NYC Actions
5C - Solidarity Center
55 West 17th Street, 5th Floor,
Between 5th and 6th Avenue (Near Union Square, NYC)
212-633-6646
The Free the Fort Dix 5 Support Committee & Project SALAM
Rally In Support of
The Fort Dix 5
Five Muslim Men Targeted by
Preemptive Prosecution
Appeal to be Filed
Tuesday, August 31, 2010, Noon
The appeal to the Federal Appeals Court in the Fort Dix 5 case will be filed today. Many people believe that five Muslim men, Dritan, Eljvir, and Shain Duka, Mohamad Shnewer and Serdar Tatar were preemptively prosecuted by the use of a long and costly FBI “sting” operation that resulted in their convictions and long prison sentences (four men received life plus 30 years). All five men are still in prison — hundreds of miles from their wives and children and families. Three of the men - Dritan, Eljvir, and Shain Duka are serving their sentence at the ADX in Colorado, spending 23 hours a day in tiny cells. Mohamad Shnewer is in the special Muslim prison, called the Communication Management Unit in Marion, Illinois. Appeals in their case will be filed today. This rally is to bring attention to the terrible injustice done to these five innocent men, and hope that the Appeals Court will realize that there is no evidence at all that these men are terrorists.
Schedule of Events
12 Noon, Tuesday, August 31 — Rally at US Courthouse, 601 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
For more information, contact Lynne Jackson at 518-366-7324 or lynnejackson@mac.com
See more information at the website:
http://www.projectsalam.org/events/08-31-10.html
Download printable flyer:
http://www.projectsalam.org/downloads/08-31-10_Rally.pdf
See movies of discussions of preemptive prosecution of Muslims:
http://www.projectsalam.org/events/03-25-10.html
DOMESTIC WORKER’S BILL OF RIGHTS
SIGNING CEREMONY
JOIN US
After 400 years in the shadows of slavery…..
75 years of invisibility and exclusion under US labor law….
6 years of a hard-fought struggle in the New York State legislature….
Domestic workers are finally gaining rights, respect, and recognition
Governor Patterson will be signing the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights into law When: Tuesday, August 31st @ 11am Where: The Dwyer Cultural left, 258 St. Nicholas Avenue--the entrance is on 123rd between St. Nicholas and Frederick Douglass Blvd. At 10:30 am there will be a coffee and tea reception
Directions: A, B, C, D, 2 or 3 trains to 125th Street
Contact: dwuinfo@domesticworkersunited.org
or call 212-481-5747
This Wed at 6:30 Sept 11 planning mtg - Major Rally Against Racism and Anti-Muslim Bigotry
Dear Friends,
The next organizers’ meeting for the Saturday, Sept 11 Stand Against Racism and Anti-Muslim Bigotry Rally is this Wednesday, Sept 1 from 6:30 to 8:30pm at the Solidarity Center, 55 W. 17th St., 5th Floor. (Iftar Food will be served.) More than 100 people came to last weeks Planning Meeting.
By this Wednesday's Planning Meeting we will have thousands of glossy cards, beautiful flyers, posters and stickers available. The response has been overwhelming.
A lot has happened since we made the Call to Action 10 days ago to take a stand on Sept 11 to oppose the ugly campaign of racism and Islamophobia. We now have a groundswell of determined activists to fight the onslaught of rightwing hatred. An Emergency Mobilization is becoming a reality.
This mobilization is now regional – with people organizing to come from Boston, Philadelphia, Albany, and many other cities and towns. We have a website and listserv that help us mobilize 24/7.
We have an impressive and ever-growing list of hundreds of endorsing organizations and individuals – to see the latest, go to http://www.iacenter.org/muslimsolidarity/.
The International Action Center has reached out to activists in Gainesville, Florida, who are mobilizing widely to oppose the hate-filled "burn the Quran" event in Florida. We are committed to opposing this type of hateful and racist violation of human rights and dignity wherever it occurs.
The funds for large scale printing, for permits, reserving sound and logistical costs are mounting. We are calling on all of our friends to help. You can help solve this problem, by giving whatever you can. Many donations, even if they are small can help us succeed. Send appeals to anyone you know who cares enough to help us turn the tide. Your friends may well thank you for giving them a way to help get involved.
To donate to help with this major mobilization go to: http://www.iacenter.org/muslimsolidarity/
<Click on the donation link on the right side>
We have serious challenges. The Tea Party had a large demonstration last Saturday in Washington DC, that trampled and dishonored the memory of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement against racism and injustice. These forces of reaction received lots of publicity, and are of course lavishly funded by some of the richest people in this country. The same people are funding the effort to whip up bigotry in New York City. We must re-double our efforts to oppose them in large numbers.
