[Peace] [illinoisgreens] Press Release: Coalition to Stage Mass Rally, March to Oppose U.S. Government Push to War (fwd)

[Jim Buell]

FYI, there is a new coalition of peace groups in Chicago.

jim

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 11:00:16 -0500
From: Starlene Rankin <starlene at greens.org>
To: Edgewater Uptown Greens <greens at edgeupgreens.org>,
     Illinois Green Party <illinoisgreens at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [illinoisgreens] Press Release: Coalition to Stage Mass Rally,
     March to Oppose  U.S. Government Push to War

Rally/March
4:30 p.m. Monday, September 24
Tribune Plaza, 435 N. Michigan Ave.

Media contacts:
Melinda Power
773-278-6706
Bridget Broderick
773-443-1903

Coalition to Stage Mass Rally, March to Oppose U.S. Government Push to War

Coalition members to increase organizing efforts to oppose government war
strategy, racist backlash against people of color, growing legal and policy
threat to civil liberties in wake of September 11 attacks.

Chicago, IL: On Monday, September 24th at 4:30 PM, members of the Chicago
Ad-Hoc Coalition Against War and Racism will gather at Tribune Plaza, 435 N.
Michigan Avenue, to stage a rally and march to mark public opposition to the
U.S. government's growing push to war. Speakers will include representatives
from Chicago religious, immigrant rights and peace groups. The protesters
will then march from Tribune Plaza to Daley Plaza.

The Ad Hoc Coalition includes over 35 groups and hundreds more individuals
who are organizing to oppose the U.S. government's push to war; to oppose
racist attacks on Arabs, Muslims and other people of color in the wake of
September 11; and to defend civil liberties against increasing threats from
law enforcement, government policy and new legislation.

More than 350 individuals attended the Coalition's kick-off meeting last
Tuesday at the University of Illinois at Chicago, including representatives
from dozens of groups that have staged vigils, press conferences, public
forums and mosque defense activities in recent weeks. Coalition members
sponsored a series of teach-ins at area colleges last week, and are vowing to
step up organizing efforts to oppose U.S. militarism and the racist backlash
against people of color in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Coalition
partners are also organizing a broad strategy to raise awareness and
opposition to a wave of new legislation and government policy that threatens
civil liberties and human rights in the United States.


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