GOP convention protest covers miles of New York street

GOP convention protest covers miles of New York street

Updated: 2004-08-30 13:58

A man holding a protest sign with the inscription 'Darn Good Liar' demonstrates in New York City. Thousands of protesters, led by filmmaker Michael Moore, activist Jesse Jackson and other personalities, assembled for a march past Madison Square Garden where Bush will be nominated for a second term this week. [AFP]

A man holds a peace flag as protesters walk down Broadway carrying 1,000 coffins representing the US soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, during a day-long march in New York on August 29, 2004, the site of the Republican National Convention. Hundreds of arrests have already been made in the days prior to the opening of the convention, which opens tomorrow. [Reuters]

Demonstrators display a 'No Bush' banner during a protest through the streets of Manhattan organized by the group United for Peace and Justice in New York, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004. Tens of thousands of Bush administration opponents denounced the war in Iraq and demanded the United States withdraw its forces. [AP]

Tom Roepke, a New York City public school teacher, sunbathes next to a sign protesting the war in Iraq on the Great Lawn in New York's Central Park on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004, the day before the start of the Republican National Convention. [AP]

Reggie Mapry, left, of New York argues with Richard Ivory of Arlington, Va. who supports the Iraq war during a protest march organized by the group United for Peace and Justice in New York, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004. Tens of thousands of Bush administration opponents denounced the war in Iraq and demanded the United States withdraw its forces. [AP]