------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Feb. 20, 2003 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL PROCLAMATION: BLACK PROTEST FOR PEACE MONTH A proclamation from the New York City Council making February "Black Protest for Peace Month" was presented to the ANSWER coalition at a City Hall press conference on Feb. 7. The proclamation was co-sponsored by council members Bill Perkins and Charles Barron. Perkins has also introduced an anti-war resolution to the City Council, but it is still in committee. Barron and Perkins were joined at the press conference by the Rev. Herbert Daughtry of the House of the Lord church; the ANSWER coalition's Larry Holmes; Gail Walker of IFCO/Pastors for Peace and the ANSWER Coalition; Pat Chin of Brooklyn Bedford-Stuyvesant for Peace; Monica Moorehead of Millions for Mumia; and Kevin Mohammed of the Nation of Islam. The proclamation reads in part, "Black history is nothing if not the history of struggle against what Dr. King called the three evils: racism, poverty and militarism; these social and societal ills, which are firmly in our thoughts during Black History Month, can all be connected to the very real need to stop this war." Accepting the proclamation, Holmes said, "The New York City Police Department as of this date is refusing to grant a march permit for the Feb. 15 mass march and rally for peace. But we're here today to say that on that day, Black leaders are going to march, ANSWER will be there, and the rest of the peace movement will be there--permit or not." -- by Deirdre Griswold - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe wwnews- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the voice of resistance http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
