>>>URGENT ACTION NEEDED: permit denied
>>>
>>>June 1, 1999
>>>
>>>In an outrageous effort to suppress the June 5 anti-war March on the
>>>Pentagon, the police authorities have denied a permit to march on the
>>>streets to the Pentagon. We are launching a massive political and
>>>media campaign to demand the right of the protest to march in the
>>>streets of Virginia. We believe the White House and the Pentagon are
>>>colluding with local police agencies in this effort.
>>>
>>>We are appealing to all those who believe in free speech and
>>>especially to those who oppose the war in Yugoslavia to assist us in a
>>>phone, fax, and email campaign to protect the first amendment rights
>>>of all those who plan to participate in the June 5 March on the
>>>Pentagon.
>>>
>>>With just three days to go before the June 5 March on the Pentagon,
>>>the Arlington County Police have denied the June 5th demonstration the
>>>right to march on a small stretch of Virginia roadway between the
>>>Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, located in Washington DC, and the Pentagon
>>>building, located in Virginia. This is an arbitrary and political
>>>decision. It is an outrageous attempt to violate the first amendment
>>>right to free speech. It is an attempt to either stop the June 5th
>>>March on the Pentagon or to create a chaotic situation at the
>>>demonstration. While denying the right of the marchers to the
>>>roadways leading to the Pentagon, police authorities are trying to
>>>reroute the march into a narrow and dangerous bike trail that at
>>>points becomes a single-file line, crossing a major highway. The
>>>police know that this is not a safe or tenable route for a march of
>>>ten thousand or more. The Arlington County Police refuse to return
>>>phone calls from the organizers and attorneys of the June 5 march.
>>>
>>>The June 5 demonstration is the largest mobilization to date against
>>>the U.S./NATO war in Yugoslavia. We believe that it is impossible for
>>>the county of Arlington police to unilaterally try to prevent us from
>>>carrying out an orderly demonstration. We hold the Clinton White
>>>House and Virginia Governor James Gilmore responsible for this
>>>flagrant violation of our rights.
>>>
>>>We will not be stopped. The war in Yugoslavia has killed thousands of
>>>innocent civilians. We will not allow the U.S. authorities to stop
>>>the anti-war movement from exercising its rights.
>>>
>>>Please immediately phone and/or fax to the following authorities an
>>>angry protest against the denial of our rights to march on the streets
>>>to the Pentagon. Tell the authorities, we demand the right to march
>>>on Route 27 to the Pentagon. Please phone and/or fax to the
>>>following:
>>>
>>>(1) White House--phone: (202) 456-1414, fax: (202) 456-2461,
>>>email: president who-is-at whitehouse.gov
>>>
>>>(2) Justice Department/Attorney General Janet Reno--phone: (202)
>>>514-2000 (Dept. of Justice, ask for Janet Reno), fax: (202) 514-0323
>>>
>>>(3) Gov. James Gilmore, Virginia--phone: (804) 786-2211, fax: (804)
>>>371-6351
>>>
>>>(4) Arlington County Police--phone: (703) 228-4252, (703)
>>>558-2222; fax: (703) 228-4127, (703) 228-4192
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>************************************
>>
>>William J. (Bill) Thomson, Ph.D.
>> (wthomson who-is-at umich.edu)
>>
>>************************************
>
> in Peace
>Marc Pilisuk, Ph.D.
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