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<\/a><\/p>\nMeet at<\/strong> <\/strong>11 AM, Sunday, June 25 <\/strong>in front of the Uptown Target, 4466 N. Broadway<\/strong> (details below)<\/strong><\/p>\n The election of Donald Trump has heralded a climate of open bigotry against immigrants, Muslims and other groups already facing discrimination in the United States.<\/strong> MANY THANKS<\/u><\/strong> TO OUR PARTNERS JOINING US IN THE CONTINGENT!! —<\/strong><\/p>\n ANSWER Chicago
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\nFollowing on the heels of declining living standards during the Obama years, with their unchecked police brutality targeting Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans and other people of color, the United States has now slipped even deeper into a downwards spiral of vicious fear-mongering against those already most victimized by it.
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\nTrump does not represent some unstoppable fascist advance. Several of his obnoxious initiatives, most notably his Muslim ban, have been blocked (at least temporarily) by people pouring out into the streets and demonstrating at airports.
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\nMake no mistake: it wasn\u2019t the courts or the Constitution that saved the day.<\/strong> It was the popular outpouring in the streets \u2013 Muslims, immigrants AND those in solidarity with them \u2013 raising their voices in unity.<\/strong>
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\nHere on the 75th anniversary of the U.S. mass imprisonment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, we should remember that, unless we stand together, political elites \u2013 including the supposedly \u201cliberal\u201d Roosevelt administration \u2013 will use the courts and Constitution to justify every level of bigotry, segregation and discrimination when it serves their interests.
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\nToday, a solidarity or inter-sectional response to bigotry is ever more urgent in an era when:<\/strong>
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\n* \u201cReligious liberty\u201d laws and court rulings threaten to reinforce second class citizenship for LGBTQs and women
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\n* Corporate control of Washington and local governments means ever more greedy attacks on working people and the environment,
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\n* The United States escalates its wars on other peoples of the world thru drone bombings, weapons sales, the proxy war by Israel against the Palestinians, and support for dictators who have as much contempt for their own people as do political elites in the U.S.
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\nOnly by a popular response from the ground up, based on the time-honored principal of solidarity for all of the oppressed and exploited, can we defeat Trump, the Republicans, and their neoliberal \u201copponents\u201d in the Democratic Party.<\/strong>
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\nPlease help bring this message to streets of Chicago on the last Sunday in June as more than 1,000,000 people watch the Gay Pride Parade and our SOLIDARITY contingent in it! We will be marching with a HUGE 168 sq foot banner<\/strong> with the design shown in the picture above!!<\/p>\n
\nChicago LGBT Asylum Support Program (CLASP)
\nCivliv
\nDemocratic Socialists of America (Chicago)Chicago ADAPT
\nChicago Students Union
\nQueer Fest America
\nWomen’s March – Illinois
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\nThe details:<\/u><\/strong>
\n* Meet at 11 AM SHARP, Sunday, June 25<\/strong> in front of the Target store in Uptown, 4466 N. Broadway (1 block south of the \u201cWilson\u201d stop on the Red Line \u2013 do NOT try to drive or take a bus there, as traffic will be hopelessly snarled). Look for a Pride flag on a tall stick there to meet our group!
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\n* From the meeting point in front of the Target, you will be directed to where our actual contingent lines up (the parade organizers don\u2019t tell us the location until just a few days beforehand).
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\n* If you get lost or need more directions, the \u201cday of\u201d cell number is 773.209.1187. Otherwise emailLGBTliberation@aol.com<\/a> for more info in the days before the parade.
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\nTHANKS<\/strong> and hope to see you there! <\/strong>SOLIDARITY!!!<\/u><\/strong>
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\nSponsored by the Gay Liberation Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"