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Subject: [WW] Stop racist
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Via Workers World News Service
Reprinted from the Jan. 31, 2002
issue of Workers World newspaper
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New Jersey
STOP RACIST PROFILING
By Monica Moorehead
Jersey City and Kearny, N.J.
"No justice, no peace" and "Stop racist profiling" were two
of the main slogans chanted by some 100 activists at a
protest here Jan. 21 against the illegal and secret
detention of hundreds of people--most of whose names the
government still refuses to release--after the 9/11 attacks.
The demonstration was held on the official holiday
recognizing the birthday of slain civil rights leader Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Activists marched from the Jersey City side of the
Hackensack River to the Hudson County Correctional
Via Workers World News Service
Reprinted from the Jan. 31, 2002
issue of Workers World newspaper
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New Jersey
STOP RACIST PROFILING
By Monica Moorehead
Jersey City and Kearny, N.J.
"No justice, no peace" and "Stop racist profiling" were two
of the main slogans chanted by some 100 activists at a
protest here Jan. 21 against the illegal and secret
detention of hundreds of people--most of whose names the
government still refuses to release--after the 9/11 attacks.
The demonstration was held on the official holiday
recognizing the birthday of slain civil rights leader Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Activists marched from the Jersey City side of the
Hackensack River to the Hudson County Correctional
Center in Kearny. Hundreds of mostly Arab and
Islamic
people who were rounded up are being held at
this prison
for "questioning." As marchers crossed the
bridge, a
number of truck
drivers and others honked their horns
in support.
The demonstration was called by a coalition of peace and
civil liberty groups. Part of the joint statement announcing
the demonstration read, "The Hudson County Correctional
Center is one of the nation's largest holding facilities for
Muslim, Arab, South and Central Asian and Middle-Eastern
immigrants. Many of the people being held have had no
charges brought against them, have had no access to a
The demonstration was called by a coalition of peace and
civil liberty groups. Part of the joint statement announcing
the demonstration read, "The Hudson County Correctional
Center is one of the nation's largest holding facilities for
Muslim, Arab, South and Central Asian and Middle-Eastern
immigrants. Many of the people being held have had no
charges brought against them, have had no access to a
lawyer and have had no communication with
their families."
As the march neared the prison, the multinational group of
Arab, African American, Latino and white demonstrators
As the march neared the prison, the multinational group of
Arab, African American, Latino and white demonstrators
could be seen by some of the prisoners. The
prisoners
began to wave their arms and hands at the
activists across
the street, and the protesters waved back in
a moving
gesture of solidarity.
Since the Sept. 11 attacks, Congress has passed Atty.
Since the Sept. 11 attacks, Congress has passed Atty.
Gen. John Ashcroft's racist, reactionary
and
anti-immigrant U.S. Patriot Act. The Bush
administration
has used this new law to deny immigrants in
the U.S.,
those with and without citizenship, their
civil liberties and
civil rights. Anyone or any group that the U.S.
government
suspects of being a "terrorist" can be
wiretapped without
their knowledge, detained, deported if they
are immigrants,
and have their assets frozen.
Before the march began, a short rally took place near
Before the march began, a short rally took place near
the Jersey City side of the bridge. Speakers
included
Yunus Abdur-Rahim Ali, an African American
spokesperson for the Masjid Muhammad
Jersey City
mosque; Madalyne Hoffman, New Jersey Peace
Action;
Joe Ahamanti, Veterans For Peace; Sara
Flounders,
International Action Center; and Mohammad
Qotononi,
Islamic Center in Passaic.
This demonstration was one of two held in New Jersey
This demonstration was one of two held in New Jersey
that day on the issue of detainees. The other
action took
place at Passaic County Jail in Paterson, a
city with a
predominantly African American and immigrant population.
Sponsoring groups included the South Asian group Desis
Rising Up and Moving, the Coalition for the Human Rights
predominantly African American and immigrant population.
Sponsoring groups included the South Asian group Desis
Rising Up and Moving, the Coalition for the Human Rights
of Immigrants and the Prison Moratorium
Project.
Demands of the Paterson demonstration included: release
Demands of the Paterson demonstration included: release
all detainees held for immigration
violations; repeal the
Patriot Act, the illegal 1996 Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act and the 1996 Anti-Terrorism
Patriot Act, the illegal 1996 Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act and the 1996 Anti-Terrorism
and Effective Death Penalty Act; release a
real list of
detainees, and provide detainees with immediate, full and
proper access to legal information and representation.
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detainees, and provide detainees with immediate, full and
proper access to legal information and representation.
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