From: "Action Center" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 14:33:38 -0500 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [IAC] Upcoming activities in NYC- 1/21-2/2 UPCOMING ACTIVITIES IN NYC: 1) Monday, January 21 - Two rallies for civil rights & immigrant rights 2) Tuesday, January 22 - “Eye on Latin America and the Caribbean” meeting at the IAC 3) Wednesday, January 23 - Protest “Black Hawk Down” 4) Saturday, January 26 - The Impact of War on Children, a day-long conference 5) Friday, February 1 - “The People’s Agenda vs. the World Economic Forum” teach-in and evening indoor rally 6) Saturday, February 2 - “The People’s Struggle vs. the World Economic Forum” - mass rally at 50th St. and Park Ave. ******************** MONDAY, JANUARY 21 ******************** STOP THE DISAPPEARANCES! Martin Luther King Day Action at Union Square Park & at Passaic County Jail to Protest Detentions Since September 11, the INS and FBI have detained over 1,200 immigrants, mainly of Arab or South Asian (especially Pakistani) origin. Most are accused only of minor immigration violations, such as overstaying a visa. Despite Attorney General Ashcroft's assurances to the contrary, many are being held without access to legal assistance or proper care. This amounts to the worst kind of racial profiling. *Its is especially important that citizen allies support and attend this action because many non-citizen members of our communites cannot* JOIN US TO PROTEST THIS RACIST ATTACK ON IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday January 21st Noon at Union Square Park Press Conference at 12:30 pm Buses Loading to Passaic County Jail at 1pm (back by 4pm) - county jail where over 350 detainees are being held - Take the 4/5/6, L, N/R/Q/W to Union Square (where possible we will be asking for a $5-10 contribution for the cost of the bus) OUR DEMANDS 1. Release all detainees being held for immigration violations. 2. Repeal the racist Patriot Act, the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and ImmigrantResponsibility Act (IIRIRA), and the 1996 Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. 3. Release a real list of detainees. 4. Provide detainees with immediate, full and proper access to legal information and representation. 5. Ensure all facilities used for detention meet the INS standards for detention. 6. Inform detainees of when they will appear before a judge, be released, or be deported. 7. Stop holding detainees who have been granted bond or ordered removed. Organized by: DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving)-212-631-3689, [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.drumnation.org Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants (CHRI)-212-254-2591, [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.itapnet.org/chri Prison Moratorium Project-646-486-6715 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.nomoreprisons.org ******************** MONDAY, JANUARY 21 ******************** "Civil Rights for All": MLK Day Rally and March on the Hudson County Correctional Center Rally begins at 12:00 noon on the Jersey City side of the Hackensack River Bridge and the march will go over the bridge to the corrections center in Kearny. The Hudson County Correctional Center is one of the nation’s largest holding facilities for Muslim, Arab, South and Central Asian and Middle Eastern immigrants. Many of the people being held have had no chrages brought against them, have had no access to a lawyer and have had no communication with their families. Speakers from legal, religious,activist and labor communities. For details, directions and carpooling information email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 201-435-3804. Sponsored by The Hudson County Green Party, Hudson County Coalition for Peac and Justice, New Jersey Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veternas Against the War, Montclair State University Greens, World Peace 911 and Human Rights Education in Law Project, NJ Jobs with Justice, NY Committee in Solidarity with Peole of El Salvador, Coalition for Human Rights of Immigrants ******************** TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 ******************** EYE OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE FTAA, IMF & WORLD BANK, NEOLIBERALISM AND U.S. INTERVENTION Tuesday, January 22 @ 6:30 pm At the IAC, 39 W. 14th ST., #206 Suggested doantion: $5 FEATURED SPEAKERS: - Berta Joubert Ceci, Sao Paulo Conference IAC delegate “Reportback from the Sao Paolo Conference” - Teresa Gutierrez, IAC National Co-Director “The people’s sturggle vs. the WEF” - Gail Walker, IFCO/Pastors for Peace staff person “The struggle to free the Miami Five” - Rebeca Toledo, IAC organizer “The rightback in Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina & Vieques” Workers and oppressed people are waging a fierce life and death struggle for jobs, and against hunger and poverty throughout this hemispehre. Much of the exploitation that billions of Americans face from one tip of the continent to the other is directly due to the U.S.