protest locations are announced daily. -Email info@worldcantwait.org with your plans.
-All rallies begin at 8pm EST unless otherwise noted.
-Information is organized by state. Click on the letter below for your state.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Arizona:

Bisbee: Gore Park, at mouth of Brewery Gulch

Phoenix: 4-8pm, 24th St. & Camelback Rd.

Tucson: Noon-2: Rally at University of Arizona Alumni Plaza.
Afternoon:
People (particularly HS students) are encouraged to go to Skrappy’s to
pick up material and get out WCW’s message downtown and elsewhere.
Late afternoon (4-7): WCW caravan with big banners and signs, driving around Tucson.
Evening (7-10): Cultural event at Skrappy’s (201 E. Broadway, downtown)
e-mail us at: twcwtucson@hotmail.com

California:

Berkeley: All-day rally in Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley, 11am-4pm. Then mobilize to Union Square in S.F. at 5pm.

LA: 5 PM – Gather at intersection of Hollywood and Highland;
6 PM – Bring the NOISE; march and 7 pm rally in front of CNN news station at Sunset and Cahuenga

San Diego: Horton Plaza Fountain. Fourth and Broadway. 4:30pm


Sacramento: State Capital Building
5pm Rally on the sidewalk at West Side of State Capital Building
6pm Bring the Noise, Drown out Bush’s Lies.  Bring drums, pots, pans, etc!
7pm Ribbon cutting, signifying the beginning of the end for the Bush Regime
For More Information contact us at no.bush@hotmail.com

San Francisco: 5pm Rally at Union Square
6pm Bring the Noise. Drown Out Bush’s Lies.
7pm Bush statue toppling (30 ft tall paper mache statue)

Santa Rosa: Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa Ave (btw 3rd & 4th),  5-7pm
Bring drums, buckets, pots, pans, noisemakers, candles, flashlights, signs, banners, boom boxes and your voice!
Info: (707) 774-1960  /  sfnorthbay@worldcantwait.org

Colorado:

Denver: 6pm West steps of state capitol -downtown!!!

Connecticut:

New Haven: corner of Elm & York streets

DC:

Washington DC: In DC, we will gather as close as we can to the scene of the impending lies:

We
will be on the west side of the Capitol, around and in front of the
reflecting pool. The Press will be parked along 3rd Street and along
the South Side of the Capitol (Independence). Cindy Sheehan and Ann
Wright will speak to us (and them) at 8 pm; they will be followed by
other speakers (the Rev. Yearwood and Doug Nelson, an Vietnam War vet)
and then at 9, the main event will begin:

Picture a marching
band/brass ensemble, a drum circle, a choir, tap dancers, a rock
ensemble, hip-hop poetry, other spoken word, hootenany, African, Asian,
Irish glorious soaring rhythmic, each beginning and doing a few minutes
in sequence, followed by overlapping moments, followed by at least 30
minutes of jazz-like improv, call and response, followed by one fully
stunning long-held harmonious wall of sound that rises to the heavens.

The
whole main event lasts 50 minutes, from 9-9:50. It’s possible the media
might be roused from their hypnotic stance to report on it.

If
you are interested in either helping with logistics or performing, or
can help us get great performers, please email Karen Bradley at Karen@democracycellproject.net or call 202-669-3927.

Florida:

Ft Lauderdale:
5pm  Federal Building
Broward Blvd and NE 3rd Ave.
Plans being made for march at 9pm

Gainesville: 8pm: MEET ON THE CORNER OF UNIVERSITY AVENUE & MAIN STREET
8:45: BRING ON THE NOISE!!! March to Harry’s Restaurant, bring drums, pots, pans, noismakers….
HARRY’S SEAFOOD BAR & GRILLE
110 SE 1st Street
Downtown Gainesville
Contact: faithccarr@yahoo.com 352-335-0771

Orlando: Rally at 8PM in front of City Hall (Orange
Ave & South St) where we will bring the noise with pots & pans,
noisemakers, and instruments. Speak out against Bush, then march down
South Street to ABC TV studios to coincide with the 9PM State of the
Union address. Contact: orlando@worldcantwait.org

Georgia:

Atlanta: 8PM, CNN Center, downtown Atlanta (Marietta St. and Olympic Park Blvd.)

Hawaii:

Honolulu: 3 pm – Rally at the State Capitol (Punchbowl and Beretania Streets)
4 pm:
As
Bush begins to speak we’ll begin marching through the streets of
downtown Honolulu to the Federal Building.  Bring pots, pans,
whistles,
trumpets, and every kind of noise machine.

Illinois:

Chicago: Be at Daley Plaza (Dearborn & Washington) @ 5 PM to Drown out Bush! 
High School STUDENTS: Come right after school!

7pm, Bring the noise to the neighborhoods!!  For neighborhood drown-outs, contact  chicago@worldcantwait.org

Oak Park: Be at the Chicago rally at 5pm. Then meet at
7pm to Drown out Bush’s SOU! At Harlem Ave. and Lake Street in Oak
Park/ River Force.

