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In May, 2012, NATO and the G8 will meet in Chicago. Organizers are
seeking permits to demonstrate "within sight and sound", and the
City is stonewalling. They need support in their meetings with City
officials...<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;
line-height:normal"> 1) Sign the petition to the City of Chicago
at <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.cang8.org/"
target="_blank">www.CANG8.org</a><span> </span>You can also
make a contribution there.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;
line-height:normal"> 2) Write a statement supporting the right
to march and send it to us at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cangate2012@gmail.com" target="_blank">cangate2012@gmail.com</a>.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;
line-height:normal"> 3) <span>To endorse the protests, go to <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://nationalpeaceconference.org/NATO_G8_protest_support.html">https://nationalpeaceconference.org/NATO_G8_protest_support.html</a>,
or <br>
write to </span><span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cangate2012@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span>cangate2012@gmail.com</span></a></span></p>
4) Print out and distribute copies of this statement, attached
along with a list of supporters of our demands for permits.<br>
<span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:17px;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">5) </span><span
style="font-size:11pt; line-height:17px;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">And then <b>march in Chicago on
May 15th and May 19th</b>. <span> </span>Publicize the protests.<span> </span>Join
us!</span><br>
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<b> <span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:17px;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For more info: </span></b><span
style="font-size:11pt; line-height:17px;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cang8.org/" target="_blank"><b><span
style="color:blue">www.CANG8.org</span></b></a></span><b><span
style="font-size:11pt; line-height:17px;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> or email us at </span></b><span
style="font-size:11pt; line-height:17px;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cangate2012@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b><span
style="color:blue">cangate2012@gmail.com</span></b></a></span><br>
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<td>[ufpj-activist] Appeal from Coalition Against NATO/G8 War
& Poverty Agenda</td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
<td>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:59:49 -0600</td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
<td>Chris Gauvreau <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:chris_gauvreau@comcast.net"><chris_gauvreau@comcast.net></a></td>
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<div><big><big><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="1"><big><big>Dear
UNAC friends and supporters,</big></big></font></big></big></div>
<div><big><big><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="1"><big><big><br>
</big></big></font></big></big></div>
<div><big><big><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="1"><big><big>We
are in a critical place in the fight for permitted
actions in May in Chicago. Please take a moment to
respond to this appeal from the coalition that we
helped to found to organize the legal peaceful marches
on May 15 and May 19, 2012. The fight to get these
permits, and maintain our right to protest, is one of
the central questions facing us today. Please forward
widely.</big></big></font></big></big></div>
<div><big><big><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="1"><big><big><br>
</big></big></font></big></big></div>
<div><big><big><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="1"><big><big>In
solidarity,</big></big></font></big></big></div>
<div><big><big><font class="x_Apple-style-span" size="1"><big><big>Chris
G.</big></big></font></big></big></div>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:medium;
color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>From: </b></span><span
style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:medium">joe
iosbaker <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:joeiosbaker@gmail.com">joeiosbaker@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:medium;
color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span
style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:medium">November
10, 2011 12:28:57 AM EST<br>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:medium;
color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>To: </b></span><span
style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:medium"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cangate-chicago@lists.riseup.net">cangate-chicago@lists.riseup.net</a>, <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cangate@lists.riseup.net">cangate@lists.riseup.net</a><br>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:medium;
color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span
style="font-family:Helvetica; font-size:medium"><b>[cangate]
An appeal for support from the Coalition Against
NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda</b><br>
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<div class="x_gmail_quote"><font size="4"><font size="2">Friends
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Please circulate widely.</font></font><b><font
size="4"><br>
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NATO and the G8 Represent the 1%.</font></b><br>
<br>
In May, they will meet in Chicago. Their agenda is <b>war
on poor nations, war on the poor and working people –
war on the 99%</b>.<br>
<br>
We are demanding the right to march on their summit, to
say:<br>
<ul>
<li>Jobs, Healthcare, Education, Pensions, Housing and
the Environment, Not War!</li>
<li>No to NATO/G-8 Warmakers!</li>
<li>No to War and Austerity!</li>
</ul>
NATO’s military expenditures come at the expense of
funding for education, housing and jobs programs; and the
G8 continues to advance an agenda of ‘austerity’ that
includes bailouts, tax write-offs and tax holidays for big
corporations and banks at the expense of the rest of us.<br>
<br>
During the May 2012 G8 and NATO summits in Chicago, many
thousands of people will want to exercise their right to
protest against NATO’s wars and against the G8 agenda to
only serve the richest one percent of society. We need
permits to ensure that all who want to raise their voices
will be able to march.<br>
<br>
Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel has stonewalled repeated
attempts by community organizers to meet with the city to
discuss reasonable accommodations of protesters’ rights.
They have finally agreed to meet with us, but we need
support: from the Occupy movement, the anti-war movement,
and all movements for justice.<br>
<br>
<b><font size="4">Our demands are simple:</font></b><br>
<ol>
<li>That the City publicly commit to provide protest
organizers with permits that meet the court-
sanctioned standard for such protests -- that we be
“within sight and sound” of the summits; and</li>
<li>That representatives of the City, including Police
Superintendent Garry McCarthy, refrain from making
threats against protesters.</li>
</ol>
The protest movement, Occupy Wall Street (OWS), has the
support of a majority of the American people. This is
because people are suffering from the economic crisis
brought about by Wall Street and big banks. As the OWS
movement describes it, the “99%” see extreme economic
inequality, where millions are unemployed without
significant help while bankers in trouble get bailed out.<br>
<br>
In Chicago and around the country, the Occupy movement is
being met with repression: hundreds have been arrested,
beaten, tear gassed, spied on, and refused their right to
protest.<br>
<br>
The Chicago Police Department and the Mayor have already
acknowledged that they are coming down hard on the Occupy
movement here to send a message to those who would protest
against NATO and the G8.<br>
<br>
We need a response that is loud and clear: we have the
right to march against the generals and the bankers. We
have the right to demand an end to wars, military
occupations, and attacks on working people and the poor.<br>
<br>
<b><font size="4">How you can help:</font></b><br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span
style="font-size:13.5pt; line-height:20px"></span></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;
line-height:normal">1) Sign the petition to the City of
Chicago at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cang8.org/" target="_blank">www.CANG8.org</a><span> </span>You
can also make a contribution there.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;
line-height:normal">2) Write a statement supporting the
right to march and send it to us at <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cangate2012@gmail.com" target="_blank">cangate2012@gmail.com</a>.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;
line-height:normal">3) <span>To endorse the protests, go
to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://nationalpeaceconference.org/NATO_G8_protest_support.html">https://nationalpeaceconference.org/NATO_G8_protest_support.html</a>,
or write to </span><span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cangate2012@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span>cangate2012@gmail.com</span></a></span></p>
4) Print out and distribute copies of this statement,
attached along with a list of supporters of our demands
for permits.<br>
<span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:17px;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">4) </span><span
style="font-size:11pt; line-height:17px;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">And then <b>march in
Chicago on May 15th and May 19th</b>. <span> </span>Publicize
the protests.<span> </span>Join us!</span><br>
<br>
<b><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:17px;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For more info: </span></b><span
style="font-size:11pt; line-height:17px;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.cang8.org/"
target="_blank"><b><span style="color:blue">www.CANG8.org</span></b></a></span><b><span
style="font-size:11pt; line-height:17px;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> or email us at </span></b><span
style="font-size:11pt; line-height:17px;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cangate2012@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b><span
style="color:blue">cangate2012@gmail.com</span></b></a></span><br>
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