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‘Money for hurricane victims, not war’
By
Bryan G. Pfeifer
Published Sep 11, 2005 8:13 PM
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).
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