Speeches and interviews with a few of the hundreds of thousands of protesters on the day before the Republican National Convention, produced by Scott Harris

In what's being called the largest protest at a political convention in U.S. history an estimated 500,000 opponents of President Bush took to the streets of midtown Manhattan on Aug. 29, the day before the start of the Republican National Convention in New York City. Between The Lines' Scott Harris was there and files this report.

Related links:

www.counterconvention.org

International A.N.S.W.E.R. www.internationalanswer.org

Poor People's March March for Our Lives

www.nycindymedia.org

"Three-Mile Long 'Unemployment Line' Gives Bush the Pink Slip," by Sara Kugler, The Associated Press, Sept. 1, 2004

"Protesters, Lawyers Criticize Convention Arrests," by the Associated Press, Aug. 31, 2004

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