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Momentum Grows
for
January 20 CounterInaugural
demonstration
Converge at 4th
St. & Pennsylvania Ave.
on the north side of the parade
route
- Find buses from your
city -
- Funds are urgently needed for the January 20th
mobilization -
- View a short documentary (5 min.) for
the demonstration -
- Access updated logistical
information, including bus parking and maps
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Converge at 4th St. & Pennsylvania Ave.
on the
north side of the parade route
A permit has been obtained for a mass convergence
at 4th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. along the north side of the
parade route. You can bring your own signs or pick up
signs, banners and other materials at this location. Any sign
that is made of cardboard, posterboard or cloth and that is no
larger than 3 feet by 20 feet and 1/4 inch in thickness can be
brought to the parade route. We will provide additional
logistical information in the coming days.
The Bush administration has done everything to try to
prevent mass assembly protest along Pennsylvania Avenue on
January 20. We are involved in an ongoing legal and political
challenge, asserting the right of the people to line the
inaugural route. The whole world will be watching Pennsylvania
Avenue on January 20, 2005, just as they were at the
inauguration on January 20, 2001.
At the same time as we are continuing to fight to
stop the government from creating large exclusive use sections
lining the public parade route solely for Bush supporters and
donors, we want to make it clear to everyone that we have
obtained permitted space and that under all circumstances you
have the lawful right to come to Pennsylvania Avenue and to
make your views known, seen, and heard. Pennsylvania
Avenue does not belong to Corporate America and the
ultra-right.
The government is glad to give antiwar organizations a
permit to go anywhere but Pennsylvania Avenue. They have been
attempting the same tactic they used during the Republican
National Convention when they tried to banish mass protest
from midtown Manhattan, the site of the RNC. Don't be
diverted.
The only way to maintain our right to demonstrate
at the site of the inauguration is to come to Pennsylvania
Avenue in large numbers as close to 9 am as
possible on January 20. The Bush/Cheney
Presidential Inaugural Committee and the National Park Service
know full well that unless people arrive at Pennsylvania
Avenue as close to 9 am as possible it is unlikely they will
gain access to the area.
To
reiterate: We have obtained a permit for an antiwar
convergence at 4th St. and Pennsylvania Avenue. Those
organizing bus transportation, vans, car caravans, or planning
individual transportation should do everything in their power
to be at 4th St. and Pennsylvania Avenue, and along the
Pennsylvania Avenue parade route, as close to 9 am as
possible. The Bush government is using
national security as a pretext to avoid the political
embarrassment of thousands of people holding up antiwar signs
and banners as the presidential caravan travels, first to the
Capitol and later to the White House along Pennsylvania
Avenue.
FUNDS ARE
URGENTLY NEEDED FOR THE JANUARY 20
MOBILIZATION
Funds are urgently needed for the January 20th
mobilization. If you cannot personally attend but would like
to help cover the costs of transportation, printing banners,
signs and literature you can make a
contribution through a secure server by clicking here, where
you can also find information on how to contribute by
check.
BUSES FROM
ACROSS THE U.S.
A.N.S.W.E.R. organizers are in touch with people organizing
buses, vans and car caravans that are coming to be on
Pennsylvania Avenue from across the East Coast, Midwest, South
and West. In a tremendous display of the vast opposition that
exists to the Bush administration's criminal war against Iraq
and the other elements of their reactionary program here and
abroad, a massive number of people are coming to DC from every
region of the country.
Cities
organizing transportation to Washington DC
include:
- Altoona, Pennsylvania
- Ann
Arbor, Michigan
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Boston,
Massachusetts
- Charlotte, North Carolina
-
Charlottesville, Virginia
- Chicago, Illinois
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Cleveland, Ohio
- Elkins, West Virginia
- Emporium,
Kansas
- Hackensack, New Jersey
- Lincoln, Nebraska
-
Linwood, New Jersey
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Miami,
Florida
- New Paltz, New York
- New York City, New
York
- Norfolk, Virginia
- Orange, New Jersey
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Parksburg, West Virginia
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Reading, Pennsylvania
- Reno,
Nevada
- Richmond, Virginia
- Rochester, New York
-
Saint Helena Island, South Carolina
- Savannah,
Georgia
- Syracuse, New York
- West Chester, New
York
- Youngstown, Ohio
& many more!
For details about
transportation and contact information, click
here.
If you are organizing transportation from your city but are
not yet listed, fill out the Transportation
Form.
Demonstrations on January 20 are also taking place in San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and other cities.
SHORT
DOCUMENTARY (5 MIN.) FOR THE DEMONSTRATION
Dissent in the Age of Empire
A short documentary by Kaan Cuhaci &
Imre Balanli
in collaboration with the A.N.S.W.E.R.
Coalition
Watch the film
duration: 4
minutes, 53 seconds
Please contact local public access television stations,
independent film theaters, community groups and others who may
wish to screen this piece as a way to spread the word about
the January 20 CounterInaugural demonstration. Copies of the
DVD are available free of charge. Call 202-544-3389 for
details.
Thanks to CircularMovement.org
for this important contribution.
ACCESS UPDATED
LOGISTICAL INFORMATION
For all those who are coming to the demonstration, the
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition National Office in Washington DC is
providing all of the information people need where the protest
is, how to get there, where to eat, what the weather will be
like, and more.
Click here to view the
January 20 CounterInaugural Logistics
Page for
- Maps
- Bus drop off
and parking
- Van/car parking
- Directions
- Public
transportation in DC
- Airports, train and bus station in
DC
- Housing in DC
- Volunteering
& more.
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
Act Now to Stop War & End
Racism
http://www.ANSWERcoalition.org
info@internationalanswer.org
National Office in Washington DC: 202-544-3389
New York
City: 212-533-0417
Los Angeles: 323-464-1636
San
Francisco: 415-821-6545
For media inquiries, call
202-544-3389.
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