Stay informed on the 2005 Counter-Inauguration

Show George II, "The W", how much we support his reign, by supporting a General Strike on Thursday, January 20, 2005.
We must show the world that we are not satisfied with "black box" voting, where there is no paper trail of the votes cast. Over 8,000 votes in precincts of less than 700, voting machines counting backwards, misallocating the votes from Kerry to Bush. Dozens and dozens of instances of unquestionable vote fraud aided and abetted by Republicans both in the Corporate world and the Political.

We must show that "We the People of the united States of America" are out here, are sovereign, and that we will no longer stand by while our basic rights and liberties are ripped away from us like bloody swatches of skin.

A "General Strike" means:

No Economic Activity Whatsoever
for examples (list not all inclusive):

· NO WORKING
· No buying gas
· No buying food
· No fast food
· No paying bills
· No use of US Postal Service
· No movies, Pay-Per-View, or video game rentals
· No taking public transportation
· No paying of tolls (bridge, turnpike, etc.)

If we all, those who do NOT support the regime of George W. Bush (et al), stay away from any economic activity on Inauguration Day, we will hurt his supporters in the most significant way - in their pocket books!

Imagine, millions and millions of folks missing work, holding rallies, and not spending a dime that day (!!!). OhMyGod, the sky will fall!

Repooplicans mobbing DC for the festivities, depending on the 'plebes' to be there serving them, and on Inauguration Day, everyone is marching to a different drum! Who will wipe their - - noses? Or gather laurels for them to rest upon?

Of course, a person needing medical attention, or ongoing care (i.e. dialysis) is exempted.

Otherwise, we need to Shut the Country Down on Inauguration Day! Get your family, your friends, your co-workers - women, men, black, brown, WHATEVER! It doesn't matter your background; if you value your freedom, and want to resist the fascists who are taking control, STRIKE!

Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike!

Could you please post any SF details of a general strike on http://www.counter-inaugural.org as well?

Thanks...

You silly little progressives. The sky won't fall. Two things will occur:

1- Your silly antics will fall flatter than a church calling for a boycott of ABC TV for showing godless televisino shows

and

2- The few who do abstain from buying anything on that day, will make it up the day before or the day afterwards, meaning that at the end of the week sales numbers will be the same.

As for not working for a day... you must be one of the lucky few who can take a day off from work and still get paid. You'll find that most hardworking folk actually need the money too much to join you in your childish tantrums which will do nothing at all to change the fact the Bush 43 will be in the oval office for the next 4 years.

You're right, there is no historical precedence for general strikes working and the religious right has nothing to do with the contents of mainstream corporate television.

The first worldwide general strike in history.
Call in sick. Take a personal day.
Blockade the imperial procession.
Protests everywhere.

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Please forward this along! Inauguration protest information -- January 20th, 2005
J20 - Anti-Inauguration Call-to-Action

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: http://www.inaugurationmedia.org
Radio Coordinator: Selina; 202-250-4939; selina [at] riseup.net
Photo and Print Coordinator: Nancy; 202-216-2817; nancy [at] upcloseandpolitical.com
All Other Inquires: Chris; 202-413-2212; chrisstrohm [at] yahoo.com

Allison; 301-949-7639; allison [at] amp-photo.net

Independent Media Converges to Cover Bush Inauguration

We are contacting you as an important member of the independent media community to ask you to participate in, support or promote independent media coverage of the upcoming presidential inauguration in January. From Jan. 10 through Jan. 24, independent media makers will converge in the nation’s capital to provide continuous coverage of the inauguration through video, photography, radio, print, and web postings.

We are a group of independent media makers in Washington, DC that has formed to help facilitate and coordinate coverage of the inauguration. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.inaugurationmedia.org. A list of our needs follows at the end of this letter, along with information on how to join out listserves. Information about specific media projects during the inauguration will be available on our website in the coming weeks.

If you are in the DC area or coming to town for the inauguration, we ask you to contact us to help coordinate independent media coverage. We intend to provide a media workspace with broadband Internet access, telephones, a limited number of computers for public use and Internet radio facilities. Although we will appreciate and request donations for use of the space, no one who legitimately wants to use the space to create independent media will be turned away.

If you cannot come to Washington for the inauguration, please help promote and distribute the independent media that is produced. For example, post a link to our website on your site. Repost or re-air content produced during the inauguration. Use whatever forum you have to discuss and promote the independent media produced during the inauguration. Share this letter and the existence of our media center with your readership, listenership, viewership, fellow journalists, photographers, filmmakers, and writers. Also, consider sponsoring a trip to Washington for someone else who wishes to create media.

