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> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 07:32:38 +0300 >Subject: USA. [IAC] Report from June 29 protest > in defense of civil rights > > >From: "Action Center" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 19:34:39 -0400 > >Subject: [IAC] Report from June 29 protest in defense of civil rights > >PRESS RELEASE >June 29, 2002 > >ACTIVISTS PROTEST IN DEFENSE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FBI'S >WASHINGTON D.C. HEADQUARTERS >*Rallies Also Take Place In Over 30 Cities Around the >Country > >Over 1,000 people came out today to protest the >Bush/Ashcroft assault on civil rights and civil liberties >in Washington D.C., demanding the repeal of the USA >PATRIOT Act and other unconstitutional measures. Along >with demonstrations held over the weekend in thirty other >U.S. cities, the actions launched a nationwide campaign >called by the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition to defend civil >rights and civil liberties > >While the government has tried hard to single out and >demonize one segment of the population under the phony >"war on terrorism," today the Arab, South Asian and Muslim >communities were joined by anti-war activists, civil >rights attorneys and others who are angry at Bush's >campaign of racist profiling and mass detentions. > >Demonstrators also condemned the monitoring of libraries >by FBI agents under the USA PATRIOT Act; the elimination >of basic constitutional protections; the forced >fingerprinting of immigrants; the mass detentions of Arab >and Muslim people; and the reinstatement of COINTELPRO and >Hoover-style harassment by the FBI. > >"The Bush administration is criminalizing dissent," said >Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, an attorney with the Partnership >for Civil Justice. "The Bush administration, with an >all-war all-the-time agenda, knows people will want to >protest the spending of billions on war while cutting >school budgets and healthcare. > >"Today's demonstration in Washington and in thirty other >cities signals the beginning of a fightback movement >against the domestic war being waged against civil >rights," stated Larry Holmes, a leader of the >International Action Center and spokesperson for >A.N.S.W.E.R. "Racial profiling has been an ever-present >reality for African-American and Latino people and other >people of color for centuries. Bush and Ashcroft are now >legally sanctifying this odious policy under the rubric >of the War on Terrorism and codifying it in the so-called >PATRIOT Act," Holmes stated. > >"We all have a stake in defending civil rights and this >demonstration proves that people are responding," stated >Mahdi Bray, Executive Director of the Muslim American >Society Freedom Foundation, who served as the co-chair for >the DC rally. > >Tens of thousands of people who were attending the annual >Folk Life Festival on the Mall in Washington DC saw the >civil rights march as it wound through the crowded street >adjoining the Festival. Carrying brightly colored banners >and signs, the marches distributed thousands of leaflets >entitled: Why we are Marching to Defend Civil Rights. A >number of young people in the crowd left the mall and >joined the march for several blocks as it moved forward >past the White House for a closing rally. > >International A.N.S.W.E.R. >Act Now to Stop War & End Racism >http://www.internationalanswer.org >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >------------------ >Send replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >T >_________________________________________________ > >KOMINFORM >P.O. Box 66 >00841 Helsinki >Phone +358-40-7177941 >Fax +358-9-7591081 >http://www.kominf.pp.fi --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
