------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the March 13, 2003 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
ALL OUT ON MARCH 17: STOP HOMOPHOBIA ON PARADE By Leslie Feinberg New York "Why is it that anti-war protests are dangerous, but not homophobic St. Patrick's Day parades?" Dian Killian asked at a Feb. 27 news conference at City Hall. Killian is a member of United Auto Workers Local 1981 and is on the steering committee of Pride at Work-N.Y.--the lesbian, gay, bi and trans constituency group of the AFL-CIO. "After blocking a permit for a peaceful, anti-war march on Feb. 15," Killian noted, "Mayor Bloomberg is now supporting the city's largest annual display of homophobia. I repeat: New York's St. Patrick's Day parade is the largest annual, city-supported display of homophobia--in the U.S. and around the world." She used the media conference to broadcast a call to join Pride at Work and the Campaign for Inclusive Parades on March 17 at 10 a.m. at Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street, "to demand that the mayor--and the city's St. Patrick's Day parade--be inclusive and respectful of all New Yorkers." And, Killian added, "Pride at Work opposes a war on Iraq. My union, the National Writers' Union, UAW 1981, strongly opposes a war on Iraq. Dozens of other unions and labor organizations, under the umbrella of New York City Labor Against the War, also are demanding: Money for jobs, not war." - 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 [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]>
