Sunday, July 25

Rally at Boston Common 12 Noon Followed by a March on the Democratic National Convention

In a Federal Court ruling on Thursday, the City of Boston was ordered to issue a permit to the Coalition to Protest the DNC for a march on Causeway St., past the Fleet Center, site of the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

In the ruling, the Federal Judge Douglas P. Woodlock stated that there was a vital "symbolic importance to marching to the site of the DNC."

"The Coalition has prevailed. We will have a legal and permitted march in front of the site of the DNC. People from all over the country are coming by bus, car, plane, and train to show their opposition to the policies of the Democratic Party," said Sue Kelly, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 334 Office and Professional Employees International Union (AFL-CIO). "Anti-war activists, unionists, community organizers, clergy, veterans, and many others opposed to war and racism will be marching with us on Sunday."

Larry Holmes, a member of the national ANSWER Steering Committee, said,

"This is the opportunity for everyone who opposes the war--no matter who you plan to vote for--to be on the street to demand 'Bring the troops home now! End the occupation of Iraq, Palestine, and Haiti.' We are encouraging everyone--activists, students, and families--to join us in this historic challenge to war and racism."

"It's our hope that what happened today will begin pushing back the efforts by the government to restrict free speech, right of assembly, and the right to march," said Peter Gilbert, an activist from North Carolina who traveled to Boston to help organize the march on the DNC. "The Police Commissioner and the Mayor of New York City should be condemned for denying those organizing the big protest at the Republican convention in late August the right to rally in a acceptable place. We hope that what happened today shames the New York City government for violating the rights of protestors."

Members of the Coalition include: Chuck Turner, Boston City Council; ANSWER Boston; The New England Human Rights Organization for Haiti; Union of Minority Neighborhoods; The MLK Bolivarian Circle; The Greater Roxbury Workers Association; Axis of Logic; USWA Local 8751, Boston School Bus Drivers; The International Action Center; Chelsea United Against the War; The Women’s Fightback Network and the Stonewall Warriors.

For more information call 617-522-6626

For buses from NYC to Boston call 212-633-6646

March on the DNC! Sunday, July 25 call the 617-522-6622 www.iacboston for more information

Iraq War Crimes Tribunal Thursday, August 26 call 212-633-6646 for more information www.PeopleJudgeBush.org for more information:

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