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DESCRIPTION:Palo Alto needs to remind Obama that we'll get in the streets to demand an 
 end to Keystone. Join us at an exciting rally with Frostpaw and other 
 Center activists to be seen and heard by President Obama.\n\nOn June 6, 
 starting at 4:30 p.m., hundreds of activists will welcome President Barack 
 Obama with a simple but crucial message: Reject the Keystone XL Pipeline 
 and its toxic tar-sands sludge and keep your promises on climate 
 change.\n\nDon't miss this opportunity to be seen by the president and have 
 your voice heard on the Keystone Pipeline.\nThe corner of Middlefield Rd. 
 and University Ave.\nPalo Alto, CA 94301\n\n	\n*********************\n\nTo 
 All Democracy and Free Speech Supporters in the World,\n\nThere is an 
 ongoing public uprising in Turkey which one might call as the Turkish 
 Spring against the anti-democratic regulations of the current government. 
 The uprising was sparked by a police attack against peaceful protestors in 
 Taksim, Istanbul who were gathered in a public park (Gezi Park) to protest 
 the planned shopping mall construction by removal of the park, one of the 
 few remaining green areas in downtown Istanbul. The peaceful sit-in 
 protestors who were in the area since beginning of the week were attacked 
 by the police forces on Friday May 31, 2013 around 5 am by tear gas and 
 water cannons without any warning. These protestors were just ordinary 
 people who were there to save trees from being toppled down by bulldozers, 
 to voice their opinions about the fate of their city by exercising their 
 constitutional right to a peaceful demonstration. The unnecessary and 
 excessive use of police force against demonstrators and non-demonstrators 
 alike in the area have caused an outrage among the public drawing more 
 crowds to Taksim area.\n\nOngoing police brutality and reports of injuries 
 sparked even more protests all over Istanbul and spread to other cities 
 turning into country wide demonstrations against Prime Minister Tayyip 
 Erdogan and his "increasingly authoritarian and uncompromising tendencies" 
 as Associated Press has called it. In many cities, people from all parts of 
 the society, believers, non-believers, different ethnic backgrounds, 
 different party voters have gathered on the streets demanding the police 
 violence against public to come to an end and chanting for Mr. Erdogan's 
 resignation.\n\nThe major media either supporter of the government or 
 oppressed by the government is turning a blind eye on the developments. The 
 main source of communication is basically the social media such as 
 facebook, twitter and civil people broadcasting from the streets to various 
 sites using their cell phones. People of Turkey is reading reports or 
 watching videos about what is going on in their country from international 
 press coverage due to lack of local media reports. There is also growing 
 concern among the public that internet access will be banned by the 
 government.\n\nPlease us help to spread the outcry of public in Turkey to 
 stop the police violence against public and anti-democratic 
 regulations.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/05/18738037.php
SUMMARY:Palo Alto No Keystone Project with Occupy Gezi (Solidarity with Turkey)
LOCATION:Middlefield Rd. and University Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/05/18738037.php
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