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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." United States Constitution, Amendment I

This page contains links only from 2004 or earlier.

• Announcements of Upcoming Protests
• 2004 Republican National Convention
• Antiwar Protests (separate page)
• Protesting the Bush Agenda
• Protesting Bush's 'Public' Appearances — listed by date
  • First Amendment Zones
• Protests Outside the United States
  • Bush's European Photo Op, 2001
• Protesting Other Members of the Regime
• Organizing Groups
• Voter Rights March, 19 May 2001
• Inauguration Day Protests

Announcements of Upcoming Protests

These sites will inevitably duplicate each other's information.

• Link Crusader
  The site also provides links to many Resistance web sites.
• Citizens for Legitimate Government
• VoterMarch

2004 Republican National Convention

• Protesters Try to Get in Last Word Before Curtain Falls
  Randal C. Archibold, New York Times, 3 September 2004
• Protests accompany Bush acceptance speech
  MSNBC, 3 September 2004

Protesting the Bush Agenda

• Seasons of Protest: Lessons from A20
  Dwayne Eutsey, Democratic Underground, 3 May 2002
• 200,000 Protest the 'War Without End'
  Mike Leon, CounterPunch, 21 April 2002
• Protest comes to Crawford
  BBC, 7 April 2002
• Rallies in Capital Protest Bush Welfare Proposals
  Robin Toner, New York Times, 6 March 2002

Protesting Bush's 'Public' Appearances

• 200 protest Bush's appearance in Pittsburgh
  Michelle K. Massie, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 29 July 2003
• Protesters battle heat to boo Bush in San Francisco
  Ryan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 June 2003
• Greensboro, North Carolina, 25 July 2002
  • Protesting Bush in Greensboro
    Ed Whitfield, IndyMedia, 26 July 2002
• Columbus, Ohio, 14 June 2002
  • Anti-Bush Protestors ejected from Ohio State commencement
    Kate Randall, IndyMedia, 19 June 2002
  • President pushes patriotism in OSU graduation address
    James Drew, Toledo Blade, 15 June 2002
• San Jose, California, 29 April 2002
  • Southern California Says NO to Bush and Simon
    Natasha H. (age 10), Democrats.com, 2 May 2002
  • Bush greeted by protestors in California
    Evelyn Nieves, New York Times, 1 May 2002
• Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 11 February 2002
  • Hundreds rally against president's policies
    Annysa Johnson and Tom Held, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 11 February 2002
• Portland, Oregon, 5 January 2002
  • Eyewitness account of protest in Portland, Oregon
    IndyMedia, 5 January 2002
• Toledo, Ohio, 6 September 2001
  • Toledo Airport watchers rewarded with unexpected close-up view of Bush
    Clyde Hughes, Toledo Blade, 7 September 2001
  • NAFTA jeers join cheers for presidents during visit
    Gary Pakulski, Toledo Blade, 7 September 2001
  • Late activist's sister wary of Bush visit
    Roberta de Boer, Toledo Blade, 7 September 2001
• Detroit, Michigan, Labor Day 2001
  • Solidarity Forever — Against Bush
    Your humble webmistress' account of the protest. Contrast it with the mainstream 'news' reports....
  • Teamsters Seek to End U.S. Oversight
    Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 9 September 2001
  • At Pair of Labor Gatherings, Bush Gets Set for Fall Fight
    Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, 4 September 2001
  • At a Labor Picnic, Mixed Reviews for Bush
    Steven Greenhouse, New York Times, 4 September 2001
• Waco, Texas, 8 August 2001
  • Bush Protested in Waco
    From Home of the Brave web site, August 2001
• New York City, 10 July 2001
  • Photographs from the Oral Majority
    In BartCop
  • Bush visits New York; New York unimpressed
    Adam Nagourney, New York Times, 11 July 2001
• Detroit, 25 June 2001
  • First-person account
• Los Angeles, 29 May 2001
  • Angelenos protest Bush
    Ruth Hull-Richter and Hector Chavez, Democrats.com, 30 May 2001
• Yale University, 22 May 2001
  • Yale crowd a tough one for Bush
    Mimi Hall, USA Today, 22 May 2001
• Billings, Montana, 26 March 2001
  • Montana protesters express ire at Bush policies
    John Fitzgerald, Billings Gazette, 27 March 2001
• Orlando, Florida, 21 March 2001
  • Reports from the Orlando Protests
    Citizens for Legitimate Government
• Florida Panhandle, 12 March 2001
  • Protesters rally at 3 sites across Florida
    Alexa Jaworski, Jacksonville Times-Union, 13 March 2001

