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COME TO NYC for a RADICAL CHEERBLOC during the RNC!

Posted by Radikelly Kupowski on August 4, 2004, 9:37 pm
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Hi Radical Bunny Ladies!
This is Radikelly from NYC..
Rah Rah Rah! Resist Resist Resist! WE SAY NO TO THE RNC!
Hi Cheerers! We hope yall are planning to join us in the RADICAL CHEERBLOC during the RNC in NYC this August!
I wanted to get the word out that we have put together a RNC cheerleading
resource list on our new website www.nycradicalcheerleaders.org. On this page
there are:
1. A call to action
2. Tentative calendar of events, with meeting spaces/times, suggested marches to
participate in.
3. Know Your Rights While Protesting In NYC Guide
4. Links to housing boards
5. RNC Cheers (send us yours and we'll add them) and video with the moves to the
"NO RNC" cheer.
Please help us to spread the word! Since we're mostly new cheerleaders, many of
us don't have email addresses for the national squads. Please pass on their
contact info if you've got it, and we'll add it to our mailing list so we can
send out updates. Below, please read our call to action and pass it around!
RAH!
-RADIkelly kupowski
CALL TO ACTION!
Radical Cheerleaders, Anti-Authoritarians, and all others who are bothered by
the state of our supposed democracy:
Join us on Sunday August 29th in New York City to tell President Bush to protest
the RNC.
What: We are calling for a large red and black presence of radical activists to
participate in a mobile cheer bloc as part of the larger United for Peace and
Justice March. Like for the March for Womens Lives, we want everyone to learn
the cheers before they come to the march so we can have a huge, unified voice.
Bring noise-makers, uniforms, pom-poms and whatever else you may want. Please
send in all your cheers to nycRADICALcheerleaders@yahoogroups.com for us to
post them on the website. We will be posting cheers in lyrical, audio, and/or
video form if you send it to us that way. We will be having a cheerleader
feeder march to the UFPJ march and picinic to follow with location TBA. CHECK
OUR WEBSITE www.nycradicalcheerleaders.org for details on this and other
cheerbloc marches during the week.
Why: As President Bush and the Republican Party come to New York for the
Convention we will tell them that we have had enough. The issues that have
inspired us to make this call include:
1) Iraq: The US government is systemically recruiting urban, low-income, people
of color to go overseas to kill other low-income people of color. We will not
tolerate the bloodshed of innocent Iraqis or of misled American GIs. We call
for the immediate withdrawal of American troops from the sovereign state of
Iraq and for the world to respect the autonomy of the people in the region. We
demand that the money that is being spent to kill, be spent on things that will
save lives. This includes ending homelessness and feeding the hungry, fighting
the AIDS epidemic abroad, creating jobs, and protecting the Earth and our
non-human animal friends from destruction so that we all may live for
generations to come.
2) 9/11: The Bush administration is using the fear created by the horrific
attacks on September 11th, to rally blind patriotism and support for
unjustified war.
3) Human rights and dignity for all:
a. LGBT Rights: The right to express your love for another through marriage if
you choose to do so. In addition, the right not to be defined by the societal
constraints of gender or sexuality.
b. Womens Rights: The right to do with ones body as one pleases and not to
have government intervention in the womb. Also, we demand equal pay for equal
work.
c. Rights for People of Color: Here at home we recognize continued racism
through our targeted military recruiting, our racist criminal justice, and the
attacks on the affirmative action system. At home and abroad, we see our
government aiding in the systematic destruction of indigenous autonomous
cultures for financial gains.
For all these reasons, we feel the need to stand up. We believe that radical
cheerleaders are unique in our ability to convey a message, because we do not
accept that just voting will make a difference in this world. It is our duty to
let the Bush Administration know that we are fed up and we wont stop until our
demands are met. Join us on August 29th as we take the streets and rise up!
If you wish to endorse our call to action, to send us cheers, or for any
information, please e-mail us at nycRADICALcheerleaders@yahoogroups.com

Solidarity,
The New York City Radical Cheerleader
www.nycradicalcheerleaders.org