March 19th Chicago Coalition Events

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No to War & Occupation! Bring the Troops HOME NOW!

A March and Rally for Civil Liberties at Home and Self-Determination Abroad.

http://www.chicagoantiwar.org/

Noon March: Assemble Oak St. between Michigan & Rush .

2 pm rally at Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn Streets.

Feeder marches will come from across the city.
The U.S. government uses our tax dollars to bankroll occupations in Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan, threaten military intervention against Iran and Syria, support right-wing regimes in countries that include Colombia and Haiti, and overthrow the governments of Venezuela and Cuba. The hundreds of billions of dollars our government spends on war and occupation could instead fund affordable health care, housing, education, social security, public transportation and a host of other social and economic needs at right here at home. Send the government a message. Join us on March 19. We are currently battling for our constitutional rights to free speech and public assembly, and are seeking legal action to force the City of Chicago to honor our right to assemble and march. For more info and updates on the court battle for our constitutional rights, email [e-mail] or call 773.209.1187, or check out our new website:

http://www.chicagoactions.org/m19/

Organized by the March 19 Chicago Coalition. Endorsers include (list in formation):
American Friends Service Committee, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition - Chicago, Arab American Action Network, Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism, Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, Chicago Democratic Socialists of America, Chicago Independent Media Center, Chicagoans Against War & Injustice, Chicagoland Anarchist Network, Education Not Empire, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Gay Liberation Network, HammerHard MediaWorks, Hyde Park Committee Against War & Racism, Illinois Peace Action, International Socialist Organization, International Solidarity Movement-Chicago chapter , National Lawyers Guild, Nicaragua Solidarity Committee, Oak Park Coalition for Truth and Justice, Palestine Solidarity Group, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Peace Pledge Chicago, Progressive Democrats of Illinois, Queer and Trans Anarchist Caucus, Social Action Committee of Third Unitarian Church, Students Against Militarization of Youth and Students for Social Justice.

Help organize the protest! Download and circulate a flyer for it: http://chicago.indymedia.org/usermedia/application/3/M-19_updated_bw_flyer-tiff.pdf

A Palestine Solidarity feeder march will be one of several planned for this day. It starts at 11 am at the Israeli Consulate (just east of Michigan Avenue on Wacker Drive) and will then march to join the main protest. The feeder march is being organized by the Chicago chapters of the International Solidarity Movement and the Palestine Solidarity Group. Other feeder marches are being organized from the South and North Sides (details t.b.a.).

Update on permit:

http://www.nlgchicago.org/

Posted March 12, 2005-- Call for legal monitors and pro bono defense attorneys!

On Friday March 11, 2005, Judge Hibbler dismissed the March 19 coalition's suit to march down Michigan Avenue. On Saturday, March 19th, a coalition of anti-war groups will be protesting on the 2nd anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Given the potential for mass arrests, we are again seeking assistance from lawyers, law students, and legal workers to monitor the police at the protest as legal observers. In addition, we need lawyers who are available to be on call to represent those who are arrested and need assistance at the station. Please contact KevinVodak from the local chapter's Mass Defense Committee at [e-mail] with your availability and the number(s) where you be reached on March 19th.

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1. Chicago Police: ATTENTION SATURDAY MARCH 19 DEMONSTRATION PARTICIPANTS

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ATTENTION SATURDAY MARCH 19 DEMONSTRATION PARTICIPANTS

THERE IS NO PERMIT TO ASSEMBLE AT OAK & MICHIGAN OR TO MARCH DOWN MICHIGAN AVE. TWO COURTS HAVE HELD THAT ASSEMBLY AT OAK & MICHIGAN AND A MARCH DOWN MICHIGAN AVENUE IS NOT PERMITTED.

The organizers failed to obtain any permit for assembly and march on March 19. Still, the City of Chicago will accommodate marchers with an alternative site as follows:

11:00 a.m. -Assembly at Washington Square Park (900 N. Clark, between Oak & Delaware)

12:00 noon - step off south on Clark Street

Proceed South on Clark to Federal Plaza for a rally at 2:00 p.m.

The City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department respect your First Amendment Rights. It is our honor and responsibility to protect your right to demonstrate and speak freely today in a reasonable time, place and manner which ensures public safety -- yours as well as others.

Assembly at Oak & Michigan is unlawful, a march down Michigan Avenue is unlawful. If you violate the law, you will be arrested and miss the march. The point is to march. Please do so lawfully.

For updates, see www.chicagopolice..org

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The Chicago Police Department

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2. Slideshow of pics of the police presence overkill at the rally

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gettysburgii/slideshow2?.dir=/501e&.src=ph&.beg=0&.spd=2

Discussion on DU of the Chicago Protest and Police Presence

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1326279&mesg_id=1326279

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=150x6119