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Past Leftist Marching Band Sightings
2008
  • Sustainability Fair
  • Five Years Too Many - Out of Iraq NOW
  • Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Montreal Cultural Insurrection Convention
 2007
  • Portsmouth Halloween Parade
  • New England Mobilization to End the War in Iraq
  • Fundraiser - Portsmouth Halloween Parade
  • Honk 2007
  • First Annual Portsmouth Labor Day/Peace Treaty Parade
  • Nights on the Neck - Rocky Neck Art Colony
  • Stop the War protest - Kennebunkport
  • Fair Trade Festival
  • Swasey Park Peace Concert
  • "Black Gold" Screening
  • Busk 'til Dusk
  • Code Pink Rally w/ Granny D
  • Portsmouth Fireworks
  • Portsmouth Fireworks
  • Putin Summit Protest - Kennebunkport
  • Picturing the Past at Pontine Theatre
  • Farmington Peace Concert
  • STEP IT UP - National Day of Climate Action
  • Stop the War - Troops Home Now
  • DC Protest Send-off
  • Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2006 2005 2004

The Leftist Marching Band plays at the Farmington Peace Concert [20-May-07] Photo by Linda Ralph
The Leftist Marching Band voices their concerns about Carbon Emissions [Step It Up 14-Apr-07] Photo by Jeff Renshaw
The Leftist Marching band plays during the 6th annual Martin Luther King Jr Day celebration at Portsmouth Middle School on Monday [15-Jan-07] Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
City Councilor Ken Smith is followed by the Leftist Marching Band, which bid $450 to choose Smith’s costume. [Portsmouth Halloween Parade 2006] Photo by Andrew Moore
Sushiesque [HONK Fest 2006] - They sang a song against Walmart, and then some Sousa, and then some more protest songs because, as they reminded us, they are protest band...
Sushiesque [HONK Fest 2006] ..."We don't play store openings. We don't play parties. We just stick it to The Man."...
Sushiesque [HONK Fest 2006] ...They had some magnificent hats, and a belly dancer.
Kathy Pearce of Portsmouth, a member of the Leftist Marching Band, protests the attendance of White House adviser Karl Rove at a Republican fund-raiser Monday [12-Jun-06] in Manchester. AP photo
The Leftist Marching Band welcomes folks to [the PrioritiesNH] ice cream social [06-Jun-06]
Tom Moody of Barrington plays his guitar while Pamela Green twirls a baton with members of the Leftist Marching Band on Monday evening [06-Sep-05] in Market Square. The band collected money for the Baton Rouge Area Foundation in New Orleans. Photo by Rich Beauchesne
Members of the Leftist Marching Band play "Night Train" while waiting for the train to pull in at Exeter Station [17-Mar-05]. Photo by Jay Reiter
Members of the Leftist Marching Band ... march down Congress Street in August [2004], when Doris "Granny D" Haddock, a 2004 candidate for U.S. Senate, stomped through. Photo by Deb Cram
Protesters rally in Portsmouth's Market Square Wednesday night before boarding a bus for the [20-Jan-05] presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Liberty Bound: The Leftist Marching Band Twirler & Color Guard [16-Aug-04]. Photo courtesy of Blue Moose Films
Portsmouth Farmer's Market/Seacoast Growers Association Seacoast Growers Association Google maps link
21-Jun-08 : Portsmouth City Hall
Portsmouth Community Radio Seacoast Online - Event Info WSCAFM.org - Event Info
New Studio Ribbon Cutting Event
28-Apr-08 : Portsmouth
Sustainability Fair Event Site THE EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABILITY IN PORTSMOUTH
19-Apr-08 : Portsmouth Middle School
Five Years Too Many - Out of Iraq NOW NH Peace Action site - event info
NH Peace Action
15-Mar-08 : Concord
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day Portsmouth marchers moved by MLK's message City celebrates the life of MLK City Year, Seacoast students honor Dr. King through their actions
21-Jan-08 : Portsmouth Middle School
Montreal Cultural Insurrection Convention
03-Feb-08 : Montreal, Qc
Halloween Parade
31-Oct-07 : Portsmouth
New England Mobilization to End the War in Iraq October 27th website New England United website
National Day of Action
27-Oct-07 : Boston Common
Fundraiser - Halloween Parade
26-Oct-07 : Market Square
HONK! Fest 2007  HONK! website HONK! Fest 2007 MySpace page
07-Oct-07 : Somerville, MA
First Annual Portsmouth Labor Day/Peace Treaty Parade A Parade We Can Really Get Behind
24-Sep-07 : Portsmouth
Rocky Neck Art Colony
Nights on the Neck  Nights on the Neck Rocky Neck Art Colony website Rocky Neck Art Colony driving directions
06-Sep-07 : Gloucester, MA
STOP THE WAR.