Finally, we ask everyone to review the list of needs at the end of this letter and help us however you can.

This year’s election was won by a razor thin margin. Indeed, almost half of those who voted did not vote for Bush. The same was true of the last election. Despite this, the mainstream media provided almost no coverage of the protests and general dissent surrounding the 2000 inauguration. We do not want this situation to occur again, and we are determined to use our voices and the voices of others around the world to ensure that independent messages are heard.

The success of delivering these messages depends upon how much unity we can create in the world of independent media. One person acting alone is one voice. Acting together, we are many voices, and can pool our resources to rise above the din of the mainstream media. With your assistance, we can ensure that the voice of independent media is heard loud and clear.

Thank you for any support you can offer us.

DC Inauguration Media Group

ABOUT US:
We are a not-for-profit coalition of independent media makers working on an entirely volunteer basis. Any money we receive in the form of contributions will go directly towards supporting the creation and distribution of independent media. A list of participants is available on our website, http://www.inaugurationmedia.org.

LIST OF NEEDS:

Financial Contributions. Please consider making a financial contribution of any amount. All contributions are tax-deductible through the DC Independent Media Center. Complete information on how to make on online or mail donation is listed at: http://dc.indymedia.org/info/display/support/index.php.

Equipment Donations. We are currently seeking equipment donations. Items needed include working computers (preferably P3, G3 or better); flat screen monitors; digital video cameras; 35mm or digital cameras; digital audio recorders; flatbed or negative scanners; video tapes for dubbing; digital audio tapes; hubs and routers; networking gear; table and chairs. Equipment donations can be tax-deductible as well.

Translation Services. We need people to help translate content, especially in the languages of Arabic, Spanish, and French.

Technical and Server Support. We need individuals with IT and networking skills. We are also seeking additional servers to help host the high volume of media we anticipate during the inauguration.

Archiving Support. We need individuals to help us archive media produced during the inauguration.

JOIN OUR LISTSERVES
Please join the following listserves to coordinate media coverage during the inauguration:

General communication and announcements:
imc-dc [at] indymedia.org (Join at
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Tech coordination: imc-dc-tech [at] indymedia.org (Join at
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Video coordination: imc-dc-video [at] indymedia.org (Join
at
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Call radio talk shows and write letters to the newspapers...

http://www.dawndc.net/events/j20_05/call.php
http://www.austinspokes.org/j20-org.shtml
http://www.organiccollective.org
http://www.j20pdx.net
http://www.notinourname.net/archive/20jan05-actions.htm
http://www.counter-inaugural.org
http://www.j20.org
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/11/1704178_comment.php
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/12/1708244.php
http://www.globalizethis.org/article.php?id=50
http://www.voxunion.com
http://www.notinourname.net
http://actagainstwar.org/calendar.php?calid=321
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2651
http://www.answerla.org/
http://www.rancor.info/
http://fc.retecivica.milano.it/.../ConferenzAmbiente/ talk.environment/04223FC2-3B9ACA00-059EFD51









last updated:
1/20/05

Sorry, but most of the world is working at surviving rather than paying attention to your juvenile nonsense. But by all means, stay home and sulk on the 20th. No one will notice or care.

Is your last name Bushler?

Consume less and weekly sales numbers will not be the same, they will be lower. Don't earn wages and your federal tax bill will be lower. The govt. will then enjoy lower tax revenue and will have less money for wars and other ill-conceived ventures. Don't show up for work at the tractor factory and there will be less economic output. General Strikes are effective.

Obviously general strikes have worked and can again but... they have to be promoted by the people who care. The term has to be spoken aloud to as many people as possible (perhaps over talk radio) and a few emails need to be sent out to other media outlets so that people know what's happening. Anybody who wants to be part of a general strike has to help make it happen. If you don't foment revolution you can't complain.

How shallow and empty are these attempts to downplay the efforts of all good people who would dare to propose some type of action to make the world , or shall we say, those who live in their own self-indulgent world, take notice of how strongly we feel about the outrageous behavior of so many of those in power. Whether it be election fraud, lies to the American public (not to mention the rest of the world, but let's do! ) as to why we go to war, the destruction of our environment for the profit of a few, etc. , there are countless reasons to protest on Jan. 20. You see, Hobbes, we don't see this as some childish game, but take it extremely seriously. As of yet there aren't perhaps enough of us to make an impact felt, but the way things are going that will change. Just ask the millions who succeeded in a general strike in Venezuela recently.