Defend Civil Liberties! Protest the FBI

San Francisco - June 28, 2002
By Jeff Paterson (http://jeff.paterson.net)

Approximately 400 people rallied and marched from Powell and Market to the Federal Building. The protest was initiated by International A.N.S.W.E.R. (http://www.internationalanswer.org) to:

* 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 witch hunt against political and religious organizations * Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, Leonard Peltier, and all victims of FBI/COINTELPRO frame-ups * Money for jobs, schools and healthcare, not for repression and war * Stop the attacks on immigrants * Defend our unions – no government intervention in the labor movement

Speakers represented the SF Labor Council (AFL-CIO); BAYAN International; International Action Center; and many others.

Hundreds of bicyclists participating in Critical Mass joined the march upon arrival at the Federal Building.