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15: The World Says No to War! Dear FOR folks, A permit has been granted for demonstrators to gather at 49th St and 1st Ave (going North). FOR will meet at ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S CHURCH, Park Avenue between 50th and 51st streets at 10:45 AM and begin marching at 11:15 AM with the interfaith contingent. Please bring signs, banners, puppets, and other creative material. We are gathering chants and songs for a sheets we will pass out so we can be unified in our presence— if you have anything to contribute, please email it to JKeen@forusa.org
Later this week FOR anti-war posters will be available to download from our website www.forusa.org They can be printed out and pasted to cardboard and put on a poster holder or some other nonweapon-like sign holder (sticks may be taken away). MARCH PERMIT DENIED Federal Judge Barbara Jones ruled this morning that the City of New York can deny United for Peace and Justice a permit to march on February 15. Citing "heightened security concerns," she ruled that we may only hold a stationary rally, for which we have been granted a permit for First Avenue stretching north from 49th Street. We are accepting the rally permit, and our massive demonstration to stop the Iraq war will go forward no matter what. But we are appalled by this attack on our basic First Amendment rights, and we will continue to fight for the right to march. Our attorneys, the New York Civil Liberties Union, have already filed an appeal, and we are asking all of our supporters to protest passionately against this attempt to stifle the growing opposition to Bush's war. We will provide you with more information soon on this rapidly evolving situation. For now, we encourage you to keep organizing and mobilizing for February 15 -- we have a legal permit to rally, and we cannot and will not let the NYPD and the Bush Administration silence our cry for peace. More than 300 cities around the globe will be holding protests this weekend against the Iraq war: Let's make New York City's protest the biggest, most passionate anti-war gathering of them all. WHAT YOU CAN DO: 1) KEEP MOBILIZING FOR FEB. 15: The NYPD wants to discourage people from coming to this protest -- we need to redouble our efforts to make February 15 an enormous gathering for peace. Please contact Fran Geteles asap (fgeteles@igc.org or 212-663-8048) if you are organizing buses or trains. Check out our website at http://www.unitedforpeace.org/feb15 -- we've added lots of new information. 2) SPREAD THE WORD: Forward this message widely, post the assembly location on your website, tell everyone you know that the February 15 protest is indeed happening and that we have a permit to rally at 49th Street and First Avenue. 3) SPEAK OUT: The denial of our right to march sets a very dangerous precedent for free speech in this country -- we ask you to raise the biggest ruckus you can about this attack on our rights. Some suggestions:
If you're not already on our email list, you can receive future updates like this one about the February 15 mobilization by visiting http://unitedforpeace.org/email.php Thanks for your support -- we can still prevent this war, and together we will win the right to march. Sincerely, The February 15 organizing staff of United for Peace and Justice
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