AP: Jesse Jackson Plans Katrina Protest March

[Eugene]

Jesse Jackson Plans Katrina Protest March

By BRETT MARTEL Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS Jan 30, 2006 — The Rev. Jesse Jackson is planning a march this spring to protest
post-hurricane policies he fears will marginalize the black community, the civil rights leader said
Monday as he toured one of the city's hardest-hit areas.

The march on April 1 will cross the Crescent City Connection, a major Mississippi River bridge
that was blocked to keep people trying to flee flooded New Orleans from going into cities
that weren't as heavily damaged, Jackson said. Officials across the river in Gretna said
they blocked the bridge because they had no more room for evacuees.

As he squatted in a patch of mud, Jackson called the barge that came to rest on debris in the lower
Ninth Ward a symbol of the government's neglect of many of the storm's hardest-hit victims.

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Full article: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1559567

[jobycom]

1. April 1st, a Saturday. I might be able to make that. nt.

[CanOfWhoopAss]

2. No way I can make it but....

I'm going any-fckn-way!!!! It'll be my first trip to New "Arrrrlens"!

[murielm99]

3. Today DU heard from all the people who are angry,

discouraged and ready to leave the country.

Look at Jesse Jackson. He just keeps fighting.

[fasttense]

4. Keep fighting

go to the protests this week. On 31 Jan and 4 February, there will be protests against the regime. Keep fighting, never say die. Join the protests and show them how many disapprove of bush's* policies.

http://www.worldcantwait.net/