AUT: Large anarchist presence at Jericho '98

[Stefan Wray <sjw210@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 13:36:30 -0500
>From: Chuck0 <chuck@xxxxxx>
>Organization: Mid-Atlantic Infoshop
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>Subject: Large anarchist presence at Jericho '98
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>Large anarchist presence at Jericho '98
>by Chuck0
>
>Washington, DC (March 28) -- Over 5000 people from all over North
>America assembled in Washington, DC for Jericho '98, a day of protest in
>support of U.S. political prisoners. It was a beautiful day for the
>event--sunny and in the low 80s-but not a beautiful day for those still
>locked up.
>
>Folks gathered at Malcolm X Park in the morning and around 11am they
>started marching down 14th Street NW to the White House. It was a very
>colorful parade, with black flags, and black and red flafs, and african
>tri-color flags. There was also a contingent of large puppets.
>
>The march to the White House was without incident, although several
>parked squad cars were stencilled with the message "Free All Political
>Prisoners." The march arrived at the White House and then marched once
>around the White House in full view of the thousands of tourists who
>were visiting for the Cherry Blossom Festival. The march ended in a
>multi-hour rally in Lafayette Park.
>
>One of the significant aspects of the march was the large anarchist
>contingent, which numbered at least 500. I talked with the anarchists
>who attended and found people from Boston, Detroit, New York,
>Philadelphia, Gainesville, Florida, Atlanta, Asheville, NC, Charlotte,
>NC, Richmond, VA, Baltimore, D.C., San Francisco and many more places.
>The anarchists didn't quite march in a black block, but they were quite
>visible.
>
>Another interesting thing is that there seems to be alot of interest in
>anarchy in Southern U.S. states like North Carolina, Florida, Georgia,
>and others. These folks are looking for solidarity and support.
>
>For a more extensive, multimedia account of Jericho, see:
>http://www.sinkers.org/jericho98/index.html
>
>None of the local media outlets covered the protest. It wasn't mentioned
>on any of the local TV news and there was nothing about it in the
>Washington Post. The protest was much larger (5000) than the demo
>against U.S. agression in Iraq (3000), which was held in February in the
>same location.
>
>Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, Leonard Peltier, and all political prisoners
>--
>Chuck0
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