----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 9:32 PM Subject: [STOPNATO] And Anarchist and Muslim laws passed in Washington STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM In a message dated 31/05/00 1:27:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << >> A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E >> http://www.ainfos.ca/ >>________________________________________________ >> >> Detroit- In hopes to intimidate and scare off upcoming protests against >>the OAS and FTAA meetings in Windsor the Detroit City Council on Friday >>passed 2 laws clearly geared at taking away people rights to assemble. >> In a near secret meeting the council went over 4 proposals to limit the >>rights of demonstrators from June 1st thru 6th. They ranged from not >>being >>allowed to have water bottles downtown to not being able wear masks and >>hoods. Because of protesters presence and pressure on the council only 2 >>of >>the measures have passed. >> It is now illegal on June 1st thru 6th to wear masks or hoods in the >>inner city, and it is illegal to fill small gas cans with gasoline unless >>an >>emergency requires it. Both laws are under appeal. >> The Detroit areas large Muslim population has also vowed to stand along >>side the protesters to have the laws overturned. >> These laws have added to the increased harassment and intimidation that >>local organizers have been facing in recent weeks. Mayor Archer, at the >>council meeting, admitted that over $5 million has been spent on riot >>gear, >>surveillance, and overtime. >> We should not allow these threats to stand unchallenged. Come to >>Detroit >>and Windsor on June 4th thru 6th and stand up against the OAS, the FTAA >>and >>the Detroit City Council. >> >>Make our resistance as transnational as capital! >>Shutdown Windsor, Canada and Detroit, U$A >> >>Active Transformation >>________________________ >> >> ******** >> The A-Infos News Service >> News about and of interest to anarchists >> ******** >> COMMANDS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> REPLIES: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> HELP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca >> INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org >> >>To receive a-infos in one language only mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] the message >> unsubscribe a-infos >> subscribe a-infos-X >>where X = en, ca, de, fr, etc. (i.e. the language code) > >> ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com
