tom_thinks

Big thanks to everyone who went out (the whole 250-400 thousand of you). My friend Chris, has posted some nice pictures of the march here. Here's some excerpts from the NyTimes:

The organizers said they were also pleased by the size and diversity of the turnout. The faces appeared to be a cross-section of the American experience. There were individuals, families and groups from many states and across the region and the city. There were young people and older citizens, families with small children, students and representatives of the middle and working classes and many organizations, including advocates of gay and women's rights, antiwar groups, immigrants, veterans, artists, professionals, religious organizations and proponents of education, health and other causes.
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The protest organizer, United for Peace and Justice, estimated the crowd at 500,000, rivaling a 1982 antinuclear rally in Central Park, and double the number it had predicted. It was, at best, a rough estimate. The Police Department, as is customary, offered no official estimate, but one officer in touch with the police command center at Madison Square Garden agreed that the crowd appeared to be close to a half-million.

The march, which took nearly six hours to complete, was a tense, shrill, largely choreographed trek from Chelsea to Midtown and back to Union Square, where it ended, as planned, without a rally. And while there were a couple of hundred arrests, the event went off without major violence, despite fears of explosive clashes with the biggest security force ever assembled in New York.

In related news, there's going to be a democracy for America meetup on Wednesday during the convention.

Each house party will have the opportunity to join a live conference call with Governor Dean and other house parties across the country.

The house parties will raise money for Democracy for America and local candidates. If your house party raises at least $500, Democracy for America will contribute 50% of what your party raises to candidates that the house party decides upon.

Seems like a great idea. By the way I just finished Joe Trippi's The Revolution will not be televised which I highly recommend (more on that later).