To Sick buildings This Is and example!! Support the Right to March in NYC: Emergency Demonstration

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Support the Right to March in NYC: Emergency Demonstration

> Support the Right to March in New York City

>

> Emergency Demonstration

> Thursday, April 21

> 1:00 pm

> City Hall

>

>

> The Bloomberg Administration has refused a permit for the

> May Day March organized by the Troops Out Now Coalition

> and the Million Worker March. The march, which is

> expected to draw thousands of people from all over the

> region, will begin with a 1:00 pm rally in Union Square.

> In a Tuesday morning meeting between march organizers and

> police officials at Manhattan South, Assistant Chief Bruce

> Smolka told organizers that they would not allow a march

> anywhere, any distance, on any route, on May Day.

>

> Last year, organizers with the Million Worker March issued

> a call for a unified May Day demonstration in New York

> City. Since that time, both the Million Worker March and

> the Troops Out Now Coalition, a group of labor, antiwar

> and community activists, have been planning for a rally in

> Union Square, followed by a march. Organizers applied for

> a permit in November of last year, which gave the city

> ample time to prepare.

>

> Now, less than two weeks before the march, the Bloomberg

> Administration has said they will refuse to issue a permit

> for any march from Union Square. This is part of a

> pattern of illegal and unconstitutional political

> repression directed at antiwar activists and working

> people.

>

> Two years ago, when millions of people all over the world

> marched against the war, the Mayor refused to allow a

> march in New York City. During the Republican National

> Convention, he refused to allow a peaceful rally in

> Central Park. Throughout the week of the Convention, the

> Bloomberg Administration and the NYPD engaged in illegal

> mass arrests and detentions. In prosecuting those

> arrested, they used perjured testimony and altered

> videotape to press fabricated charges.

>

> Our basic rights--the right to free speech, the right to

> assemble, the right to express dissenting political

> views--are under attack. Please join us to defend these

> rights. Call, fax, or email Mayor Bloomberg and tell him

> you support the right to march on May Day. Then join us

> for an emergency demonstration on Thursday at 1:00 pm at

> City Hall.

>

> Working people have the right to speak out and to march

> for better wages, for education, for healthcare, and

> against the war--especially on May Day, which is

> International Workers Day.

>

> The permitted rally in Union Square is scheduled to go

> ahead as planned, and organizers are determined to

> exercise their right to march.

>

>

>

>

> **** What you can do:

>

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> Contact Mayor Bloomberg

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>

> Phone: (212) 788-3000

>

> Fax: (212) 788-2460

>

> E-Mail: http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html

>

>

> *************

> Call the NYPD

> *************

>

> Nicolas Estavillo, Chief of Patrol for NYC

> Phone: 646-610-6734

>

>

>

> ***************************************************

> Join us for an emergency demonstration at City Hall

> ***************************************************

> Thursday, April 21, 1:00 pm

>

>

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> Donate to help with expenses

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> http://www.troopsoutnow.org/donate.html

>

>

>

> http://www.TroopsOutNow.org

>

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