Hundreds of thousands will converge on August 29th to confront the Republican elite’s agenda. The city has permitted United for Peace and Justice to converge on the West Side Highway along the Hudson River, away from the glutinous revelry of the Republican hordes. Meanwhile the Republicans will be carousing on Broadway, watching shows, drinking martinis and laughing at our ineffectiveness.

Or will they? Or will they not make it to their parties?

This is a call to all corners of America to DISRUPT their merry-making and TAKE OVER BROADWAY!

Blocs of all kinds will converge towards the theater district and the Times Square area from ALL DIRECTIONS!

The Bike Bloc
The Mouse Bloc
The Youth Bloc
The Pirate Bloc
Noise Riot Bloc
The Anti-capitalist Bloc
The Clown Bloc

And all others are invited to an incredibly FESTIVE and MILITANT take over of Broadway.

Festive: Bring paint, streamers, balloons, noisemakers, home made instruments, chalk, and all other supplies you may need!

Militant: Be prepared for the police disruption of our free speech: Bring protective banners and watch out for police snatch squads and assaults. DO NOT WORRY about police scaring you from bringing what you need to get your message across, our merriment and our safety is more important!

We are calling for those who do go to the Legal Rally to break away before 3pm and head uptown. Other march and protest gathering points will be decided later at spokes councils.

~ Hubbub Collective - New York, New York

Mouse Bloc takes Broadway on August 29

"If one mouse can scare an elephant, what can thousands do?"

As the Republican elephant tramples into our city,
thousands of mischievous mice will confront them in the streets! On August 29 at 5PM, over 13,000 Republican fatcat delegates will be attending eight Disneyfied Broadway shows in Midtown Manhattan.

Every good little mouse in NYC knows the Republicans are only here to steal our cheese. This is our city! These are our theaters! Thousands of mice will swarm the streets to remind the forgetful old elephants that they are not welcome in this town. They will not be able to have fun at our expense without facing
thousands of pissed off mice in the streets.

The idea is simple: show up at 4:00 at one of eight theater locations and be ready to topple the elephant to the ground. Mice love nothing more than theater in the street, loud drums, music of all kinds, radical cheerleaders, marching bands, anti-capitalist preachers, dumpster divers, bike blockers, pissed off workers, disrupters, rowdies, "out of town" troublemakers", roving affinity groups, pink bloques, kissing queers, clowns, pirates, khaki-clad yuppies, radical gardeners, puppetistas, pagans, samba bands, chicks with dicks, revel-utionaries, fire-eaters, throwers & spitters, drag kings and queens, billionaires, punks-be they crusty or clean!, zapatistas, autonomistas and of course, your friendly local ANARCHISTS! They claim the people of NYC are a 'threat to the city'-we say the Republicans and their agenda are the real threat.

Do bring-->friends, family, affinity groups, bikes, costumes, mouse ears, tails and whiskers. cheese (soy or otherwise), anything you need for a good action.

Don't bring-->Padded blocs-cuz its the NYPD and this ain't Italy! Black Blocs-->cuz this ain’t Seattle and its 2004! This is a tactical opinion only.

Come join us on the 29th for some action outside of the NYPD-approved 'frozen zone'. Solidarity to the August 31 actions! Updates will be posted to the NYC Independent Media Center site.

August 29th Broadway Shows Attended by RNC Delegates:

42nd Street-Ford Center for Performing Arts, 213 West 42nd Street (between Seventh and Eight Avenues). Subways: 1,2,3, 9, 7, S, A, C, E trains to Times Square-42nd Street Station. RNC delegates attending from: Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Montana, and Kansas

Aida- Palace Theatre, 1564 Broadway (Between 46th and 47th) RNC delegates attending from: California, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, Utah and Hawaii

Bombay Dreams- The Broadway Theatre, 1681 Broadway @ 53rd St. RNC delegates attending from: Massachusetts, Alaska, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands, South Dakota; North Dakota; Iowa

Lion King- New Amsterdam Theatre, 214 West 42nd Street (between Seventh and Eight Avenue). RNC delegates attending from: Illinois, New York, Puerto Rico, New Jersey, Idaho, Pennsylvania

Fiddler on the Roof- Minskoff Theatre, 200 West 45th Street at Broadway). RNC delegates attending from: Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and North Carolina

Phantom of the Opera- Majestic Theatre, 247 West 44 Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenue. RNC
delegates attending from: Minnesota, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Washington, Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Kentucky

Beauty and the Beast- Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 West 46th Street (between Broadway and Seventh Avenue) RNC delegates attending from: Virginia, Alabama, District of Columbia, Tennessee, Maryland, and Georgia

Wonderful Town- Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 West 45th Street at Eight Avenue. RNC delegates attending from: Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, and Michigan.

There is more information on the Broadway shows at:
www.nyc2004.com/News/Read.aspx