Peoria: 7:30 pm CST Peoria Riverfront Liberty Park (at
the foot of Liberty and Water Streets, where the little brick stage is
– by the Saturday Market parking lot)
Bring an instrument, a drum, garbage can lids, pots and pans, your voice – whatever you want to make some noise with.
We gather at 7:30 and at 8pm we will make some noise!
Email peoria@worldcantwait.org to sign up today!

Massachusets:

Somerville: Davis Square, gather at 8:30pm, Band (The
Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society) will play. contact
maury_martin@hms.harrand.edu

Michigan:

Ann Arbor: 8pm at State St. and N. University
Bring your energy and bring the noise!

Detroit: Fourth and Main, Royal Oak, MI

Kalamazoo: We are having a State of
the Emergency Concert and Rally at 8 pm at the Ravenwood Coffee at 773
W. Michigan Ave. We have 5 local bands, along with 2 speakers–one is a
local world can’t wait leader and the other is a minister and peace
activist. We will have a multimedia slide show depicting images of the
Bush regime and its crimes. We will show the 13 minute World Can’t Wait
video of Nov 2 demos. We will have a 50/50 raffle to raise funds for
D.C. We will have kazoos and whistles to bring in the noise when Bush
speaks at 9 pm. Tickets are $5 and can be bought at the door.
Yardsigns, stickers, T-shirts and bus tickets to D.C. will be sold.

Minnesota:

Minneapolis: 7:30pm at the Minneapolis Federal
Building, 300 S. 4th St., Minneapolis, MN 55415. We’ll be meeting on
the side of the building with the grassy mounds.
Email demonstrate@beingism.org

Mississippi:

Oxford: Our event starts at 8 p.m. at the Square Courthouse at 107 Courthouse Square, Oxford MS 38655.

Missouri:

Springfield: 5pm – 6:30pm – Honks For Truth – The
theme for signs will be America is Broken, with specific references to
Patriot Act, Iraq War, Domestic Spying, Tax Cuts for Rich, and other
things that have broken America. Where? Corner of Chestnut Expressway
& Booneville Ave – across from City Hall.
6:30pm – 8pm Noise
making party during Bush’s speech. – bring drums, pots, pans, and other
noise makers. Where? Springfield’s town square

St. Louis:  The World
Can’t Wait and Code Pink are calling on St. Louisans to come join us in
University City Loop in the Market Plaza off Delmar Blvd. between
Leland and Kingsland across from the St. Louis Bread Company @ 6:30
PM-9:00 PM.

It’s time Bush got a loud ass message from St. Louis-BUSH STEP DOWN!

Bring anything you can to make noise and drown out Bush’s State of the
Lie…er…Union Address! (We have a permit, all is legal, so come on
down!)
Contact: stlouis@worldcantwait.org

New Hampshire: 

Portsmouth: At 8:30 pm:  Joining a nation-wide
demonstration on The Night of President Bush’s State of the Union
Address to Bring the Noise! Drown Out Bush’s Lies!  Seacoast
residents will gather in Market Square in Portsmouth for a rally, some
brief speeches, and music by members of the Leftist Marching Band. At 9
pm we will join in the South American tradition of protest, using pot
banging and other noises to drown out Bush’s lies. For more information
about the local action contact Burt Cohen at burtc@rcn.com.

New Jersey:

Bergen County: 8pm: Van Neste Square in Ridgewood. So far we have one speaker booked, Judy Andreas, from 9/11 truth. More speakers to come.

New Mexico:

 

Aztec: TUESDAY, JANUARY 31

WHEN: Bush begins the State of the Union address – Demonstrate – Bring the Noise and Drown out Bush’s lies.

WHERE: On the Plaza next to Rubio’s on Main Street, Aztec, NM

WHEN: Tuesday evening, Jan 31. Meet no later than 6:45 pm. Start making noise for 1/2 hour from 7 – 7:30 PM when Bush starts his State of the Union address.

Yell, honk your horn, bang pots pans and drums, raise your voices and BRING THE NOISE!

AFTERWARDS: dinner at Boon’s.

Santa Fe:
6PM MST: will gather at the intersection of the two most Major Streets
in town St. Francis Dr and Cerrillos Rd at  Drums Bells and loud
music until 8PM MST.

 

New York:

NYC: CALL US NOW: 212.969.0772. EMAIL US: nyc@worldcantwait.org
We need organizers, fundraisers, bus captains, and more!
Jan. 31: NO SCHOOL! Youth will move throughout the city, calling on people to join us at Times Square this evening!
AS
THE FUTURE HANGS IN THE BALANCE, DON’T STAY HOME! From 8PM-9:30PM –
gather at Times Square to hear poets, musicians, youth, politicians and
activists with the determined call to Bush to STEP DOWN NOW. Bring
noise makers, pots & pans, drums, etc. Speakers and performers TBA.

