On Wednesday, August 16, people from all walks of life will unite in a powerful and diverse Festival of Resistance/Dia de Resistencia against rampant police brutality, mass incarceration, and the death penalty, and against repression of dissidents and freedom fighters locked in prison. We call on all those under the gun of this repression, and all those who seek justice, to join an organized, spirited expression of our freedom of speech,
AUGUST 16th MARCH FOR JUSTICE
in Los Angeles During the Democratic National Convention
The eyes of the world will be on L.A. during the Democratic Convention. We
have an opportunity to stand together in a cry for justice, to challenge
the ways both major parties have unleashed violence and repression against
the people. On Wednesday, August 16, people from all walks of life will
unite in a powerful and diverse Festival of Resistance/Dia de Resistencia
against rampant police brutality, mass incarceration, and the death
penalty, and against repression of dissidents and freedom fighters locked
in prison. We call on all those under the gun of this repression, and all
those who seek justice, to join an organized, spirited expression of our
freedom of speech, to demand:
Stop Police & INS/Migra Brutality!
The LAPD Rampart scandal exposed the systematic nature of unbridled police
harassment and abuse. We saw that the DA and judges go along with this
brutality and perjury. The INS works hand-in-glove with the cops and
vigilantes who hunt immigrants and singles them out for brutality on the
border and in workplaces and barrios. The coast to coast epidemic of police
and INS brutality is intensifying. Clinton added 100,000 street cops and
militarized the border. Armed by the federal government, protected by local
authorities, the cops are waging a war on the poor. The governor, mayor and
chief defy efforts to track racial profiling by cops. Nationally, over 2000
people have lost their lives at the hands of brutal law enforcement
officers in the last few years. Their lives have been stolen, but they
won't be forgotten - we can and will speak for them.
Stop Mass Incarceration And the Criminalization of Our Communities!
Two Million Doing Time
Original: Wed Aug 16th MARCH FOR JUSTICE