Start a Revolution
break the cycle of endless war
Kennebunkport Protest Dot Org : STOP THE WAR. Start a Revolution
25-Aug-07 : Kennebunkport, ME
Fair Trade Festival
18-Aug-07 : Vaughn Mall : Portsmouth
Peace concert in Swasey Park
12-Aug-07 : Exeter, NH
"Black Gold" movie screening
"Black Gold&qout; movie website Seacoast Online: Students push for Fair Trade products in Portsmouth
10-Aug-07 : Market Square > South Church : Portsmouth NH

Busk 'til Dusk
Busk 'til Dusk website
21-Jul-07 : Market Square : Portsmouth, NH
Raised $27 for the Honk Festival,
$41 for Seacoast Peace Response,
and $48 for Crossroads Shelter!!!
Code Pink rally w/ Granny D
Advocating Peace, Granny D, Pink Ladies Descend on Market Square Granny D marches on Portsmouth Granny D leads call for peace
18-Jul-07 : Vaughn Mall : Portsmouth NH
Portsmouth Fireworks 
03-Jul-07 : Portsmouth, NH
Putin Summit
Bush-Putin summit draws many activists Demonstrators march in Kennebunkport to protest Bush, Putin
01-Jul-07 : Kennebunkport, ME
Pontine Theatre 
Picturing the Past
'Picturing the Past' weekend performances Pontine Theatre website
24-Jun-07 : Portsmouth, NH
Peace Concert
20-May-07 : Farmington, NH
STEP IT UP
National Day of Climate Action
STEP IT UP - Rally to Reduce Carbon Emissions Portsmouth Herald: Acting locally - Portsmouth's Step It Up! Rally CNN: Rallies nationwide urge Congress: Step it up on climate ABC: Climate Protesters Tell Congress to 'Step It Up'
Rally to Reduce Carbon Emissions
14-Apr-07 : Market Square
Stop the War - Troops Home Now
Stop the War - Troops Home Now page Boston Globe: Groups unite to protest Iraq war Worcester Telegram & Gazette: In Boston, anti-war protest march draws thousands JPG Magazine: Boston March 24 Anti-War Protests
4th Anniversary March
24-Mar-07 : Boston, MA
DC Protest Send-off
PortsmouthHerald: N.H. protesters head to D.C. for anti-war march USAToday: Crowds on both coasts protest Iraq war
26-Jan-07 : Market Square
Martin Luther King Day
PortsmouthHerald: Sleet curtails, doesn't stop city celebration
15-Jan-07 : Middle School
Victory Rally
NH Peace Action
10-Nov-06 : Market Square
North Church restoration
Market Square Steeple Fund website
09-Nov-06 : Portsmouth
For the love of Portsmouth
Portsmouth Halloween Parade
PortsmouthHerald: Monster muster WakeUpAMerica: Wake Up AM Podcast show # 46
31-Oct-06 : Portsmouth
Halloween fundraiser
PortsmouthHerald: Highbrow & Horror - Halloween parade needs YOU!
21-Oct-06 : Market Square / Tradeport Fed Bldg
Jim Hightower in Portsmouth
PortsmouthHerald: 'It's time to take back control' of U.S.
13-Oct-06 : Newcastle
Cellphone Internationale
HONK fest
SushiesqueBlog: What a curious life we have found here tonight HONK! Fest website
07-Oct-06 : Somerville, MA
Declaration of Peace
NHPeaceAction: September 30 Speech at Declaration of Peace Rally NH Peace Action website
30-Sep-06 : Concord
NH Peace Action
Honk Practice
23-Sep-06 : Pontine
Marguerite was great
Labor Day
04-Sep-06 : Market Square / Tradeport Fed Bldg
Sign Bandit Rally
BostonGlobe: Ad executive crusades to rid roads of `spam'
26-Aug-06 : Portsmouth City Hall
Inconvenient Truth opening
18-Aug-06 : Portsmouth Music Hall
Peace Rally
ExeterNews-Letter: Concert to promote peace
03-Aug-06 : Exeter
first to play Swasey Park pavilion
Karl Rove protest
PortsmouthHerald: Karl Rove rallies GOP
12-Jun-06 : Manchester
NH Priorities Launch
Wire: frozen fun and federal budget reform PrioritiesBlog: PrioritiesNH Launch Photos
06-Jun-06 : The Pearl
Ben & Jerry's...
RPM Challenge
RPM Challenge website RPM Jukebox: LMB's "A Salute to the NSA"
Feb-06
Martin Luther King Day
PortsmouthHerald: Inviting an ‘avalanche’ - Crowd told to pay tribute by volunteering PortsmouthHerald: Honor MLK by serving, Portsmouth is told
16-Jan-06 : Middle School & Market Square
Bailey Wedding
DEAD? TRY THE ALTERNATE (NEXT) LINK >>> PortsmouthHerald: [Public Emily] Knot tied GOOGLE CACHE:// PortsmouthHerald: [Public Emily] Knot tied
03-Dec-05 : Seacoast Science Center
Kellam Birthday
17-Nov-05 : Stratham Library
Portsmouth Halloween Parade
31-Oct-05 : Portsmouth
"Heroes of the Left"
WSCA 1st anniversary & fundraiser
DEAD? TRY THE ALTERNATE (NEXT) LINK >>> Spotlight: WSCA celebrates anniversary with Sept 10 block party GOOGLE CACHE:// Spotlight: WSCA celebrates anniversary with Sept 10 block party
10-Sep-05 : Market Square
Labor Day/Katrina fundraiser
DEAD? TRY THE ALTERNATE (NEXT) LINK >>> PortsmouthHerald: Band raises hundreds in cash for hurricane victims, relief effort GOOGLE CACHE:// PortsmouthHerald: Band raises hundreds in cash for hurricane victims, relief effort
06-Sep-05 : Market Square
Summer in the Streets
29-Jul-05 : Portsmouth
Dave Levitates!
