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10/4 Demo for Immigrants' Rights
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Saurabh Asthana)
Fri Sep 28 22:40:43 2001
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To: peace-list@mit.edu
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 22:26:15 -0400
From: Saurabh Asthana <angrymob@chaos11.bwh.harvard.edu>
Please distribute widely.
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Against Militarism, Racism, and State Repression
Demonstration in Defense of Immigrants' Rights
Thursday, October 4th, 4:30pm
Meet at Park Street (Boston Common)
For more information, contact Boston Anarchists Against Militarism (BAAM)
at: baamcoalition@hotmail.com
In the wake of the tragedies of September 11th, we are left with a
wave of racist attacks, increased repression and harrassment by the
authorities, and the looming war perpetrated by the U.S. government and
media.
As communities of ethnic minorities continue to be terrified by
hundreds of racist attacks, including several murders, the government is
preparing for war on both international and domestic fronts. On the
international, thousands of innocent civilians will lose their lives as
the U.S. takes revenge against the people of Afghanistan. On the
domestic, Congress is preparing a large boost of strength to the U.S.
intelligence agencies, which includes widespread surveillence powers, and
the particularly disturbing power to detain any non-citizen indefinitely
without reason. We know that while the U.S. claims it needs such powers
to combat terrorism, history shows that agencies such as the FBI make no
distinction between combatting terrorism and crushing unwanted political
dissent.
Ethnic minorities and immigrants in the United States are fearing
for their livelihoods, while Afghani citizens are fleeing for their
lives.
