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Rally and March | 11:30 | Boston Commons
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (stephanie wei Wang)
Fri Mar 28 21:58:32 2003
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To: nowar-announce@MIT.EDU, peace-announce@MIT.EDU, greens-announce@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 21:58:19 -0500
From: stephanie wei Wang <sweiwang@MIT.EDU>
MARCH 29TH NEW ENGLAND WIDE RALLY AND MARCH
Saturday March 29 NEW ENGLAND WIDE MARCH AND RALLY
Boston Common Parade Grounds
11:30 am start
From Baghdad to Boston: Let's stop the War on Iraq and the War at Home.
Speakers! Music! Community!
Join tens of thousands of New Englanders as we join with millions around the world to stand up for peace, to call for an end to this illegal, aggressive war, and to support the needs of our local communities for jobs, education, and health care.
After a short rally, there will be a huge march, fully permitted by the city of Boston, ending by
4 PM. The route of the rally is up Beacon Street to Hereford, across Hereford to Boylston, then back down Boylston to Charles, across Charles and back to Parade Grounds.
There will be a "Die-In" on Boylston Street on the way back to the Common. This is a legal action.
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
On Saturday, March 29 at 11:00 AM Asian Pacific
Americans plan to meet up right outside of the CPA/AARW building at 33 Harrison Ave. Chinatown (corner of Beach & Harrison Ave). The group
will march up to Downtown Crossing in front of Macy's to join a People of Color contingent at 11:30 AM
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Link up with other youth from the Boston area to gather and head to the New England Wide peace rally at the Boston Common. 11:00 am downtown crossing (Macy's) Youth for Peace
GREEN-RAINBOW PARTY UNITES AGAINST WAR!
Join the Green-Rainbow feeder march to the giant antiwar rally on Boston
Common this Saturday
What:
Members of the Green-Rainbow Party will gather this Saturday in
Blackstone Park in Boston's South End for an antiwar rally. From there
we will march to the Boston Common to join the New England-wide
demonstration against the U.S. government's invasion of Iraq. There will
also be a potluck/art-making party in Jamaica Plain the night before
(Friday, 3/28 - see below)
Where:
Blackstone Park, Washington and W. Newton Sts., South End
http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/parks/openspaces/main.asp?IDU3#anchore
When:
10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 29th
JEWISH CONTINGENT
Meet at the corner of Arlington and Boylston Streets in Boston, by the Arlington Station on the Green Line
Join Workmen's Circle, Tekiah, and others in a Jewish contingent at a large rally against the war in Iraq and its negative impact on our communities.
Come join us, and let Boston hear a strong Jewish voice for peace. We'll head from the gathering point to the rally at the nearby Boston Common
parade grounds.
BIKE RIDE TO THE RALLY
Bike rides start at 10:30 am from 2 locations:
Bikes Not Bombs, Broadway Bicycle School and the Jamaica Plain Action Network (JPAN) invite bicyclists from the Boston area to ride to
the massive anti-Iraq war rally and march called by United for Justice with Peace on March 29, 2003 at 11:30 am on Boston Common. UJP is calling for the biggest anti-war gathering in New England history.
Please join one of our rides or organize a ride from any other location and let us know your plans. We'll meet up on the Commonwealth Mall.
The bike rides will leave at 10:30 am sharp from these locations (arrive early; we will leave on time):
* BIKES NOT BOMBS, 59 Amory Street on the JAMAICA PLAIN/ROXBURY line
* BROADWAY BICYCLE SCHOOL, 351 Broadway in CAMBRIDGE
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PLEASE TAKE A VISIBLE STAND FOR PEACE
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Stephanie Wei Wang
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
sweiwang@mit.edu
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