The People Unite to
Defeat the Bush Program
Pershing Square
May 21, 2005
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Fernando Suarez de Solar,
Guerrero
Azteca
Jim
Lafferty of the National Lawyers Guild introduces Angelina
Corona, Executive Director of the immigrant rights organization
Hermandad Mexicana Nacional.
May 21 Speakers and Performers Included
Fernando Suarez de Solar,
Guerrero
Azteca
Mark Klein, Political Director SEIU 660
Robin Tyler, Don’t Amend.Com
Wil B
(Hip-Hop)
Danza
Azteca Cuauhtemoc
Caprice of Life Convicts (Hip-Hop)
Faith Santilla, Gabriela Network-Los
Angeles & Balagtasan Collective (Spoken Word)
Xichisoneros (Latin
American Musica
Folklorica)
Muna Coobtee, Free Palestine Alliance & A.N.S.W.E.R. - L.A.
Angelina Corona, Hermandad
Mexicana Nacional
Freedom People (Rock)
Ban Al-Wardi, Arab American
Anti-Discrimination Committee, LA/OC
Arlene Inouye, Coalition Against Militarism in Our
Schools
Son Real (Latin American Musica
Folklorica)
Korean Drummers
Knowledge (Spoken Word)
James Lafferty, National Lawyers Guild
Preston Wood, A.N.S.W.E.R. - L.A.
Rabia
(Rock)
The Blue Overtones (Progressive
Blues Rock)
Emma Rosenthal
(Spoken Word)
Armed Guard of the Proletariat (Hip-Hop)
Josie Scott, SEIU Nurse
The time to unite in common
struggle is now!
The US
continues to spend billions on war and occupation while pursuing
aggressive cuts in badly needed social programs here at home. At the
heart of the Bush Administration’s calculations is their plan to
complete a massive transfer of wealth from the bottom of society to
the top. Bush’s drive to privatize Social Security, even
if only partially successful, will lead to a roll back of the entire
social net.
War and occupation are built
into the Bush Program. This year alone the Bush Administration
and the Pentagon will spend over $600 Billion to further the aims of
US corporate dominance. They plan to maintain the brutal occupations
of Iraq,
Palestine, Haiti
& Afghanistan.
They are also preparing to take action against any country that
pursues a course independent of US Empire. The Bush Administration
is threatening
Venezuela,
Iran,
North Korea,
Cuba, the people of the
Philippines,
Colombia and
many other countries. On May 21 we will demand: “Stop
the US
war machine,” “US out” and “Full self-determination for all people.”
The march of the Pentagon and the huge
transfer of wealth will continue to have deep and disastrous effects
on working people. People from the poorest communities, especially
in African-American and Latino communities, which are already under
attack by racist institutions and police forces, will be the hardest
hit. Let’s fight back! A united people’s movement that
is grounded in all struggles for justice can defeat the Bush
Program.
Now the Bush Administration and
Congress – Governor Schwarzenegger here in
California
too – have greatly escalated their racist attacks on immigrants.
This is a clear strategy of trying to divide working people who are
natural allies in the struggle against the current march of the
corporate elite and right-wing forces in this country. Unions,
women’s and LGBT people’s rights are also under attack.
The people to blame for
war, racism, poverty, lack of healthcare and education and more are
in the White House and on Wall Street. On May 21, we
will stand united against the attack on immigrants and demand:
Legalization Now! Drivers Licenses Now! Full Rights for All
Immigrants! Stop the Fascist Attacks on Immigrants!
Bring your tables and booths to the event.
Get your
organization’s message out. Organizations and individuals can
pre-register a community or progressive booth or table by
calling ANSWER at
323-464-1636.
Donate to the campaign to defeat the Bush
Program.
Help with the many costs of the May 21
mobilization. You can donate here
or by credit card over the phone at
323-464-1636. Or send a check to
1800 Argyle Ave. #410, Los Angeles,
CA
90028. Tax-deductible checks of
$50 or more should be made out to ANSWER/Progress Unity Fund.
Initiated by ANSWER-LA:
Alliance
for a Just and Lasting Peace in the
Philippines,
Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee-LA/OC, Free Palestine
Alliance, Gabriela Network, MINDULLAE, National Lawyers Guild,
Palestinian-American Women’s Association, Latino Movement USA,
Party for Socialism and Liberation.
Endorsed by:
Alliance of Hondurans-LA, ANSWER-Ventura County, Café
Intifada, California Alliance for
Retired Americans (CARA),
CISPES-LA, Coalition for Equal Marriage Rights,
CSU
Long Beach Campus Progressives, Ernesto Arce
(Host of Uproot on KSPC Radio), Families to Amend California's Three
Strikes, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Frente
Unido de los
Pueblos Americanos (FUPA), Global
Women's Strike, Grassroots CA-OH-FL, Hermandad
Mexicana Nacional,
KmB Pro-People Youth, Korean Immigrant
Workers Advocate, LA Palestine Labor Solidarity Committee, Long
Beach Area Peace Network, Louis Duran (Chair of SEIU 660 Seniors
Association), Najee Ali (Project Islamic
HOPE), National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, Office of the
Americas, One Korea LA Forum, Oxy Conscious (Occidental College),
Progressive Alliance (Santa Monica College), Rev. Byrd (KRST Unity
Center of African Spirituality), Riverside Area Peace & Justice
Action, San Fernando Valley Alliance for Democracy, Santa Monica
College Cuba Coalition, SEIU Local 660 Seniors Association, South
Asian Network, Southern California Peace & Freedom Party, Sunset
Hall Retirement Home, Topanga Peace Alliance.
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