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Photos of the 2004 Republican Convention
and the Protests Against It




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Photos by Jo Freeman

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In and Around Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden   Still We Rise
The bridge over 8th Ave   The view from the protest zone


Police stationed in front of hotels   Press Entry
Police stationed in front of the convention hotels   Press wait to be searched while abandoned umbrellas wait to be claimed


Protestors   Counter Protestors
Protestors and counter protestors face off on the streets


Sen. John McCain   Rod Paige
Rod Paige
Sen. John McCain   Secretary of Education Rod Paige


Mississippi   Hawaii
Mississippi   Hawaii


Maxine Allen   Texas
Maxine Allen of Kansas   Texas


George H.W. and Barbara Bush   President G.W. Bush
George H.W. and Barbara Bush


  President G.W. Bush
Republican Convention
  Republican Convention
The end of the Republican Convention



March Against the Bush Agenda


UFPJ March
It was hard to see the front line





Marching past MSG   Police and fences lined the route
Marching past MSG   Police and fences lined the route



Arrest
One arrest





Sue Niederer    Code Pink
Sue Niederer of New Jersey   Code Pink


March   March
 


March   March
 


March   March
 


March   March
 



March


Many countries, many wars, many protestors

Venezula

Palestine
 


Counter protestors

Communists for Kerry   Protest warriors


Union Square



Union Square   Union Square


Union Square   Union Square


Union Square   Union Square


Union Square   Union Square


Union Square   Union Square


Union Square   Union Square
 



Opposing signs
Opposing signs battle it out


Other Protests

Mothers Opposed to Bush    Mothers Opposed to Bush

Signs were plentiful.
Fire Bush





Banners were few.
Banners were few.



At the rally

The morning rally   The afternoon rally
The morning rally   The afternoon rally
Dorothy Height   Gloria Steinem
Dorothy Height was honored in absentia.   Gloria Steinem was celebrated in person.

Members of Congress
Members of Congress line up for pro-choice.From L to R: Reps: Raul Grijalva (AZ), Carolyn Maloney (NY), Barbara Lee (CA), Louise Slaughter (behind Lee) (NY), Jerry Nadler (NY) speaking, Sheila Jackson Lee (behind sign) (TX), Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX), Susan Davis (CA), Lynn Woolsey (CA), Stephanie Tubbs Jones (behind Woolsey) (OH).Behind them are the flags of 57 nations represented in the march.



Lynn Paltrow, Sarah Weddington and Kate Colbert
Three of the lawyers who argued key reproductive choice cases: Lynn Paltrow, Sarah Weddington and Kate Colbert



Medical Students for Choice   Delores Huerta and Ellie Smeal
Medical Students for Choice   Delores Huerta and Ellie Smeal

Before the March   and after
Before the March   and after




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