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Monday Noon / CMU protest on MLK's birthday
by vincent / blast furnace radio Tuesday, Jan. 09, 2007 at 1:28 PM
vincenteirene@gmail.com

on monday january 15th at noon at warner hall at the corner of forbes and moorewood

the focus of the peace gathering will be on cmu's endless military contracting, new developments in military robots and cmu's presidents presence at a press conference to show his support for massive service cuts and employees layoffs for pittsburgh mass transit.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07004/751189-147.stm

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"the Allegheny Conference on Community Development was prepared, handing out a formal statement in support of downsizing.

"If we are to have a workable transit system in five years, Port Authority leadership must take bold steps now," said Dr. Jared L. Cohon, president of Carnegie Mellon University, who is chairman of the conference's transportation and infrastructure committee.

"Without decisive action to address [its] size and effectiveness, we risk an even bleaker future."

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this type of "economic survival" talk is a compassionate giuse in the face of the most brutal transit cutbacks that will mean that if you are poor, and cannot afford a car, there will be no buses to stand in back of.

see steve's posting about PAT transit cutbacks
http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2007/01/26365.php

dr. king would have been amazed that a place of higher education would be building weapons of war and encouraging city leaders to leave there citizens with no way to get to school, the airport or work.

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join us monday at cmu to rally against those who would us the dream of martin luther king to put forth the nightmares of war and poverty.

organized by duncan and porter house of hospitality and resistance. 412-231-2766

ps>> that evening at 9pm will be a concert for peace at the
bloomfield bridge tavern. music will be provided by
leslie adiss and friends, molly in the crowd, the feral
boys and more!



beyond vietnam a speech by dr. king

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/058.html

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