Emergency Rally in Chicago, IL Tomorrow

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   Assalamu alaikum!  
I'm a new member to the site though I've been coming to it for ages, it seems.  Still I haven't read through the posting guidelines.  I hope you'll forgive me.  I normally would before posting but I received information about a protest rally scheduled for tomorrow and, being that it's such short notice, I wanted to try to post it.  If it's not acceptable content for the forum or something of that nature of concerns, I understand that it would be pulled or not posted and I'm very sorry in that instance for any inconvenience it might cause the moderators.
It's too rare in the U.S. that we stand in the streets with signs and say to our government and to others what we believe is right and what we believe must stop (of course, when it occurs the media rarely covers it.)  I'm a pretty "normal" person, disgusted by the bloodshed and lost innocent lives, the constant humiliation and psychological torture Palestinians have been forced to endure and the irony of the condemnation received by those who do harm, in turn, because they're left with so few options in a life of indignity.  The problem is that people in the US, by and large, don't have a clue what's going on or that what they see on t.v. every night happening in the Middle East has anything to do with America.  They've been told lies, instructed how to interpret the events of 9/11 and systematically convinced that they're informed, free citizens of a country whose foreign policy serves what is right and good.  Americans even think that we're the supporters of the underdog.  Say Israel and all they think of is the Holocaust and to address the point would surely label me as anti-semetic.  I don't think it's necessary to tell people what's right.  They just need to know the details of all that's going on and has been going on for a long time.  So, pointless though I might otherwise regard it to be, I'll be in Chicago tomorrow, protesting.
The information follows, just in case there is anyone out there who might be nearby and so inclined:
Salam!
The following was received from the Palestine Solidarity 
Group:

PLEASE FORWARD FAR AND WIDE!

Stop Israeli State Terrorism!
End the War on Lebanon and Palestine Now!
Stop U.S. Aid to Israel!

Rally and Protest initiated by Palestinian, Arab, and 
Muslim organizations of greater Chicagoland, with 
Supporters and Allies from All Communities!

WHEN: Saturday, July 22nd, 2006, at 12 NOON

WHERE: Chicago Tribune Plaza
435 N. Michigan Ave., downtown Chicago

Please email [email protected], or call 773 436 6060 or 
312 212 1520 for more information.

- - - -

The IAC office in Chicago strongly, strongly urges all of 
our friends to attend this rally. The US media are not 
giving a picture of how horrible, how murderous, how 
devastating the attack on Lebanon is. You have to go to 
the radical press, or to European or Arab media, to read 
the stories like this:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1824750,00.html

 http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/80A6775F-5AF3-425B-B8 6F-9497378249E5.htm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1825669,00.html

and find out about people being told to flee their homes, 
then blasted on the roads by rocket fire; about baby 
formula factories and Red Crescent convoys of rice being 
destroyed; about hundreds of thousands of people made 
refugees.

What is going on in Lebanon and Gaza is mass murder, and 
the U.S. government is up to its elbows in the blood. The 
bombs and rockets are being paid for by .... ourselves. We 
have a human duty to speak out. Please bring signs and banners demanding an immediate end to the attacks on the people of Lebanon and Gaza!

- - - - -

In this emergency situation, a new IAC Chicago-area 
mailing list has been compiled, both from people who have 
contacted the IAC about different campaigns and from other 
lists from progressive sources. If you don't want to be on 
this list for any reason, please reply to this e-mail with 
the word "Unsubscribe" in the subject line, and you will 
be removed permanently with no questions asked.

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	Assalamu alaikum! I'm a new member to the site though I've been coming to it for ages, it seems. Still I haven't read through the posting guidelines. I hope you'll forgive me. I normally would before posting but I received information about a protest rally scheduled for tomorrow and, being that it's such short notice, I wanted to try to post it. If it's not acceptable content for the forum or something of that nature of concerns, I understand that it would be pulled or not posted and I'm very sorry in that instance for any inconvenience it might cause the moderators. It's too rare in the U.S. that we stand in the streets with signs and say to our government and to others what we believe is right and what we believe must stop (of course, when it occurs the media rarely covers it.) I'm a pretty "normal" person, disgusted by the bloodshed and lost innocent lives, the constant humiliation and psychological torture Palestinians have been forced to endure and the irony of the condemnation received by those who do harm, in turn, because they're left with so few options in a life of indignity. The problem is that people in the US, by and large, don't have a clue what's going on or that what they see on t.v. every night happening in the Middle East has anything to do with America. They've been told lies, instructed how to interpret the events of 9/11 and systematically convinced that they're informed, free citizens of a country whose foreign policy serves what is right and good. Americans even think that we're the supporters of the underdog. Say Israel and all they think of is the Holocaust and to address the point would surely label me as anti-semetic. I don't think it's necessary to tell people what's right. They just need to know the details of all that's going on and has been going on for a long time. So, pointless though I might otherwise regard it to be, I'll be in Chicago tomorrow, protesting. The information follows, just in case there is anyone out there who might be nearby and so inclined: Salam! The following was received from the Palestine Solidarity Group: PLEASE FORWARD FAR AND WIDE! Stop Israeli State Terrorism! End the War on Lebanon and Palestine Now! Stop U.S. Aid to Israel! Rally and Protest initiated by Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim organizations of greater Chicagoland, with Supporters and Allies from All Communities! WHEN: Saturday, July 22nd, 2006, at 12 NOON WHERE: Chicago Tribune Plaza 435 N. Michigan Ave., downtown Chicago Please email [email protected], or call 773 436 6060 or 312 212 1520 for more information. - - - - The IAC office in Chicago strongly, strongly urges all of our friends to attend this rally. The US media are not giving a picture of how horrible, how murderous, how devastating the attack on Lebanon is. You have to go to the radical press, or to European or Arab media, to read the stories like this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1824750,00.html http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/80A6775F-5AF3-425B-B8 6F-9497378249E5.htm http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1825669,00.html and find out about people being told to flee their homes, then blasted on the roads by rocket fire; about baby formula factories and Red Crescent convoys of rice being destroyed; about hundreds of thousands of people made refugees. What is going on in Lebanon and Gaza is mass murder, and the U.S. government is up to its elbows in the blood. The bombs and rockets are being paid for by .... ourselves. We have a human duty to speak out. Please bring signs and banners demanding an immediate end to the attacks on the people of Lebanon and Gaza! - - - - - In this emergency situation, a new IAC Chicago-area mailing list has been compiled, both from people who have contacted the IAC about different campaigns and from other lists from progressive sources. If you don't want to be on this list for any reason, please reply to this e-mail with the word "Unsubscribe" in the subject line, and you will be removed permanently with no questions asked. - - - International Action Center www.iacenter.org _______________________________________________ Anyone can subscribe. Send an email request to [email protected] To unsubscribe [email protected] Subscribing and unsubscribing can also be done on the Web at http://www.organizerweb.com/mailman/listinfo/chicagoactivists