Write a Letter Now: Free Speech on the Golden Gate!!

Take Action for Free Speech on the Golden Gate
Bridge!!

Attend the Meeting, this Friday, May 17th, 9am at the
GG Bridge Manager's Office, Administration Building,
Golden Gate Bridge Toll
Plaza, San Francisco. Call Kary Witt, Golden Gate
Bridge Manager at (415) 923-2240, (415) 923-2013 or
email dbernie [at] goldengate.org attention Kary Witt.


The Golden Gate Bridge District authorities are trying
to curb free speech and democracy by attempting to
control and neutralize and anti-war mobilization
planned for Saturday, May 25, 2002 on the Golden Gate
Bridge.

According to the Golden Gate Bridge District Manager
Kary Witt, the anti-war mobilization can not happen on
Saturday, May 25th after 12 noon due to traffic
concerns although the march organizers submitted the
proposal for a permit weeks ago proposing the
mobilization would be at 2pm. Witt also stated that
this anti-war mobilization can not have any signs
whatsoever. This is the Bridge District's position
even though American flag-wavers are allowed access to
the bridge every day. This is an attack on free speech
and our right to oppose this U.S. government's war on
the peoples of the planet.

The organizers of Take it to the Bridge understand
that activities protected by the First Amendment such
as marching should not even require a permit. A permit
was sought for this mobilization weeks ago out of our
concern for the safety and security of the march
participants in a time when the U.S. government can
use any resistance to its policies to attack people
under the so-called "war on terrorism." Our attempts
to meet with the Bridge Manager to discuss their
concerns have been put off until today, when a meeting
was scheduled for this Friday. This is the first time
that the Bridge Manager has raised the inflexibility
regarding the time and the nature of the event.

It is clear that the bridge authorities are terrified
at the idea that the "Golden Gate" would be used as a
forum to express dissent at U.S. foreign and domestic
policy. They tell us (essentially): Our Golden Bridge
is for tourists, Marines with assault rifles, and
American flag-wavers only. We tell them: on May 25th
thousands of outraged people will converge on your
bridge to show you otherwise. We need to mobilize for
free speech on the Golden Gate Bridge as the peoples'
right to stand against the U.S. government's
trajectory of war and terror on the world and send a
message to the international community!! Act now and
contact the Golden Bridge Manager at the number above.
Contact allpeepsco [at] yahoo.com for more information.
http://www.takeittothebridge.org