NYC: Countering the 'Salute to Israel' Parade Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit source - Bill Koehnlein Please forward to individuals and organizations you think would be interested. Protest the "Salute to Israel" Parade Scheduled for May 5, 2002 Organizing Meeting Tuesday, April 16, 6:30pm At CUNY Grad Center (5th Avenue, between 34 and 35th Streets) Room 5486 (Ask for the Black Student Alliance meeting) Dear friend: Each May, thousands of people march up Fifth Avenue in a "Salute to Israel". Last year, as the Al-Aqsa Intifada raged, paraders were greeted at 59th Street by a loud, beautiful, spirited demonstration in solidarity with Palestine. Organized by members of Jews Against the Occupation, NYU Students for Justice in Palestine, Al-Awda/Palestine Right to Return Coalition, Deir Yassin Remembered, and others, the demonstration stole the limelight from the parade, and told New York the real story about what is happening in Palestine. This year, on May 5, as the death toll from Israeli oppression mounts, Israel will again be "saluted" on Fifth Avenue. Our response must be larger and louder than ever. We must ensure that every New Yorker who stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine is with us that day. Please join the Palestine Activist Forum on April 16 for the first organizing meeting to plan our counter-action. ********************************************************************* "The first duty of a revolutionary is to be educated." --José Martí ********************************************************************* The Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory http://www.toplab.org ********************************************************************* ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytmid-04.11.02-14:30:01-9559