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Federal Judge Barbara Jones ruled this
morning that the City of New York can deny United for Peace and Justice a
permit to march on February 15. Citing "heightened security concerns," she
ruled that protesters may only hold a stationary rally, for which we have been
granted a permit for First Avenue stretching north from 49th Street.

United for Peace and Justice is accepting the rally permit, and the massive demonstration to stop the
Iraq war will go forward no matter what. But they are appalled by this attack
on our basic First Amendment rights, and will continue to fight for the
right to march. You should, too. UFP's attorneys, the New York Civil Liberties Union, have
already filed an appeal, and UFP is urging all supporters to protest
passionately against this attempt to stifle the growing opposition to
Bush's war.

The situation is still evolving, and for now, they encourage you to keep organizing and mobilizing for February 15 -- we have a legal permit to rally, and we cannot and will not let the NYPD and the Bush Administration silence our cry for peace.

More than 300 cities around the globe will be holding protests this weekend against the Iraq war: Let's make New York City's protest the biggest, most passionate anti-war gathering of them all.

WHAT YOU CAN DO: (suggestions from United for Peace and Justice)

1. KEEP MOBILIZING FOR FEB. 15: The NYPD wants to discourage people from coming to this protest -- we need to redouble our efforts to make February 15 an enormous gathering for peace. Please contact Fran Geteles asap (fgeteles@igc.org or 212-663-8048) if you are organizing buses or trains. Check out the website at http://www.unitedforpeace.org/feb15 -- they add new information often.

2. SPREAD THE WORD: Tell everyone you know that the February 15 protest is indeed happening and that we have a permit to rally at 49th Street and First Avenue.

3. SPEAK OUT: The denial of our right to march sets a very dangerous
   precedent for free speech in this country -- raise the biggest ruckus you can about this attack on our rights. Some suggestions:
   
   
   • Fax a statement from your organization to NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg insisting on our right to march on February 15. Fax#: (212) 788-2460

   • Ask sympathetic elected officials, community leaders, and/or celebrities to contact Mayor Bloomberg and demand that the City issue a march permit.

   • Contact your local media, write letters to the editor, call in to radio talk shows, get the word out about this outrageous denial of our
     Constitutional rights.

   • Make phone calls of protest to these officials:
     
     *NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg: 212-788-9600, 212-788-3010, 212-788-3040
     
     *NYC Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly: 646-610-8526
     
     *NYPD Chief of Department Joseph Esposito: 646-610-6710

   • Send emails protesting the denial of our march permit Mayor Bloomberg:
     
     http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html
     
     Commissioner Kelly: rkelly@nypd.nyc.gov
     
     Chief Esposito: jesposito@nypd.nyc.gov

   
   

If you're not already on UFP's email list, you can receive future updates about the February 15 mobilization by visiting
http://unitedforpeace.org/email.php

Thanks for your support -- we can still prevent this war, and together we will win the right to march.