Liberty Street Protest. In the summer of 2004 artist/photographer Glen E. Friedman had gained permission from his long-time friend Russell Simmons to make a huge political statement in the windows of his property across the street from the World Trade Center site in New York City, just before for the Republican National Convention. Artists' Chris Habib and Shepard Fairey assisted with design and execution. All the 27 signs (measuring approximately 8' x 4' each) remained on display through September 10, 2004. From September 10 through the Presidential election of 2004 only the top row of signs remained. By the end of November 2004 only the last two signs (the peace symbol and one that stated "Dissent Is Patriotic") remained. These last two signs were in place until January 2007, when the Democratic Party took power back in the United States Congress, thanks to the American peoples' frustration with the war in Iraq, at which time the current owners of the apartment removed the signs. The signs read: NO WAR (5x), NO MORE LIES, (Peace symbol image x3), DISSENT IS PATRIOTIC (x2), OIL WAR, TRUTH MUST BE TOLD, (Martin Luther King Jr. image), WE STILL DREAM, APATHY KILLS, STAND UP, (Fist image x4), SPEAK OUT. [...]Liberty Street Protest
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