{"article":{"id":10990,"heading":"Report on the s29 March Downtown","author":"lible","created":"2001-09-30 23:37:06","modified":"2015-12-18 10:15:28","last_modified":"Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:15:28","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"sparckle1@hotmail.com","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"A report from the smaller s29 march downtown.  This march was originaly slated to be the solidarity march with the world bank protests in NY.  Below is a report from the event including some of the report better memories.","numcomment":4,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/09\/report_on_.txt","filesize":"5.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/09\/10990.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":11082,"heading":"Good report! One strange comment by reporter!","article":"    Good report!  While many of us were not there, this gives the flavor of a militant, effective demonstration and it seemed spirited and addressing important issues in addition to the war fever.\r\n    It was a strange comment by the reporter, however, referring to some groups which withdrew their endorsements of S29 because of being uncomfortable with \"sectarian groups,\" whatever that means.\r\n     Never, not once, was that ever mentioned by groups who wanted to be released from their endorsements after the S11 attacks.  In all of the confusion, that was never an issue or raised as a reason for postponing S29 by the 100 endorsers who originally endorsed over other points of unity.  The reason for the postponement was to give endorsers the freedom to do their anti-war, pro-peace work in formations\/coalitions they might be forming themselves or in groups with which they had historic movement relationships.","author":"Latin America Solidarity Conference","parent_id":10990,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-10-02 02:28:48","modified":"2015-12-18 10:15:28","fileurl":""},{"id":11083,"heading":"Good report! One strange comment by reporter!","article":"    Good report!  While many of us were not there, this gives the flavor of a militant, effective demonstration and it seemed spirited and addressing important issues in addition to the war fever.\r\n    It was a strange comment by the reporter, however, referring to some groups which withdrew their endorsements of S29 because of being uncomfortable with \"sectarian groups,\" whatever that means.\r\n     Never, not once, was that ever mentioned by groups who wanted to be released from their endorsements after the S11 attacks.  In all of the confusion, that was never an issue or raised as a reason for postponing S29 by the 100 endorsers who originally endorsed over other points of unity.  The reason for the postponement was to give endorsers the freedom to do their anti-war, pro-peace work in formations\/coalitions they might be forming themselves or in groups with which they had historic movement relationships.","author":"Latin America Solidarity Conference","parent_id":10990,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-10-02 02:30:28","modified":"2001-10-02 03:00:02","fileurl":""},{"id":11122,"heading":"2nd report on s-29","article":"\"1-2-3-4, We Don't Want THEIR Fuckin' War\"  The S'29-L.A. Mobilization \r\n\r\n by John Mart\u00ednez-Aztlan Media Collective \r\n\r\n Downtown Los Angeles Saturday afternoon, some 300 protesters peacefully \r\n rallied\/marched\/shouted\/chanted & sang, exposing the corporate-led U.S. \r\n racist war-hype of G.W.Bush & Co., in the aftermath of the S'11 attacks. \r\n\r\n The 1st rally began on the back of a flatbed truck after 11am at Oylmpic & \r\n Broadway. M\u00fasica protesta by Salvadore\u00f1o Carlos Jimenez set the tone. Edith \r\n of the Youth Student Network-October 22nd & Roberto of Tendencia \r\n Revolunionaria-El Salvador were MCs. The general tone for the day was set: \r\n no to the new U.S. war; that neo-liberal capitalist globalization, along \r\n with the legacy of U.S. Imperialism set the stage for the S'11 attacks; \r\n civil\/human rights inside the U.S. are about to be further squashed, & that \r\n we see thru the racist scapegoating\/hate crimes against Arabs & Muslims. \r\n LAPD riot squad, bike patrol, squad cars & audio\/visual monitoring vans were \r\n in full effect. \r\n\r\n Speakers at the first rally included: Rodrigo del Comit\u00e9 Pro Democracia en \r\n M\u00e9xico, Cindy of Communications Workers of America, Jeff, one of the \r\n arrested during the May Day LBPD crackdown & Yolanda of Freedom Socialist \r\n Party. Our last speaker, Xochitl of the October 22 Coalition urged us to \r\n take to the streets, north on Broadway to the Roybal Federal Building on \r\n Temple. \r\n\r\n Encircled by LAPD with riot squads at every side street going north along \r\n Broadway, Danza Azteca Cuauhtemoc led the march with drums copal & \r\n ceremonial danza, followed by the S'29-L.A. Mobilization main banner. The \r\n Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade represented with lively drumming sets, \r\n chants & songs. Various contingents brought their own banners & signs, while \r\n several groups passed out flyers literature & propaganda to the public along \r\n Broadway. The people were overwhelmingly open to our messages, as 100's of \r\n pieces of literature was accepted. We also asked the people to join us at \r\n our upcoming 2nd rally. People from the sidewalk joined the march. Demands \r\n to \"Boycott Taco Bell\" were heard as we passed that corporate pimps' outlet \r\n at 5th & Broadway. During the march one reactionary heckler engaged some of \r\n us, we remained cool, spoke our minds & continued north. \r\n\r\n The flatbed truck with speakers on the PA system watched our back. National \r\n Lawyers Guild legal obserevrs were on hand as well. After passing the L.A. \r\n Slimes (aka Times) corporate offices, we headed east on Temple to our second \r\n rally in front of the Roybal Federal Building. \r\n\r\n Laura La Escuela Popular Norte\u00f1a & John of the Aztlan Media Collective were \r\n MC's at the second raly & began with shout-outs of the organizations who \r\n helped make S'29-L.A. possible (see fuller list below). Speakers at the 2nd \r\n rally included: Joey of the Revolutionary Communist Party, Areceli of the \r\n Forever 21 Campaign for worker's justice, Cheryl Deptowicz of Radical Women, \r\n Carlota of Estaci\u00f3n Libre with a Chiapas update, Bev of the newly formed \r\n People's Coalition Against War, Ricardo of Tendencia Revolucionaria-El \r\n Salvador, Ana of La Resistencia & Vicente of the Argentina Solidarity \r\n Committee. Time was tight at the 2nd rally, as LAPD informed us we only had \r\n only 10 minutes after our 2pm permit time -imit to finish the rally. For \r\n 'some reason', LAPD didn't appreciate our messages. \r\n\r\n As the 2nd rally began to close, people were invited to attend the Westwood \r\n peace rally co-organized by the International Action Center that began at \r\n 2pm. We also made it clear that the S'29-L.A. Mobilization, we were not \r\n simply calling for unconditional peace in the world today, that peace \r\n without real geo-political justice was an empty jesture that perpetuates the \r\n continuance of the U.S. as thee Imperialist Neo-Liberal Capitalist super \r\n power in the world. The S'29-L.A. Mobilization ended with RCYB leading the \r\n chant \"1-2-3-4, We Don't Want THEIR Fuckin' War\". \r\n\r\n Within a week, the S'29-L.A. Mobilization will meet to evaluate the march & \r\n plan future meetings to broaden the anti-wra\/anti-imperialist struggle. \r\n\r\n John Mart\u00ednez \r\n Aztlan Media Collective ","author":"John Martinez (posted through list-serve)","parent_id":10990,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-10-02 17:38:53","modified":"2013-11-10 23:38:31","fileurl":""},{"id":11521,"heading":"video","article":"Video of the speeches, the march and our Police \"escort\". \r\nhttp:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/display.php3?article_id=11250","author":"FluxRostrum","parent_id":10990,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2001-10-10 09:05:13","modified":"2001-10-10 09:40:27","fileurl":""}]}