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Date:  Friday, October 04, 2002 11:03 PM
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Subject:  [mgj-discuss] October 12 - Killumbus Day Events in Washington DC

October 12, 2002 - Washington, DC - Rally at Columbus fountain 10am
Workshops (1:30-5:00) and Cultural Event (7:00 - 9:00) at La Casa del
Pueblo (1459 Columbia Rd. NW. Near Columbia Heights Metro)


This Killumbus Day.
Protest the Second Colonization of the Americas!


Saturday, October 12th is the 510th anniversary of the first colonization
of the Americas, which began with Columbus in 1492. It was achieved through
the genocidal slaughter of the Americas' original inhabitants, and through
the forced labor of Native American and African slaves and European
indentured servants. Today, corporate globalization and US imperialism
constitute the second colonization of the Americas.

Rally at the statue of Columbus by Union Station, 10:00 A.M.


Afternoon workshops (1:30-5:00) focusing on the Eight Demands of the Latin
America Solidarity Coalition and the American Indian Movement (see
www.lasolidarity.org for more info; organizations in parentheses will
facilitate a workshop on the demand next to which they are listed):

- No to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (Campaign for Labor Rights,
Global Trade Watch)

- No to Plan Colombia/Andean Initiative (Withness for Peace)

- Close the School of the Americas/WHISC (SOA Watch)

- Close US military bases in Vieques and throughout Latin America
(Fellowship of Reconciliation)

- End the Drug War's assault on people of color and the poor (TBA)

- Free Leonard Peltier and all indigenous political prisoners (Included in
evening program). 

Respect indigenous treaty, land, and cultural rights (Nicaragua Network and
Committee for Indigenous Solidarity)

Bring to justice those responsible for the genocide in Guatemala
(Guatemalan Human Rights Commission).

Evening program (7:00-9:00) will feature presentations by Billy Redwing
Tayac, Chief of the Piscataway (on whose land DC is built), Macrina
Cardenas from the Mexico Solidarity Network on the rights of immigrants
during war time, and Rev. Phil Wheaton on the relationships between war,
oil, neoliberalism, Plan Puebla Panama, NAFTA and violence against
indigenous peoples. In addition, there will also be cultural performances.

Location of workshops, evening program: La Casa del Pueblo United Methodist
Church (1459 Columbia Rd. NW. Near Columbia Heights Metro)

Cost: A hat will be passed to pay for use of the church.

For more information: call 202.544.9355
  

Check out this announcement in OC Weekly about our "Columbus Day" Protest
(only 6 days 'till show time!)

http://www.ocweekly.com/calendar/picks/pick03.php





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