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DESCRIPTION:On the night of May 27, bulldozers and backhoes rolled into Gezi Park, a 
 tiny island of trees and grass at the center of Taksim Square in Istanbul, 
 Turkey, and started ripping it apart. This was part of a government project 
 to “pedestrianize” the historic square—what that meant in this case, 
 according to many blogs, was turning one of the last open green spaces in 
 the city into a shopping mall. No community organizations or local people 
 were asked what they thought about the plans for the park, devised by the 
 ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which included rebuilding 
 historical barracks that were demolished in the 1940s and adding sidewalks 
 to make the square more friendly to pedestrians.\n\nFour days later, after 
 nonviolent protesters occupied the park and survived attacks by the police 
 that included tear gas and water cannons, they've won at least a temporary 
 victory thanks to a court decision. In fact, Istanbul's mayor, Kadir 
 Topbaş, just announced that there was never any plan to build a mall. It's 
 an amazing 11th-hour turnaround, but it didn't happen without a 
 battle.\n\nProtesters began gathering in the park as early as Monday, May 
 27, and word spread through social media as more pro-park, anti-government 
 Turks showed up to sit in front of the bulldozers. By Wednesday, the police 
 were involved, and they responded to the nonviolent protests with 
 aggressive tactics—what really got everyone’s attention was a photo 
 from Reuters showing a young, apparently peaceful environmentalist in a red 
 dress getting pepper-sprayed by a gas-masked cop. That image became a 
 symbol of the “occupation” of Gezi Park, as well as the cops’ 
 terrorization of the protesters.\n\nWe will join Liberate the Land at 950 
 Gough St in SF to march in Solidarity with those brutalized by Turkish 
 Police for merely trying to save a park from being torn down.\n\nThis is a 
 non-permitted march (yay) and there will be a constructive direct action 
 that takes place after the march. Talk to folks there about the details, or 
 just come along for the ride! We need livestreamers, video, signs in 
 solidarity with Taksim protesters, and most of all, you.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/01/18737760.php
SUMMARY:March and Direct Action in Solidarity with Protestors at #GeziParki, Istanbul
LOCATION:950 Gough St at Eddy, San Francisco (Jefferson Park across from free farm)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/01/18737760.php
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