Re: Boycott Miami?

Ref:
"We need a concerted effort to recover/expand civil liberties within 
the entire US.  There are already some tensions between communities 
in Miami and the protesters as a result of our failure to build 
adequate links early on."

I agree more community outreach and education should be pursued.

Ref:
"Thus a boycott should be approached with some caution."
How would this help "communities in Miami?" Which communities?

Anti-anti-FTAA demonstration police brutality in Miami was a backdoor 
federal action funded with more than $8 million out of the $87 
billion Iraq and
Afghanistan spending bill. There was obvious collusion between Jeb 
Bush his brother and John Ashcroft.
In my opinion FLORIDA should be boycotted and Bush & Co. impeached. 
At least defeated in the next election. Otherwise this kind of 
suppression of free speech and civil liberties through riders on US 
quasi-defense appropriation bills to finance local police state 
mentalities will before the order of the day as city officials take 
advantage of the opportunity to beef up their arsenals.


Tim Jones

At 11:29 PM -0500 12/05/2003, Threehegemons@aol.com wrote:
> <<Outside of Miami, Americans have the
> right to freedom of speech, the right to peaceably assemble, the right
> to be free of unreasonable search and seizure, the right to reasonable
> bail, the right to a speedy trial, and the right to be free of cruel and
> unusual punishment. There are thus numerous cities in the United States
> where professional academic societies may gather and spend millions of
> dollars without supporting violent attacks on a democratic citizenry.>>
>
> Unfortunately, this is something of an exaggeration.  Last year, an 
> anti-war demonstration with more unequivocally peaceful intent than 
> the FTAA protests was disrupted by NYC police.  Recall that Chief 
> Timoney, responsible for much of the mayhem in Miami, was also in 
> charge of the police at the Philadelphia Republican convention in 
> 2000.  At the DC IMF/World Bank meeting a couple of years ago, 
> hundreds of protesters, and at least one Washington Post reporter, 
> were swept off the sidewalks by police preemptively.  I could go on. 
> We need a concerted effort to recover/expand civil liberties within 
> the entire US.  There are already some tensions between communities 
> in Miami and the protesters as a result of our failure to build 
> adequate links early on.  Thus a boycott should be approached with 
> some caution.
>
> Steven Sherman

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