\"Steamed At China\"
\r\nPro-Democracy Rally, October 9<\/b><\/p>\r\n
Speech by John Kusumi, CSN\r\nfounder,
\r\nto \"shred\" U.S. China policy<\/b><\/p>\r\n
Joined by a few of our closest\r\nfriends--<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n
AFL-CIO • Amnesty\r\n International • Family Research Council • Free China Movement • Freedom\r\n House • Friends of Falun Gong • Hudson Institute • Human Rights Watch\r\n • Institute on Religion and Public Policy • Int'l Association of Sheet\r\n Metal Workers • Int’l Brotherhood of Teamsters • Int’l HERE Union •\r\n Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington (IFC) • International\r\n Campaign For Tibet • International Federation of Professional and Technical\r\n Engineers • Jubilee Campaign USA • Laogai Research Foundation • Nat'l\r\n Org. for Women (NOW) • PACE • Rainbow\/Push Coalition • Religious Action\r\n Center of Reform Judaism • The Torture Abolition and Survivors Support\r\n Coalition • UNITE • United Steelworkers in America • Uyghur American\r\n Association • World Organization Against Torture USA • World Service\r\n Authority<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n
September 27, 2002 (CSN) --\r\nOn Wednesday, October 9, from 12:00-2:00pm, the above-listed groups will hold a rally in Washington, for the purpose of \"absolutely everyone piling on against\r\nChina.\" Both China and America face political scenarios in flux. A speech\r\nwill be given by John Kusumi, the original GenX politico (who was an\r\nindependent. if underage, candidate for U.S. President in 1984). Since 1989, he\r\nhas also been the leader of the China Support Network. The rally marks the start\r\nof \"crunch month\" for the Chinese democracy cause. Within the month\r\nfollowing this event,<\/p>\r\n
President Bush may hold\r\n a summit with Chinese President Jiang at the ranch in Crawford, TX
\r\n (If he does not cancel the meeting -- one purpose of this rally is to oppose\r\n that summit)<\/p><\/li>\r\n
America will hold\r\n mid-term Congressional elections<\/p><\/li>\r\n
China will hold the 16th\r\n Communist party congress<\/p><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n
United States China policy\r\nnow has everything going against it. The Chinese democracy cause is having a\r\npolitical breakout, with the issue having built up to a head. And -- we're\r\n'mixing it up'. The rally marks growing activity on the China issue and in our\r\nissue advocacy. The China Support Network has also endorsed 4 Senators and 302\r\nCongressmen for re-election, based on strength with China. This 'mixes it up' in\r\nAmerican politics as well. Our cause thereby \"comes out swinging.\"<\/p>\r\n
The focus includes both\r\nhuman rights and pro-democracy concerns. Members of Congress, celebrities, and\r\nleaders of non-governmental organizations will speak out at the rally.\r\n(Speaker's list subject to change before it is finalized.) If you are steamed\r\nabout China, we invite you to join us. If you are in the news media, we hope to\r\nsee you there as well. Are there any media people who are steamed at China? If\r\nthere is any overlap between these groups, we'd like to hear from you, as ever.<\/p>\r\n
The rally will be at the\r\nSupreme Court West Lower Terrace. We also welcome visitors to our web site,\r\nwww.chinasupport.net.<\/p>\r\n
Published by the\r\nChina Support Network (CSN). Begun by grass roots Americans in 1989, CSN\r\nrepresents Americans who were \"on the side\" of the students in\r\nTiananmen Square -- standing for democratic reform, human rights, and freedom in\r\nChina. For dissident news; to support a stronger China policy; or get more\r\ninformation, see http:\/\/www.chinasupport.net.<\/i><\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"'Steamed At China' Pro-Democracy Rally Oct. 9 in Washington","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2002\/09\/19401.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}