08.29.04
tomorrow
tomorrow i’m going to new york to be a part of what may be the biggest protest this year.
i’m a little scared. i’m a little scared because there will be 250,000 people there (250,001 counting me). i’m scared because i have no idea what to expect with a gathering that large.
but i know i need to be there.
what i will be doing, i’m not exactly sure yet. i know for sure that i’m bringing my camera and my video camera because i’m most interested in capturing what i think is going to be a historic event. the media will not cover this to the extent that it should be covered, and i want to capture what happens because i want to have proof for myself that so many people feel the way that i do, and the way that so many members of my inner circle do. something has to change.
so far, my plan is this:
10am: i’m going to go to 15th between 5th and 7th ave so that i can gather with the people participating in the one thousand coffins march which is a part of the larger united for peace and justice march. the plan is to carry a flag-draped coffin for every soldier killed in iraq along the march route.
after that, the march breaks up in union square. at that point i’m going to head up to central park where the rally was supposed happen (but the stupid new york state courts nixed because the grass might get ruined). of course, 100,000 people can gather for a dave matthews concert and not ruin the grass, but us liberals tend to walk harder and wear metal-soled shoes, i suppose. the rally won’t be happening, but everyone seems to be bent on going anyway, just to exercise the right to gather in a public place in a disorganized way. there will be no rally, but there will be plenty of people.
as scared as i am, i know one thing. being with all these people who feel the same way i do isn’t nearly as scary as being sent to iraq to die, by way of a military draft, which will be inevitable if something isn’t done.
anyway, i know large gatherings can be dangerous. i don’t expect anything bad to happen to me, but i wanted to write this so that everyone knows my plan. if anything does happen to me (god forbid) then at least you’ll know that it was for something good and just.
i’ll post pics tomorrow night or early in the week, hopefully.
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