Bush's Justice Dept filed brief to stop NYC Peace March in Feb

[protect freedom impeach bush now]

this was written BEFORE the massive anti-war protest turnout in NYC on Sat prior to march.

The Bush administration filed a brief with the NY court to
stop the peace march in NYC.

so much for free speech and the right to peacefully assemble.
That part of the US Constitution is voided by PNACer Bush.



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http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0307/ferguson.php

NYC Peace Activists Vow to Face Down Bush's War
Don't Fence Them In
by Sarah Ferguson
February 12 - 18, 2003


he mayor and the police chief and the attorney general may not like it, but the masses are about to take to the streets of New York.
Despite the Bloomberg administration's unprecedented refusal to allow protesters to march in the city, peace activists insist that hundreds of thousands of people will assemble within sight of the United Nations on Saturday, urging the Security Council to pursue further weapons inspections in Iraq, not war. Organizers with United for Peace and Justice, a network of more than 200 groups, have a permit for a stationary rally starting at noon, on First Avenue north of 49th Street.

Protesters in New York will be joined that weekend by more than a million people in 300 cities around the world, a global uprising against President Bush's push for war.

The New York event was supposed to include a walk past the UN. But pressed by the U.S. Justice Department, which filed a friend of the court brief, a federal judge ruled the city could deny the necessary permit because a march of such scale would pose an unacceptable security risk.

Hemming in thousands of frustrated people presents its own dangers. While they plan to appeal the court decision, organizers say the city's refusal may only boost the turnout. "People are outraged," says UFPJ co-chair Leslie Cagan. "At this point, we're not just protesting over this war but over the right to assert our basic civil rights."

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Polls show Americans profoundly wary of the consequences of this war, and the movement to oppose military action is growing larger. Although organized labor backed the war in Afghanistan, six national unions have come out against blasting Iraq, fearful of what a $200 billion military adventure could do to already hemorrhaging state and city budgets. Lobbying campaigns like MoveOn.org and Win Without War are raking in funds and celebrity supporters.

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[lcordero]

1. Isn't this the one where 15 million people turn out?