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DESCRIPTION:SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 10 AMAssemble on Scott St. in Marina GreenRacists Want 
 Charlottesville Terror Here – It’s Up to Us to Stop It! LONGSHORE 
 WORKERS: SHUT DOWN THE FASCISTS!We,  longshore workers, support the call 
 to action for our union to take the  lead for the working class, to stop a 
 deadly threat to the rights and  the lives of us all. This  weekend, 
 fascist groups plan to stage rallies that threaten to repeat  the racist 
 terror of Charlottesville in the Bay Area. We’ve shut down the port 
 against racism, war and police repression. Longshore workers have got the 
 power, and we will not allow labor-hating white supremacists to bring 
 their lynch mob terror here.On Saturday, August 26 at 10AM, we will 
 assemble on Scott St. in Marina Green(between  Fort Mason and Crissy 
 Field) and march to stop the fascist provocation  at Crissy Field. We’re 
 calling on all ILWU members, other unions and  supporters to be there. Stop 
 these racist killers from killing again. If not now, when? If not here, 
 where? We have the power. Let’s use it!On  August 26, the fascist group 
 that calls itself “Patriot Prayer” plans  to hold a rally on Crissy 
 Field. On August 27, several fascist groups  plan a rally in Berkeley. What 
 this means was shown in Portland on May  26: a Nazi who attended a 
 “Patriot Prayer” rally the previous month  killed two men for standing 
 up against his racist threats to two young  women. On June 4, members of 14 
 unions in Portland mobilized in the  struggle to stop the fascists drawn by 
 “Patriot Prayer.”Charlottesville,  Virginia on August 12 showed again 
 that the fascists are not about  “free speech.” The rally by Nazis, KKK 
 and other white supremacists led  directly to the murder of Heather Heyer 
 and injuries to dozens of  courageous anti-racist counter-protesters. Some 
 of the same Nazis plan  to come to the Bay Area this weekend. Meanwhile, 
 Trump obscenely praises  “good” fascists and “beautiful” statues of 
 bloody Confede­rate slave  masters. And now the fascists want to bring 
 their race-terror here? We say: Hell no! Who do these fascist creeps 
 think they’re messing with? SF is a union town. Let’s  bring out the 
 whole Bay Area labor movement, with defenders of African  American, Asian, 
 Latino, gay, lesbian, women’s and immigrant rights, to stop the 
 fascists. To do this, we must rely on our own power as  workers – not 
 phony “friend of labor” politicians of both bosses’  parties. Their 
 pleas for Trump’s Department of the Interior to deny a  permit for Crissy 
 Field are a diversion. Any bans, especially in a port  city, could be used 
 against workers fighting for their rights. But as  the Portland Painters 
 said in a solidarity message, when we use our “power as workers to take 
 action against the fascists on August 26th, that will be a call to action 
 of workers and oppressed people throughout this country.”Now’s  the 
 time to stand up for all that ILWU has fought for, as opponents of  racism 
 and oppression. We can’t let these racists and fascists keep on  killing. 
 Enough is enough. Let’s join together in unity and in strength  to put 
 our union resolution into action. On August 26, DON’T WORK! SHUT THE 
 PORT DOWN AND THE FASCISTS TOO! Anthony Leviege 
 #9576                               Jack 
 Heyman #8780 (ret.)Longshore Workers to Stop the FascistsAugust 21, 
 2017******************Update:  At the planning meeting on Aug. 22, union 
 sisters and brothers  highlighted the threat to African American and all 
 union members posed  by the hanging nooses and vile racist slurs that have 
 repeatedly  appeared at SSA terminal. Make no mistake: this racist filth is 
 a threat  of lynching. It’s exactly the kind of thing the Klan, Nazis and 
 other  fascist/racist terror groups use. We have to stop it  with the 
 power of our union. This is and must be closely connected to  the 
 mobilization this Saturday, Aug. 26 to stop the fascists.*  *  *REMEMBER: 
 We are assembling SATURDAY, AUG. 26, 10 AM, onSCOTT ST. IN MARINA GREEN 
 BETWEEN FORT MASON & CRISSY FIELD.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/08/24/18802147.php
SUMMARY:Join Longshore Workers to Shut Down the Fascists
LOCATION:Scott St. in Marina Green (between Fort Mason and Crissy Field), San 
 Francisco
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