First Amendment Zones

• Two arrested at demo against Bush
  Joplin Independent, 1 August 2004
• Bush protesters want investigation of police
  Reid Magney, La Crosse Tribune, 20 May 2004
• Denied Entrance to Bush Event in Dubuque
  Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive (in CommonDreams), 20 May 2004
• Hundreds of protesters turn out to greet Bush
  Linda Mcalpine, La Crosse Tribune, 8 May 2004
• How the Secret Service protects Bush from free speech
  James Bovard, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 January 2004
• The Myth of Free Speech
  Ross Levine, Morphizm (in AlterNet), 31 October 2003
• 'First Amendment Zones' hinder free speech
  editorial, St. Petersburg Times, 9 November 2002
• What next? A zone for freedom of religion?
  Jan Glidewell, St. Petersburg Times, 15 November 2002
• 7 protesters arrested in Tampa; ticketholders kept out
  John Balz and Mike Brassfield, St. Petersburg Times, 4 November 2002
• No Retreat, No Surrender
  William Rivers Pitt, Truthout, 6 October 2002
• A moment of silence for the First Amendment
  Brian O'Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5 September 2002
• Freedom Chained In Pittsburgh
  Regis T. Sabol, Intervention Magazine, 5 September 2002
• Despite restrictions and police enforcement, protesters tried to make their voices heard
  Sanne Specht, Medford Mail Tribune, 23 August 2002
• One of largest demonstrations ever in Stockton invisible to Bush
  Dana M. Nichols and Audrey Cooper, Stockton Record, 24 August 2002
• Protesting Bush in Greensboro
  Ed Whitfield, IndyMedia, 26 July 2002
• Cops stop traffic to arrest protestors at Golden Gate
  Jim Herron Zamora and Kelly St. John, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 May 2002
• "I was arrested for exercising my First Amendment rights"
  John Blair, Democrats.com, 7 February 2002
• If Bush is so popular, why are his rallies restricted to Republicans only?
  Democrats.com, 14 January 2002
• Once nailed to the door, now shuffled out of sight
  Howard Troxler, St. Petersburg Times, 23 August 2001
• Man arrested for handing out anti-Bush toilet paper
  Associated Press, 15 August 2001
• Bush Protested in Waco
  From Home of the Brave web site, August 2001
• Tampa, Florida, 4 June 2001: Three citizens arrested at Bush rally for displaying anti-Bush signs
  • Protest Zone
    Archive of Information for the Tampa Three incident
  • Police wronged the protesters
    editorial, St. Petersburg Times, 2 August 2001
  • "Tampa 3" hearing delayed after defense presents evidence of police harassment
    David Karp, St. Petersburg Times, 17 July 2001
  • 2 GOP workers triggered arrests
    Christopher Goffard, St. Petersburg Times, 15 June 2001
  • Foul call at Legends Field
    editorial, St. Petersburg Times, 8 June 2001
  • Dissent if you want, but don't do it here
    Jan Glidewell, St. Petersburg Times, 8 June 2001
  • Bush protesters say rights were muzzled
    Christopher Goffard, St. Petersburg Times, 7 June 2001
  • Protests not seen or heard: How polite
    Howard Troxler, St. Petersburg Times, 6 June 2001
  • Protesters kept at a distance; three arrested
    Kevin Graham and Angela Moore, St. Petersburg (FL) Times, 5 June 2001
• Montana protesters express ire at Bush policies
  John Fitzgerald, Billings Gazette, 27 March 2001

Protests Outside the United States

• Bush visit sparks protests in Korea
  Guardian (UK), 20 February 2002
• Bush's European Photo-Op, June 2001
  • In pictures: Gothenburg protests
    BBC, 15 June 2001
  • Street clashes greet the 'Toxic Texan'; environmental groups praise European leaders for standing firm
    Ian Black, The Guardian, 15 June 2001
  • Swedes Have a Litany of Complaints for Bush
    Suzanne Daley, New York Times, 15 June 2001

Protesting Other Members of the Regime

• Also see Supreme Court Justices

• Protestors gather outside Cheney speech
  Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 August 2002
• Jeb Bush Is a Funny, Funny Guy
  Matthew SullivanAmerican Politics Journal, 29 August 2001
• Republican National Committee Meeting, Boston MA, 20 July 2001
  • Anatomy of a Protest
    William Rivers Pitt, American Politics Journal, 24 July 2001

Organizing Groups

• Citizens for Legitimate Government
  Information, links, and calls to action
• CounterCoup
  Clearinghouse site for nationwide and local resistance activities
• VoterMarch

Voter Rights March, May 19

• Photographs and reports on the March
  Rose Thomas, FringeFolk
• Transcripts of selected speeches

Inauguration Day Protests

• Participants' Accounts
  • What I Saw at the Inauguration
    The webmistress' account of That Awful Day
  • Beyond the Fringe
    Darryl Pinckney, New York Review of Books, 22 February 2001
  • CounterCoup Photo Gallery
  • Photographs from the January 20 VoterMarch
  • Interviews with protesters at Bush inauguration
    World Socialist Web Site, 24 January 2001
• Commentary
  • Chads Into Confetti
    Tom Carson, Village Voice, 24 January 2001
  • The Illegitimate Son
    Geov Parrish, AlterNet, 22 January 2001
• News Reports — D.C.
  • Sloganeering in the Nation's Capital
    Don Hazen, AlterNet, 23 January 2001
• News Reports — Planning
  • Protests Planned
    (Brief descriptions of gatherings and organizers), Washington Post, 16 January 2001
  • Security for Inauguration to Be Tightest Ever
    David E. Rosenbaum, New York Times, 14 January 2001
  • Police ready for all comers on Bush's big day
    Martin Kettle, The Guardian, 13 January 2001

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