May 17 & 20: Two Important Mobilizations in DC
**Two Important Mobilizations in Washington DC in the Next Week!**MAY 17: MASS MARCH FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
MAY 20: MARCH ON THE WHITE HOUSE TO DEMAND "HANDS OFF VENEZUELA AND CUBA"
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MOBILIZE FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ON MAY 17 IN WASHINGTON, DC
Wednesday, May 17
4:00 pm
National Mall at 14th St.
Washington DC
On Thursday, May 11 at a unity press conference in Washington DC, leaders of the International May 1 Coalition, the National Capital Immigration Coalition, the March 25 Coalition, Centros Sin Fronteras, the National Lawyers Guild and the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation announced that they would work together to promote a large scale mobilization for immigrant rights on Wednesday, May 17 on the Mall in Washington DC.
The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition has been active in the efforts of the International May 1 Coalition to build solidarity amongst all sectors of the U.S. population to support full legal rights for undocumented workers. The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition has passed out hundreds of thousands of leaflets in support of the May 1 Great American Boycott and has organized people to join in mass demonstrations in cities throughout the United States. Since its creation in September 2001, the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition has connected the issue of Bush's militarist foreign policy with its equally reactionary domestic policy that has stimulated racism, xenophobia and repression against immigrant communities.
Tomorrow night, George W. Bush, with his approval rating at an all-time low (29 percent according to a Friday poll released by the Wall Street Journal), will take to the national airwaves and announce his plans to militarize the U.S.-Mexican border. All sectors of society must reject the demonization and criminalization of immigrant communities and demand full legalization and full equality for all working people in the United States.
Undocumented workers, having been driven from their homeland by the U.S. government's so-called "free trade" policy, are being scapegoated. This is a trick. It is the old style divide-and-conquer tactic employed once again by the rich and powerful. At a time when millions of workers in the United States are losing their pensions and healthcare benefits, and watching their wages being slashed, there is a full scale campaign to blame low paid immigrant workers. Meanwhile, the 400 richest people in the United States, 374 of whom are billionaires, have a combined wealth of $1.1 trillion, larger than the gross domestic product of Canada and Spain, the 8th and 9th largest economies in world. While the U.S. government has worked hand in glove with the corporate and banking elites as they amass greater and greater fortunes, the same government is seeking to divert the anger of working people into a reactionary and racist anti-immigrant hysteria.
This is a critical moment. It is only the action of the people that can push back racism and win important concessions. Comprehensive immigration reform, which gives full legalization to undocumented workers and families, is an imperative. The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition urges everyone to mobilize for the May 17 march in Washington, or to participate in May 17 activities that may be taking place in cities outside of Washington.
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MAY 20 MARCH ON THE WHITE HOUSE - HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! HANDS OFF CUBA!
Saturday, May 20
10AM Malcolm X Park
15th St. & Euclid, NW
Washington, D.C.
March to Lafayette Park
Rally at 2pm in front of the White House
An ad hoc coalition - the May 20 Hands Off Venezuela and Cuba Coalition - is organizing a demonstration in Washington, DC to demand the U.S. cease all threats and campaigns against the sovereign countries of Cuba and Venezuela. This demonstration comes at a critical time as the Bush administration is moving aggressively to overthrow the democratically elected government of Venezuela, while it initiates new provocations against the people of Cuba.
Desperately bogged down in its war for Empire in Iraq, the Bush administration is escalating its threats and campaigns to undermine, subvert, provoke, and overthrow the government of Venezuela, while strengthening the economic blockade of Cuba, tightening the travel ban to Cuba, and refusing to extradite vicious anti-Cuba terrorist killers like Luis Posada Carriles.
On May 12, Congressman Dan Burton, leader of the the House International Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, introduced a resolution condemning Venezuela for supposedly not cooperating in the fight against drug trafficking. The resolution is a sham, full of factual inaccuracies (exposed here), intended to justify future interferences (including military intervention) into Venezuela. Let's not forget that this is the same Congressman Dan Burton who last month said, "We should always look at Latin America in relation to the Monroe Doctrine."
http://www.pephost.org/site/R?i=O6RY2_MOgjL0RxtdDKAGOg..
You can tell the Congressional representative from your district and tell the White House to reject Burton's resolution by clicking here.
http://www.pephost.org/site/R?i=hxKkiaBadKKKUTFFr68bJQ..
This is precisely the type of thinking that we the people will condemn on May 20th! We are urging progressive organizations and local organizing/ transportation centers that have brought antiwar demonstrators to Washington, DC in the past years to mobilize. Join the march on May 20 in Washington DC, from Malcolm X Park to Lafayette Park, with a rally in front of the White House!
* Stop U.S. intervention and hostile campaigns against Venezuela; Defend Venezuela's sovereignty!
* Stop Washington's economic and political war against Cuba; End the blockade of Cuba!
* Allow U.S. citizens and legal residents to travel freely to Cuba; Normalize U.S.-Cuban relations!
* Extradite the terrorist Luis Posada Carilles to Venezuela!
* Free the Cuban Five anti-terrorist prisoners!
* Close the Guantanamo Torture Camp; Return Guantanamo to Cuba!
* Stop U.S. military intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean!
Please make a donation today to help support the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition's work. Hundreds of volunteers help distribute leaflets and posters, mobilize demonstrations, and provide logistical support for mass movements. Other people support the movement with urgently needed contributions. To make a tax-deductible contribution online or by sending a check, click here.
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A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
Act Now to Stop War & End Racism
www.answercoalition.org
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