Saturday, April 20, 2002
Vieques Included in Saturday's Washington D.C. Pro-Palestinian Rally
During today's pro-Palestinian "Rally Against War and Racism," Pam Africa, representing Internationally Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, said "stop the bombing in Vieques." Another, unnamed, speaker for the People for the Committee in Vieques spoke on the topic at some length.
One Reo Ortiz (phonetic) called for "U.S. troops out of the Philippines" (and for "the right to work for all undocumented workers"). Vernon Bellecourt of the American Indian Movement slurred Secretary of State Powell as a "buffalo soldier" and demanded "Israel out of Palestine. Israel out of the United States."
Other cheers: "Intifada all the way." No mention, let alone condemnation, of the suicide bombing attacks on Israeli citizens. (Though Carl Messinio, of the Partnership for Law and Justice, called for disarmament of Israel.)
They claimed 35,000 attended the rally. It looked more like 5,000 on C-SPAN, with some of the folks in need of help in the art of protest sign design. One sign read "No, No, No United Nations." Another: "Bush and Sharon Tirrorist (sic)."
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