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DESCRIPTION:Columbus Day 2012 marks the 520 year anniversary of the genocidal and 
 ecocidal project of Empire building and colonial expansion that began with 
 the conquistador invasion of this continent and continues to this day 
 through the daily violence and exploitation of global capitalism.\n\nIt 
 also marks the 20 year anniversary of the first American Black Bloc which 
 disrupted the 1992 Columbus Day Parade in San Francisco's North Beach 
 neighborhood.\n\nThis year during Columbus Day weekend, a West Coast 
 Anti-Colonial, Anti-Capitalist convergence is being organized in San 
 Francisco. As a contribution to this effort, we are calling for friends and 
 comrades to gather at 2pm on Saturday, October 6 for a rowdy march through 
 the heart of the city's financial district.\n\nWe will honor the memories 
 of all those who fought back and resisted the onslaught of empire over the 
 past five centuries by unleashing the power of our own resistance in the 
 very heart of capitalism on the West Coast. We are proud to stand in 
 solidarity with others whose fierce struggles continue to hold off the 
 machinery of domination and exploitation.\n\nWe draw inspiration from the 
 countless struggles of indigenous resistance to capitalist projects of 
 development and expansion: from the mountains of Black Mesa, where elders 
 fiercely protect their way of life in the shadow of a coal mine, to the 
 rebel autonomous municipality of Chéran in Michoacán, México where both 
 the repressive forces of the state and the drug cartels have been expelled 
 while loggers infringing upon indigenous territory have been chased off 
 communal lands, to the far north of Canada where indigenous peoples block 
 roads and disrupt plans for expanding resource extraction while students 
 and radicals in Montreal riot outside the gates of the Plan du Nord summit. 
 These brave fighters motivate us to spread the fires of resistance in the 
 ongoing struggles against colonialism and capitalism.\n\nIt is also fitting 
 that October 7 marks the 11 year anniversary of the US invasion of 
 Afghanistan, another brutal example of colonial domination's recent 
 manifestations. We invite all those who stand in opposition to Empire and 
 in solidarity with the struggles of the Afghan people to join us on this 
 march.\n\nThe Anti-Colonial, Anti-Capitalist March will gather at Justin 
 Herman Plaza for a rally at 2pm and the march will begin at 3pm sharp. Stay 
 tuned for additional details and ways to get involved.\n\nThis action is 
 part of the Decolonize the New World 2012: West Coast Anti-Colonial, 
 Anti-Capitalist Convergence in San Francisco during Columbus Day weekend. 
 The convergence is being called for by Decolonize and Anti-Capitalist 
 comrades in the Pacific Northwest and Bay Area.\n\nFor more information 
 please visit www.decolonizethenewworld.noblogs.org\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/06/18721069.php
SUMMARY:West Coast Anti-Colonial, Anti-Capitalist March
LOCATION:Meet at Justin Herman Plaza at the end of Market St in San Francisco: 2pm 
 Rally, 3pm March 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/06/18721069.php
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