Now our attention must turn to the nuts and bolts of intensive organizing to make our stand a success. Here is a brief summary of our organizing agenda:
- As schools, colleges and universities open across the region, we must reach out to students, parents and faculty to join and swell the effort to turn the racist tide.
- As the horrible and revolting ads for the Tea Party’s rally at Ground Zero begin to appear on MTA buses in New York City, we must counter with posters and stickers everywhere.
- On the Labor Day weekend, we need to find ways to stimulate visibility against the Tea Party and its racism in the labor unions, with a strong show of support for our 9/11 rally.
- We must provide religious leaders with the information they need to alert their congregations to the danger the Tea Party poses to freedom of religious expression.
The unity that has already been forged in this effort is inspiring. It strengthens all of us. But more is needed. We can do it if we work quickly and intensively – in a united way – to show it is definitely possible to stop racism and Islamophia, not only in New York City, but across the country.
We hope to see you Wednesday at the Solidarity Center: 6:30 to 8:30pm, 55 W. 17th St., 5th Floor. Feel free to bring anyone you think would like to help. Call: 212-633-6646 for more information.
Sign on: Add your name to the on-line listing of Call to Action supporters. Forward it on to others.
Go to http://www.iacenter.org/muslimsolidarity/.
Planning Meeting for Saturday Sept 11
Say NO to Racism and
anti-Islamic Bigotry
WEDS. at 6:30 pm
Iftar (food to break the Ramadan fast) provided at the meeting after sunset
At the Solidarity Center
55 W. 17th St, #5C, (between 5th & 6th Ave) NY, NY 10011
212-633-6646
Help plan and build for the
Rally for Unity & Solidarity
Gather at City Hall,
Broadway between Chambers St. and Park Place
March
On September 11 the Tea Party and its racist allies will again demonstrate against a proposed Islamic community center several blocks from the World Trade Center site. They are trying to whip up hysteria against Muslim people.
The same forces that are targeting masjids (mosques) around the country are waging a national hate campaign against all people of color and immigrants. They want to destroy our unions and public services and use racism and hate to divert our attention from devastating cutbacks and record unemployment.
Unity NOT racism!
Unity NOT anti-immigrant bigotry!
Unity NOT Islamophobia!
It is not Muslim people who are robbing our jobs and homes and closing schools and hospitals. It is the banks, corporations and the Pentagon. Don't let the memory of 9/11 be misused again to justify new wars against people in Muslim countries. Let's unite against racism and bigotry and fight together for JOBS, health care, to save our schools and services and build human solidarity and respect.
Volunteers and activists needed
Planning Meetings every Wednesday @ 6:30 pm
Solidarity Center
55 W 17th St, #5C, NY, NY 10011
212-633-6646
www.iacenter.org/muslimsolidarity
Emergency Mobilization Against Racism and Anti-Islamic Bigotry
Endorse this Sept 11 Call to Action AT
www.iacenter.org/muslimsolidarityendorse
Initial Signers (list in formation) More than 1,500 signers on-line
AlAwda NY Palestine Right To Return Coalition
American Muslims for Palestine
Arab Muslim American Federation - AMAF
Bailout the People Movement
BAYAN USA – Philippine American Alliance
Black Workers for Justice
Ramsey Clark
Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, VA
DRUM - Desis Rising Up & Moving-
Families United for Justice in America-FUJA
Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Fight Imperialism Stand Together-FIST
Gabriella Network USA – Women’s Leadership
In the Name of Humanity
International Action Center
Jersey City Peace Movement
Imam Ashrafuz Zaman Khan, Pres. North American Imams Federatiopn - NAIF
Angaza Laughinghouse, Pres, UE local 150, NC Public Service Workers Union
May 1 Workers and Immigrant Rights Coalition
Cynthia McKinney
Michigan Emergency Comm, Against War & Injustice
Millions for Mumia
Million Worker March Movement
MN Ånti War Committee
Moritorium Now Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions & Utility Shutoffs
Muslim Solidarity Committee
Nodutdol for Korean Community Development
North East Peace and Justice Action Coalition
NYC Coalition to Stop Islamaphobia
Pakistan USA Freedom Forum
Pan Africa News Wire
Peoples Organization for Progress
Peoples Video Network
Queers for Economic Justice
Richmond Jobs With Justice
Stonewall Warriors
Senegalese Workers Association
Bishop Filipe Teixeira, OFSJC,
The Peace Thru Justice Foundation
World Can’t Wait
Women’s Fightback Network
(WEDNESDAY, Aug 25 Planning meeting 6:30 pm at 55 W 17th St, #5C, NY, NY 10011)
