1 March! Support the Right to March in NYC: Emergency Demonstration

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be at these marches with our Children and T-Shirts March on NYC, DC and

State Government.

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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:

>

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

> Contact Mayor Bloomberg

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

>

> 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

>

>

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

> Donate to help with expenses

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

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

>

>

>

> http://www.TroopsOutNow.org

>

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