Ohio:

Cleveland: Bring the Noise! Bush Step Down!
Peabody’s Concert Club, 2083 E. 21st St.
Doors open at 7 pm
All Ages, free to the public (good will donations appreciated)

Performing Live:
*Music: Carlos Jones; Modern Gemorrah; drumming by EarthRhythm
*Poetry: Journey
*Speaking
on why Bush must step down: Bert Jennings, producer/host Carl Stokes
Forum; Bob Fitrakis, Editor of the Columbus Free Press; Daniel Montoly,
professor and poet from the Dominican Republic; local immigrant
activist group; and more…

Bring the noise at 9 pm when Bush starts to speak. Drumming,
shouting, noisemakers (bring your own–pots and pans, whistles, etc).

After 9 pm, some of us will march down to Channel 5 news (E. 30th
& Euclid), make noise there, call for Bush to Step Down, and then
march back to Peabody’s, where the music will continue til 11 pm

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City: World Can’t Wait/AntiWarFair Coalition Rally 5-6pm
BackDoor Coffee Shop
3214 N. Classen Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK

Tulsa: Rally in front of KJRH Channel 2;
3701 South Peoria
7pm Rally
8pm Protest
There is plenty of parking just south of Ch 2 in the Old Village Cleaners parking lot.
Tulsa@worldcantwait.org

Oregon: 

Portland:

At 4:30 PM, Portlanders will gather at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
There will be no more than two speakers, and music by The Sandpeople, a
local hip-hop band.

By 5:30, the March Leaders will go to their designated spots in
Pioneer Square, and everyone will be asked to find the March Leader for
their section of town. (Portland is divided into quadrants)

By 6PM, these marches will be in Portland Neighborhoods Bringing the Noise to Drown out Bush’s Lies.

At 5PM, simultaneously, there will be parties held in neighborhoods
throughout Portland with open mics, discussions, and relevant
festivities.

By 6PM, these events will turn into neighborhood marches, and the
marches will meet up with the parties as they go through town, growing
in size and volume.

At 7PM, the marches will end at a destination to be announced, where
people will celebrate having just participated in a significant
demonstration, and will discuss plans for FEB 4.

For more information, contact Portland Can’t Wait at portland@worldcantwait.org or call us at
(206) 666 – BUSH   No, seriously; that’s the number.

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia: Gathering at 8pm at the corner of 12th
and Market Sts. Bring your noise; pots and pans, music, horns,
whistles, bells, signs and banners and at 9pm we will “Drown Out Bush’s
State Of The Union Address. We will not allow Bush to set the agenda
for our future as we demand BUSH STEP DOWN and Take Your Whole Agenda
With You!!!
e-mail us at philly@worldcantwait.org
call us at 267-408-6286

Rhode Island:

Westerley: March and demonstration downtown

Texas:

Austin: Rally with speakers: 7pm, Austin City Hall (downtown, wher S. 1st St. Bridge meets Cesar Chavez)
Drown Out Event-8pm (Real time-State of the Union Address)
Bring Tha Noise! Pots and Pans * Drums * Music of all kinds
CALLING ON ALL AUSTIN BANDS-Be a part of these historic national events-Contribute your talents to Drowning Out Bush’s Lies!
*Get your tickets for the buses to D.C. Saturday, Feb 4, we will Demand that Bush Step Down! and Take your Program With You!
**Contact Us at: austin@worldcantwait.org

Houston: Bringin’ The Noise In Houston!
Join us at the corner of Clay & Taft as we attempt to wake the South up and Drown Out Bush’s Lies. 
The rock band, Sense of Reason, will play at 6:15pm. 
At 7, we have spoken word artist, Jerome Washington, of Starving Poets perform. 
Great speakers that will indict this administration will follow. 
At
7:30 we march to our local CBS affiliate, channel 11, (1945 Allen
Parkway) and when Bush speaks, We Drown Him Out.  Bring any
musical instruments, noisemakers, boomboxes, pots & pans,
kazoos-whatever! Come on Texas, Let’s Get R Done!

San Antonio: 7pm  Corner of S. Alamo and Commerce

Vermont:

Lyndonville: 8:00pm., Bandstand Park at the town green. Email: icespouse@kingcon.com

Washington: 

Kingston: BUSH STEP DOWN
Kingston Library/Community Center
11212 St. Highway 104
01/31/06 5:00 till 7:00
My email cstebe@centurytel.net 
Phone 360-297-4391
Posters available on line

Seattle: 5pm, Gather at Denny Way and Broad Street. During Bush’s
State of the Union Address at 6pm, we will bring the noise and drown out
Bush’s Lies outside Fisher Plaza, home of TV and radio media. Take the
day off work and hook up with us after school to do visible outreach
throughout the city calling on people to join us that night!

more to come soon

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