6/28 SF March for Bill of Rights

6/28 SF March for the Bill of Rights: Rally at 5 p.m. at Powell & Market, March at 6 p.m. to Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate, San Francisco

6/27: Press Conference at 11 a.m. at FBI Headquarters at 450 Golden Gate, San Francisco

--Say no to the FBI attacks on civil rights and civil liberties
--Stand up against racism, racial and religious profiling
--No new COINTELPRO
--Defend Arab American, Muslim and South Asian communities
--Stop the witchhunt against political and religious organizations
--Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal, Leonard Peltier and all victims of FBI/COINTELPRO frameups
--Money for jobs, schools and healthcare, not for repression and war
--Stop the attacks on immigrant rights
--Defend our unions; No government intervention in the labor movement

The Bush administration announced in the last week of May that the FBI would be seizing vast additional powers to spy on the people of the United States. We must act now to stop this assault on our rights.

These powers post a grave danger to civil liberties and civil rights, and will, unless defeated by the people, lead to a new round of persecution of people based on their political or religious convictions.

There was no vote in Congress. No public referendum. No judicial review. George Bush, Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI director Robert Mueller decided to unleash the FBI on people targeted by the Bush administration, not because they have committed a crime, not because they are being investigated for a crime. They will be targeted because the government has determined that their political or religious views or affiliations warrant surveillance, infiltration, and disruption of their personal lives or the organizations to which they belong.

We can defeat this attack on civil rights and civil liberties. We must unite against racism and racial profiling. We will not be silenced nor intimidated.

Sponsored by ANSWER: Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, 2489 Mission, #24, San Francisco, CA 94110, 415/821-6545, answer [at] actionsfbay.org, http://www.internationalanswer.org

Endorsers: National Lawyers Guild of SF/Bay Area; San Francisco Labor Council, IFCO/Pastors for Peace; Free Palestine Alliance-USA; BAYAN International; Muslim Student Association of US & Canada; National Nicaragua Network; Kriss Worthington of Berkeley City Council; American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of San Francisco; International Action Center; Middle East Children's Alliance; California Prison Focus; Committee for a New Columbia; Speak Out!; Students for Justice in Palestine of UC-Davis; Alan Fisher, President of American Federation of Teachers Local 2121; National Coalition to Free the Angola 3, California Coalition for Women Prisoners; James Petras, author; Mexico Solidarity Network; Kensington Welfare Rights Union; Korea Truth Commission