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Fw: [ANSWER]: Denounce government ban on Feb. 15 Peace March in NYC!
- Subject: Fw: [ANSWER]: Denounce government ban on Feb. 15 Peace March in NYC!
- From: "Gennaro Scala" <gennarolasca at yahoo.it>
- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:26:59 +0100
A.N.S.W.E.R. DENOUCES GOVERNMENT BAN ON FEBRUARY 15 PEACE MARCH IN NEW YORK A.N.S.W.E.R. denounces Federal Judge Barbara Jones's refusal to grant a march permit for the huge February 15 peace march in New York City as a dangerous and politically-motivated assault on the movement's most basic right to freedom of speech and assembly. The New York City Police claim that they won't allow the march on Feb. 15 in New York because of security concerns. For months the police have been routinely invoking "security concerns" as a reason to deny march permits for political demonstrations, large and small, but not for other assemblies and huge parades that don't have a political point of view in opposition to government policies. The right to join together with thousands of other individuals in common cause and march on our streets is a unique and powerful form of political expression no less important than speech, and it is fully protected by the Constitution. We demand that the courts reject the "security" pretext used to deny the march permit for Feb. 15, and to deny other marches. The real reason that New York City Mayor Bloomberg, the police and the courts are trying to ban the anti-war march is because Feb. 15 is going to be a powerful international day of protest against the war on Iraq and the United States government. The security concerns they really have are not a threat of "terrorism" but the threat posed to Bush's political agenda. Fearful of the political impact of the march the government is trying to suppress the event. The peace movement, along with everyone who is threatened by this outrageous violation of the rights of protestors, must fight the march ban. A.N.S.W.E.R. joins with all other groups in fighting for and exercising our right to march in New York on Feb. 15, and in any other city where the antiwar movement chooses to take to the streets in order to stop the war. For all of those who are planning to join the many feeder marches to the rally, we encourage everyone to stay strong and defy the city and federal government's attempts to discourage participation. The most important thing is that people come out in large numbers to show the country and the world that the people of the United States are mobilizing in opposition to a war of aggression. The court system, working in cahoots with the police and the Bush administration, is attempting to discourage people's efforts to exercise their First Amendment Right on February 15. The best way, again, to oppose this is to come to the demonstration. The New York City demonstration on Saturday, February 15 will assemble on 1st Ave. starting at 49th St. and going north. The permitted rally will begin at 12 noon. --------------------------------------- FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING ACTIONS: http://www.InternationalANSWER.org http://www.VoteNoWar.org dc at internationalanswer.org New York 212-633-6646 Washington 202-544-3389 Los Angeles 213-487-2368 San Francisco 415-821-6545 To make a tax-deductible donation, go to http://www.internationalanswer.org/donate.html Sign up to receive updates (low volume): http://www.internationalanswer.org/subscribelist.html ------------------ Send replies to answer at action-mail.org This is the ANSWER activist announcement list. Anyone can subscribe by sending any message to <answer.general-subscribe at action-mail.org> To unsubscribe <answer.general-off at action-mail.org> ______________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Cellulari: loghi, suonerie, picture message per il tuo telefonino http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/?http://it.mobile.yahoo.com/index2002.html
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