Support Needed for anti-RNC A31 Direct Action Call

**Our organization/collective, __________ pledges support and solidarity
with the August 31st Day of Non-Violent Civil Disobedience and Direct
Action against the Republican National Convention, as outlined in
the Shout Heard Round the World Call to Action!**

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THE SHOUT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD
One No and a Million Yeses

A Day of Nonviolent Civil Disobedience and Direct Action
During the Republican National Convention

The Republicans are coming. In a shameless effort to exploit the
tragedy of 9-11, they will use New York City to re-nominate a
president whose agenda tramples on the very freedoms they claim to
fight for. A radical affront to democracy calls for a radical
response. On Tuesday, August 31st, a day of non-violent civil
disobedience and direct action will begin, commencing with a
synchronized Shout Heard Round the World.

As clocks strike 12pm, 2 days before the re-nomination of George W.
Bush, the people of the world will shout NO with one voice. From
Brooklyn to Baghdad, London to Lisbon, Seoul to Sao Paulo, we'll
honk car horns, blow trumpets, bang drums, pots and pans and shout
NO at the top of our lungs.

Here in New York, we will converge on Madison Square Garden, the
site of the Republican National Convention, and at other locations
around the city where the ill-gotten gains of Republicans will be
celebrated. We will sit down in the streets and refuse to move.
And from our clear NO will emerge a constellation of YESES: YES to
democracy, YES to justice, freedom, and peace. We'll take over the
streets--transforming them into stages of resistance and forums for
debate. We'll draw our examples and inspiration from the brave
shapers of history who came before us, those who put their bodies on
the line to gain the vote, win independence, end apartheid. We
will harness the spirit that puts our city at the center of the
world: creativity, ingenuity, social conscience, grit. We will
show the world what real democracy looks like.

We're ready to say "Enough!" We want more than speeches and
protest pens. We want change. We want to take democracy from the
Halliburtons and Enrons and bring it back to town halls, schools,
and neighborhoods. A true democracy thrives on diversity: and,
while we celebrate our differences, we stand united in our
opposition to the dismantling of our dreams, united in our
opposition to the dangerous direction of things. In this we make
common cause with the people of the world.

It's time to plot a new course, to wrench out a new kind of
history--one of solidarity and participation, of compassion and
wisdom. On August 31, 2004, we will begin to forge a new kind of
story. Anything is possible. We will shape history. The only
limit is the boundary of our collective imagination.

See you in the streets.

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To help shape and to plug into this event, please come to one of the
spokescouncil meetings which will be held weekly starting July 20th.
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a31 [at] mutualaid.org | http://www.shoutheardroundtheworld.com