(For folks in the Northwest-Ron) There will be a rally and march to the Washington State Capitol Building to celebrate the history of Mayday along with the Sanctuary City proposal on May 1, beginning at Noon at Sylvester Park in Olympia, WA. We must intensify our efforts to end the war against the people of Iraq and end the war against Immigrants in the United States.
Courtney: Many thanks to everyone who's been supportive! This movement is not just about us, and we should take this fight as an opportunity to unite with other groups in defense of free speech and against racism and violence. We need to build this movement above and beyond this particular battle.
In contrast to the aggressive tack the College and Police have taken against students both during and after the Dead Prez concert, the administration has not acknowledged the racism of the concert arrest or the sexism of a recent campus rape-at-gunpoint. It has been five months since the rape, and the campus police have not been anywhere near as ardent in pursuing any rapists on campus as in pursuing its own students at a post-concert protest. The oppressive nature of these events is inherently political and affects the basic safety of everyone on campus, especially womyn and people of color.
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