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PHILADELPHIA, PA — On July 25 at 3 pm on the south side of City Hall in Philadelphia, the poor and homeless will march in the March for Our Lives 2016 on the opening day of the Democratic National Convention. This isn’t just your normal march. It’s turning into a march that is declaring our freedom and declaring our Independence!
The march is happening in the largest, poorest city, where $43 million is being spent on security when we have not housed anyone in this city for months, and where huge sections of permanently unemployed men are going weeks with absolutely no money. Together we are trying to figure out how to survive. The foot of the Democratic Party is on our neck and we intend to Free ourselves.
By the time this goes to print we will be in court with the ACLU fighting to hold on to the one thing we can’t let them take away from us . . . our voice. The ONLY people granted permits are the people directly or indirectly connected to the Democratic Party.
Nobody is allowed to speak out and march anymore because we are no longer speaking out just about our poverty—we are talking about the very people who are passing the laws and keeping us impoverished—both Republicans and Democrats!
The Democratic Party is working with law enforcement around the clock to figure out how to hide us or remove us. Our “progressive” Mayor put together a team to end homelessness in four of the center city Zones. The real truth is, he put together a team to clear the city of any poverty or homelessness that can potentially be seen by the world during the convention. They are also decriminalizing protests, which really mean you no longer have a right to DUE Process. The police can now just detain and hold you and than issue a ticket later. The police essentially are in charge.
The March for Our Lives 2016 will go forward with or without a permit. We need the eyes of the world on us as we march. We also need you to distribute this newspaper so that our country really knows what’s going on! A new country is coming. We are getting organized. We need more education and more and more of you stepping forward to spread the truth. We will make 2016 the year that we free ourselves from the two corporate parties that have been killing us and people all over the world.