Portsmouth Fireworks
03-Jul-05 : Portsmouth
Sustainability aka Fair Share Fair
Fair Share Fair blog Music for FSF '05
02-Jun-05 : Lee
Downeaster
Exeter News-Letter: Leftist Marching Band in Exeter to urge support of council vote for train $ DemocracyForNewHampshire: Leftist Marching Band Celebrates NH Amtrak
17-Mar-05 : Exeter & Dover
Inaugural Mourning
PortsmouthHerald: Inaugural Day Mourning
20-Jan-05 : Market Square
Inaugural protest DC bus sendoff
PortsmouthHerald: Protesters to send a message in D.C.
19-Jan-05 : Market Square
Election Day a.k.a. Black Tuesday
PortsmouthHerald: Bon Jovi rocks youth vote at UNH
02-Nov-04 : Portsmouth, Durham, Exeter & Stratham
Opening for Bon Jovi!
Portsmouth Halloween Parade
DEAD? TRY THE ALTERNATE (NEXT) LINK >>> Fosters: Strange sights fill Halloween night in Portsmouth GOOGLE CACHE:// Fosters: Strange sights fill Halloween night in Portsmouth
31-Oct-04 : Portsmouth
Standard LMB Uniform Debut
John Kerry "Fresh Start for America"
BetsyDevineBlog: Dover, As I walked past a live goat wearing a sweater...
25-Oct-04 : Dover High School
Michael Moore's Slacker Uprising
HamptonUnion: Moore here to get out the vote - ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ filmmaker bashes President Bush
20-Oct-04 : Rye Airfield
Million Worker March bus sendoff
Million Worker March website
16-Oct-04 : Market Square
Kerry Rally
PortsmouthHerald: ‘I’ve got your back’ - Kerry fires up crowd of 3,000 supporters at Pease Tradeport
03-Oct-04 : Pease Tradeport
Military Families for Peace
PortsmouthHerald: A call to bring soldiers home Military Families Speak Out website
28-Sep-04 : UU Church
League of Pissed Off Voters
ExeterNews-Letter: Not politics as usual
27-Sep-04 : Stone Church, Newmarket
Granny D Rally
??-Sep-04 : Manchester
Liberty Bound (film) opening
ViveLeCanada: Film Review: Liberty Bound by Christine Rose Liberty Bound website BlueMooseFilms: From Sea to Shining Sea...
16-Aug-04 : UU Church
Granny D Rally
DEAD? TRY THE ALTERNATE (NEXT) LINK >>> Fosters: Doris Haddock starts statewide campaign walk GOOGLE CACHE:// Fosters: Doris Haddock starts statewide campaign walk Wire: What's up with Granny D?
12-Aug-04 : Market Square
Bush BBQ Protest
DEAD? TRY THE ALTERNATE (NEXT) LINK >>> Fosters: More than 60 protesters show up at Bush visit GOOGLE CACHE:// Fosters: More than 60 protesters show up at Bush visit PortsmouthHerald: Dems bash Bush at roadside rallies
06-Aug-04 : Stratham
Democratic National Convention
MSNBC BostonBlog: Looking and sounding like something out of Monty Python's Flying Circus, trombonist John Bailey shouts "No one expects the Leftist Marching Band!"
29-Jul-04 : Boston
Taking of Fort Constitution
DEAD? TRY THE ALTERNATE (NEXT) LINK >>> Fosters: Anti-Bush forces march on Fort Constitution GOOGLE CACHE:// Fosters: Anti-Bush forces march on Fort Constitution Wire: patriots 'retake' the fort, but still have further to go
28-Jul-04 : Newcastle
Fahrenheit 9-11 Opening
NH IndyMedia: Leftist Marching Band at 9/11 Debut in Portsmouth PortsmouthHerald: ‘Fahrenheit 911’ gets powerful reaction
25-Jun-04 : Portsmouth
Debut Performance
DEAD? TRY THE ALTERNATE (NEXT) LINK >>> NH IndyMedia: Leftist Marching Band at 9/11 Debut in Portsmouth archive.org WAYBACK MACHINE:// NH IndyMedia: Leftist Marching Band at 9/11 Debut in Portsmouth
22-May-04 : Market Square
The LMB is born
Spring 2004
Jimmy LaPanza Lounge »