*Video:* *Libre Libya: Portland Solidarity With Libya Rally
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH1Tsu2h0_c Video: Libre Libya-Portland Solidarity Rally <http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2011/02/406366.shtml> *From the open publishing<http://portland.indymedia.org/en/static/openpub.shtml>newswire: * Portland Rally supporting the people of Libyan in their efforts to establish a more democratic government. The present leader, Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, also known simply as Colonel Gaddafi, has been the de facto leader of Libya since a coup in 1969. Solidarity Rally With Libya <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH1Tsu2h0_c> People gathered on the steps at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland chanting patriotic and anti Gadaffi slogans, periodically marching around the perimeter of Pioneer Square. The chants demonstrated the anger of the people against their dictator, whose reign has seen a decline in the economic fortunes of the country, despite being a major oil producer. "One, two, three, Libya will be free;" "No more fear, that's why we're here;" "Down, down, with the butcher." This last refers in part to Abu Salim Prison, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Salim_Prison> where, according to Human Rights Watch,1270 people were killed in 1996. One young person I interviewed said "we are here because most of the men you see here today were exiled out of their country, 20, 30, 40 years ago.....and are not allowed to go back home, because of the Gadaffhi regime." She says that Gadaffi has been killing his citizens for 42 years for no other reason than that they have a view for a prosperous and democratic Libya." They want the basic democratic rights that we take for granted in this country, to be able to speak their mind and vote for who they want to represent them, and "because these people speak out for what they want to do, he kills them." "In the past 3 days he has killed over 500 people." To underscore this statistic, later in the Rally, a man stood up and called for "a moment of silence to honor the 500 people killed and over 2000 injured......by Gaddhafi and his mercenaries from Africa. He brought people from the outside to kill our own people. We need to remember that every single moment." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
