‘Money for hurricane victims, not war’

Outrage.

This emotion of speakers, participants and passersby rang out at Boston’s Park Street Station Sept. 3 in response to the catastrophic events in New Orleans and the Delta region in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Troops Out Now Coalition (TONC) of Boston called the emergency demonstration under the slogan “Money for the victims of the hurricane—not for war!”

The rally was endorsed by the Bolivarian Circle-Martin Luther King, Boston Commit tee for Peace & Human Rights, Chelsea Uniting Against the War, Coalition to Defend Reproductive Rights, Committee to Defend the Somerville 5, International Action Center, New England Human Rights Organization for Haiti, Stonewall Warriors and the Women’s Fightback Network. Union members from AFSCME, the Massa chusetts Nurses Association, Service Employees, the Steelworkers and UNITE HERE also participated.

Hundreds of passersby expressed sympathy with the action.

Another street rally in support of the hurricane victims is scheduled for Sept. 6 in the predominantly Black community of Roxbury. This action is also to raise awareness about Frances Newton, an African-American woman scheduled to be executed in Texas on Sept. 14 (www.freefrances.org).