-backed policies of the corporate vultures in the IMF and World Bank. On Feb. 1-2, the World Economc Forum will be meeting in New York City. The meeting will include political leaders and hundreds of representatives of the world’s biggest transnational corporations, banks and media conglomerates. It represents the world economic and military structures that have impoverished people throughout the Third World and inside the United States. The WEF usually meets in Davos, Switzerland. But this year in a show of support for the capital of world finance, it has decided to meet in NYC in a show of support for Bush’s so-called war on terrorism. But the struggle--from NYC to Buenos Aires--can throw a wrench in the plans of the rich. From December 3-7, the Sao Paulo Conference celebrated its 10th annual meeting in Cuba. Delegates came from all over the world. The Sao Paulo Conference was formed around the themes of fighting against U.S. imperialist designs on Latin America and neoliberal policies adopted by many governments in the region. On January 22, the IAC will have a reportback on what’s happening in Venezuela, Colombia, Vieques, Argentina, and other crucial struggles in the region. We will discuss how the struggles in this region as well as the struggle against layoffs, racism and war here at home have one thing in common: that it is the people’s struggle, no meeting of the exploiters, that will ultimately decide the course of history. Organized by: International Action Center 39 W. 14th St., #206, NY, NY 10011 212-633-6646, emai: [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.iacenter.org *********************** WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 *********************** PROTEST "BLACK HAWK DOWN" Wednesday, January 23 @ 6 pm Union Square Theater: 13th St. and Broadway, NYC This movie is a blatantly racist attempt to create support among the U.S. public for a new war against Somalia. According to the Bush Administration, Somalia is at the top of the Pentagon's list of countries to be the next major target of the so-called "war against terrorism." In his review of "Black Hawk Down," New York Times movie reviewer Elvis Mitchell wrote that the movie "converts the Somalis into a pack of snarling dark-skinned beasts … it reeks of glumly staged racism." All those who believe in justice for the people of the world must take a stand against U.S. threats against Somalia, Sudan, the Philippines, Iraq Called by NY A.N.S.W.E.R. Call 212-633-6646 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for info. ********************* SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 ********************* The Impact of War on Children The widening spiral of U.S. military intervention and economic sanctions has had a devastating impact on the lives and future of children in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the Balkans and Latin America. Today, in Iraq and Afghanistan more than a third of the children are chronically ill and malnourished. Infrastructures for clean water and health care have been destroyed and schools are barely functioning. Again and again U.S.-sponsored wars have targeted vital civilian infrastructure. Saturday, January 26 The United Nations Church Center 777 UN Plaza (44 St. & First Ave.) NYC 11 am - 4 pm Speakers and Panels 10 am Refreshments and Exhibit of Iraqi Children’s Art An international panel of women authors, poets and human rights activists will examine the human consequences of these continuing U.S. wars. SPEAKERS: - Rosalie Bertell, recipient of the International Peace Bureau Sean MacBride Peace Award - Mary Diaz, Ex. Dir. of the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children - Jennifer Klot, UNIFEM, Senior Governance Advisor at the UN Development Fund for Women - Sara Flounders, Co-Director of the International Action Center - Teresa Gutierrez, Coordinator Committee to Stop U.S. War in Colombia - Kathy Kelly, Voices in the Wilderness - Kindra Dunbar, Activist for US Children of Poverty - Samia Halaby, Palestinian Artist & NY/NJ Al Awda Palestine Right of Return Coalition - Barbara Nimri Aziz, journalist and radio commentator on the Middle East - Asha Samad Matias, Dir. of Women’s Studies & Prof. of African Studies, City College of NY - Nadia Ahmad, Natl. Director of Students for International Peace and Justice - Yoomi Jeong, Korea Truth Commission/Congress for Korean Reunification - Lenora Foerstel, author and North American Coordinator for Women for Mutual Security - Debbie Daniels, Doctors for Global Health - Jennifer Wager, IFCO/Pastors for Peace - Gloria Quinones, Todo el Barrio con Vieques Hear updates and action plans for protests vs. World Economic Forum Feb. 1-2, New York City Iraqi children’s art exhibit A Friendly Bond - A Joyful Connection A child-to-child art exchange - 45 pieces of Iraqi childrens art 5,000 Iraqi children die each month from U.S. sanctions. Introduced by: Claudia Lefko & Kathleen Winkworth, organizers of Iraqi children art exhibition. For information, call 410-730-7483 or 212-633-6646, or see www.iacenter.org. Program Organizers: Women for Mutual Security and the International Action Center Sponsors: Women Strike for Peace, Al Awada Palestine Right of Return Coalition, Voices in the Wilderness, Students for International Peace & Justice, IFCO/Pastors for Peace, Congress for Korean Reunification, Doctors for Global Health, Committee to Stop U.S. War in Colombia. (Special thanks to General Board of Ministries of the United Methodist Church, particularly to Elizabeth Calvin, for the funds that made this program possible.) ********************* FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 ********************* See http://www.InternationalANSWER.org for information about educational activities and protests aginast the World Economic Forum. ------------------ Send replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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