Saturday * February 5 * 1PM
Meet at Haigis Mall * UMass Amherst
(Presidents' Drive)
The march will end with an assembly on the steps of Amherst College's Frost Library.
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Meet at Haigis Mall * UMass Amherst
(Presidents' Drive)
The march will end with an assembly on the steps of Amherst College's Frost Library.
RSVP on Facebook and invite your friends!:
http://www.facebook.com/event.
Download and post the flier!:
http://www.mediafire.com/?
The Western Massachusetts Coalition for Palestine, joined by several organizations from across the Pioneer Valley, will hold a rally and march in solidarity with the Egyptian people on Saturday, February 5th from 1-3pm. The Rally will assemble at the Haigis Mall at the University of Massachusetts and march through downtown Amherst, ending with an assembly at Amherst College on the steps of Frost Library.
For decades, the people of Egypt have suffered under the dictatorship of Husni Mubarak. At the same time that successive US government administrations have supported this dictatorship with military and financial aid totaling over $2 billion a year, they have issued empty statements demanding democratic reform in the Middle East. Tired of waiting, enraged by the corruption and repression of their government, and inspired by the Tunisian revolution, the Egyptian people have taken matters into their own hands, teaching the world, and the US in particular, what democracy truly means. However, rather than taking sides with this people’s revolution, the Obama administration has continued to support the Egyptian regime. By not decisively acting against Mubarak, the United States must claim responsibility for continued repression by the Egyptian state security apparatus.
This Western MA march and rally in solidarity with the Egyptian people will call for the US government to respond to the will of the Egyptian people by ending immediately US military aid to Egypt as long as the Mubarak regime remains in power. We will call on the US not to interfere in the formation of a transitional government no matter who is instated by the people of Egypt. It is up to only the Egyptians to decide who will represent them, and what their domestic and foreign policy will be.
We ask all media to cover this event and to join us at the rally!
The Western Massachusetts Coalition for Palestine is a group of organizations and community members who have come together to advocate for justice for the people of Palestine in the West Bank and Gaza and in the Arab and global diaspora.
"Ya Mubarak say goodbye! Egypt, Egypt will be free. From the Nile to the sea!"
Endorsing/Co-sponsoring Organizations:
Middle East Peace Coalition of Western Mass
Hampshire College Students for Justice in Palestine
SmithSTAND
Western Mass Darfur Coalition
The American Friends Service Committee
Amherst International Socialist Organization
UMass Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
Amherst Amnesty International
Amherst Human Rights Commission
Western Mass Code Pink
Amherst College Students for Justice in Palestine
Middle East Peace Coalition of Western Mass
Hampshire College Students for Justice in Palestine
SmithSTAND
Western Mass Darfur Coalition
The American Friends Service Committee
Amherst International Socialist Organization
UMass Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
Amherst Amnesty International
Amherst Human Rights Commission
Western Mass Code Pink
Amherst College Students for Justice in Palestine
