Action Alert! - Pack the Courtroom in Defense of the Right to Protest

When: Wednesday, March 9 - 10:30 AM
Where: Federal Building, Room 1225
219 S. Dearborn

The March 19th Chicago Coalition has been in a protracted permit fight with the City of Chicago for the right to protest on the 2nd anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. On March 20, 2003 the City arrested hundreds of protesters and passersby, and since then has refused to grant reasonable permit requests to protest the continuing occupation of Iraq and these illegal arrests.

The Coalition will be in Federal court Wednesday, March 9th for a pivotal hearing to determine if we will get a permit for this year’s protest on the 2nd anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The hearing will be in Judge Hibler’s courtroom, 219 S. Dearborn, Room 1225, at 10:30 am, Wednesday, March 9. Stand up and be counted in the defense of civil liberties. Help pack the courtroom on March 9th!

For more info, download the March 19th March and Rally PDF flyers [english / español]

- The March 19th Chicago Coalition

Endorsers list: (in formation): 8th Day Center for Justice; A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition - Chicago; Albany Park, North Park, Mayfair Neighbors for Peace and Justice; American Friends Service Committee; American Indian Action Group; Andersonville Neighbors for Peace;Antiwar 4 the Million Worker March; Arab American Action Network; Chicago ADAPT; Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism; Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights; Chicago Democratic Socialists of America; Chicago Media Action; Chicagoans Against War & Injustice; Chicagoland Anarchist Network; Colombia Action Network; Comite En Contra del Reclutamiento Militar de Nuestros Jovenes; Freedom Road Socialist Organization; Gay Liberation Network; HammerHard MediaWorks; Hyde Park Committee Against War & Racism; Illinois Peace Action; International Socialist Organization; International Solidarity Movement-Chicago chapter; Joyous Revolution; League of Revolutionaries For a New America/Peoples Tribune/Tribuno del Pueblo; National Lawyers Guild; Nicaragua Solidarity Committee; North West Indiana Coalition Against the Iraq War; Not In My Name; Oak Park Coalition for Truth and Justice; Palestine Solidarity Group; Party for Socialism and Liberation; Peace Pledge Chicago; PeaceMajority.org; Progressive Democrats of Illinois; Queer and Trans Anarchist Caucus; Social Action Committee of Third Unitarian Church Socialist Park USA (Chicago); Southsiders for Peace; Students Against Militarization of Youth; Students for Social Justice; The Lusory; Voices in the Wilderness, Women for Democracy and Fair Elections; Women Strike for Security; Workers World Party, Chicago branch