>From: "Sheila Conroy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG > >URGENT ACTION ALERT > >DC POLICE AND FEDERAL AGENTS EVICT PEACEFUL >MOBILIZATION FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE ORGANIZERS IN >SURPISE EARLY MORNING RAID > >Raid on A-16 Convergence Space Part of Weeklong Government >Effort to Squelch Protesters Constitutional Right to Free Speech > >Contact the Washington DC Police Department and the Mayor's >Office Right Now to Express Your Outrage and demand they free >the puppets and return our personal belongings! > >Details: > >15 April 2000 - Federal Agents joined the Washington, DC police >and fire department in a raid early this morning on the convergence >space of the Mobilization for Global Justice. The space has been >the focal point for thousands of concerned citizens coming to >Washington, DC to protest the impact that World Bank and >International Monetary Fund policies have on the world's peoples >and environment. > >The police evicted the participants on the basis of minor >fire code violations (specifically the presence of propane tanks >being used to prepare food for thousands of people intent on voicing >peaceful opposition to globalization). The police also seized props, >puppets and other supplies for the upcoming protest. Many of the >people who had been in the convergence space were forced to >leave their personal belongings behind. > >The DC government is intensifying its harrassment >campaign in an effort to deny peoples constitutional right to >peacefully assemble and express dissent. We need you to apply >public pressure on the DC government right now to help us protect >our rights and retrieve our property. > >Contact Washington, DC officials Right Now > >Washington DC Mayor Anthony Williams >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >tel: +1.202.727.1620 >fax: +1.202.727.0505 > >Washington, DC Police Chief Ramsey >tel: +1.202.727.4218 >fax: +1.202.727.9524 > >Deputy Police Chief Gainer >tel: +1.202.727.4363 >fax: +1.202.727.9729 > >Tell these officials: > >* The April 15th raid on the Mobilization for Global Jusitice >was unjustified and an outrage. > >* Make immediate arrangements to allow these people to >retrieve ALL of their private property, (props, equipment, personal >belongings, etc...). > >* People have the right to gather and prepare for >assemblies and protests. > >THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Advertisement: >Workstation with Monitor under $800! >So, you just heard that you need to add how many new workstations by >the end of next week? Check out the bundle below. It includes >everything you need to get everyone up and running quickly. >http://www.listbot.com/links/cdw5 > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
