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 [...]
August 20, 2007 by Sarah Ferguson in the Village Voice
Protesters were waiting for Ulises Ruiz, the governor of Oaxaca, to make an appearance, except he never did.
Photos by Sarah Ferguson
http://www.indiewire.com/biz/2007/07/with_deadine_ap.html
by Agnes Varnum (July 30, 2007)
Save film and photography in NYC! Sign the petition at http://www.picturenewyork.org, and make a YouTube video comment. Tag it “picturenewyork”.
A group of filmmakers, photographers, and others concerned about proposed rules by the NYC Mayor’s Office of Film rallied at Union Square on July 27th, 2007. The rules make it difficult for even casual filmmakers and [...]
