New Cities/New Soviets

August 28, 2004

it begins


police helicopter over st. marks church

Walking out my front door last night as I'm preparing for the cart, I almost walk into a phalanx of riot police coming down 10th street. The choppers had been overhead for hours, so I didn't think much of it, and when I heard a loud, defiant cheer, well, this is the east village...

The crowd at the corner of 10th street and 2nd avenue was huge, police and bikers and others.

Indemedia coverage of the Critical Mass ride

My friend D__ called me a few minutes later, all hyped up. He had been part of the ride, the largest yet in NYC. He was amazed at how many people cheered them on cheered on by unexpected.

There was a lot of wild energy in the air. This energy is going to demand a focus, and denied the permit to assemble on the great lawn in Central Park...

I think there is a real possibility Madison Square Garden will become the one and only focus of all the pent-up anger.

Molly: "They blocked the Central Park permit. They spent all this money and the terrorists aren't going to show up. They want this to get ugly."

we shall see...

Posted by Sam at August 28, 2004 06:43 AM

oohh how i love
the showman's menace
of a pair of circling dogs

lordy lordy
mayhaps
a scraps pendin' gang

Posted by: meat me at August 28, 2004 09:50 AM

go ahead palz
blow a few blue fuses

the gods of disorder

shit thats what elects
dick nixons

Posted by: wise acre at August 28, 2004 09:52 AM


march on the garden

seize that elephant circus
in your jaws

and shake it like a rat

Posted by: pinky at August 28, 2004 04:51 PM

rock the garden

Posted by: norm nailer at August 28, 2004 08:01 PM

Sam,

please don't go and get your ass kicked by the cops, as any reasonable person would expect to happen having witnessed many critical mass rides before this one.

Why give dumb ex-jocks a workout and a place to vent their agression? as you know I'm all for what they're saying, a world not dominated by cars or oil -- but this kind of self-sacrifice isn't necessarily helping anyone get there.

Posted by: Eric Blair at August 30, 2004 06:38 PM

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