Protesters Rally Against Union Square ‘Privatization’
(originally posted at VillageVoice.com)
Nate Maton at 2:09 PM, June 6, 2008
Photos by Philippe Teston
Lucy Parsons, Emma Gordon, Dorothy Day, Norman Thomas, and even good old George Washington— or at least protesters dressed like them— were among several hundred people who assembled at Union Square yesterday to protest proposed [...]
originally posted at thevillager.com
Volume 77 / Number 52 - May 28 - June 3, 2008
Villager photos by Jefferson Siegel
Reverend Billy preached through his megaphone after popping inside the Union Square construction fence last week, above. Below, cutouts of “Union Square heroes” that Billy’s disciples held during the protest.
Performance preacher calls pavilion sacred space
By Jefferson Siegel
Last [...]
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Picture New York Press Conference - August 3rd 2007
Picture New York Rally at Union Square - July 27th
2007 Craftacular - July 30th at The Change You Want to See
Often, it is stated that to name something is to limit and constrain meaning.
One can envision the argument that those organizing as representatives of the group Picture New York are speaking in place of New Yorkers who aren’t represented by their group. This type of charge typically follows with the claim that to speak for [...]
http://www.indiewire.com/biz/2007/07/with_deadine_ap.html
by Agnes Varnum (July 30, 2007)
