Rangel - cited below - has a primary opponent in the form of economic justice advocate Jonathan Tasini, who has also spoken out on Gaza. This would seem like an ideal talking point for Tasini...
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > (I just called Carolyn Maloney's office at 212-860-0606 to > complain. I urge other New Yorkers to do so.) > > International Action Center > > About the IAC | Donate | IAC Books & Resources | Contact Us > > Defend Gaza Freedom Flotilla Survivors' Right to Speak! > > Sign to Show Your Support! > > Sign Now: http://www.iacenter.org/palestine/mavimarmara > > A group of politicians and Zionist organizations are trying to ban > speakers to a major NYC meeting scheduled for this Thursday, June > 17, 7 pm at House of the Lord Church, 415 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn > and a speaking tour by a Turkish Member of Parliament, a U.S. > filmmaker and other survivors of the horrific Israeli attack on > the Turkish aid ship Mavi Marmara. > > The Mavi Marmara survivors have a right to be heard. > > Sign here to support these courageous activists' right to travel > and speak and the right of people in the United States to hear > what they have to say: > > http://www.iacenter.org/palestine/mavimarmara > > > Sponsors of the July 17 MEETING FOR TRUTH include: Al Awda NY – > The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, Muslim American Society, > International Action Center, National Lawyers Guild-NYC, Malcolm X > Grassroots Movement, American Muslims For Palestine, > International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, NYC Labor Against the > War, Arab Muslim American Federation, Labor For > Palestine,FIST-Fight Imperialism Stand Together, Columbia Students > for Justice in Palestine, Action for a Progressive Pakistan, > ANSWER Coalition, Anakbayan, Bayan USA, Pakistan USA Freedom > Forum, Creative Nonviolent Resistance against Injustice, Gabriela > USA, International League of Peoples Struggle--NY/LOC, Middle East > Crisis Response, El Beireh Society, The Indypendent, Socialist > Action, International Socialist Organization, Westchester Peoples > Action Coalition, Bailout the People Movement, American-Iranian > Friendship Committee > > > Attend this NYC Meeting and/or add your name in support of this > MEETING FOR TRUTH > > Sign Now: http://www.iacenter.org/palestine/mavimarmara > > > > For full details of this effort to block the survivors from > speaking at a public meeting is described below by Al Awda NY, The > Palestine Right To Return Coalition. > > > > > > > > AL-AWDA NY , THE PALESTINE RIGHT TO RETURN COALITION > > [email protected] > 718-228-8636 > > > > Don't Let Enemies of Freedom Suppress the Truth About > > Israel's Attack on a Humanitarian Aid Ship! > All Out to the House of the Lord Church 415 Atlantic Ave. Thursday > June 17, 7 pm > MAVI MARMARA SURVIVORS HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HEARD! > > Two weeks ago Israeli naval commandos stormed a Turkish ship > loaded with humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza. They murdered > 9 unarmed passengers. The oldest, Ibrahim Bilgen, was 61. the > youngest, Furkan Dogan, a U.S. citizen born in Troy , N.Y., was > just 19. > > On Thursday, June 17, two eyewitnesses to this horror, U.S. > filmmaker Iara Lee and British political organizer Kevin Ovenden, > and Ahmet Unsal, a former Member of Turkey’s Parliament, have been > invited to tell their views and stories at a public forum at > Brooklyn's historic House of the Lord Church. The meeting is > cosponsored by dozens of organizations. > > They come with nothing but words. But words of truth strike fear > into the hearts of certain hate-filled New York politicians who > have voted time and again to turn U.S. taxpayers' dollars into > missiles and bombs for Israel's war machine. > > On June 14, City Council speaker Christine Quinn, Reps. Jerry > Nadler, Anthony Weiner, Carolyn Mahoney, Charles Rangel and > Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer gathered in Times > Square at the behest of the so-called "Jewish Community Relations > Council." They shamelessly demanded that the State Department > investigate the invited speakers for "ties to terrorism." They > want to prevent or delay their entry the United States. This is a > clear attempt to not only deny the passengers' right to speak but > to deny the people of the United States the right to hear their words. > > The group of politicians who issued this call have supported every > act of terror by the Israeli state against the native people of > Palestine and its neighbors. They cheered the 2008-9 terror > bombing and invasion of Gaza that slaughtered 1,400 people, > including hundreds of children. They applauded Israel's 2006 mass > murder of 900 Lebanese civilians. They hail the cruel blockade > that denies food, medicine, electricity and sanitation to the > people of Gaza and they dare to support the killing and kidnapping > of Turkish, U.S., British and Irish citizens who tried to break > that blockade. > > These political hacks now attack our very right to learn and > discuss the issues involved. They seek to pin the label of > “terrorist” on any who oppose the vicious and immoral blockade of > Gaza and the endless stream of U.S. guns and dollars to Israel's > brutal war machine. And they want to hide the truth about what > happened that bloody night on the Mavi Marmara. > > We call upon all people who believe in justice and freedom to > resist this attack on our rights. Let your elected representative > know that you have the right to hear what the courageous > survivors of the Mavi Marmara have to say. And let's pack the > House of the Lord Church Thursday night. Let's answer this vile > attempt at intimidation with a powerful mass meeting. > > LET THE TRUTH BE HEARD! Please Forward Widely > ---------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] Urge Congress to Support a Timetable for Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/feingold-mcgovern _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
