[Marxism] 20,000 march on Jena

Naveen Jaganathan naveenkj3 at gmail.com
Thu Sep 20 19:04:53 MDT 2007


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070920/ap_on_re_us/jena_six_protest_10;_ylt=AkRaAUxaK.dpwqQNX.7_a_c__8QF

This is the what a mass movement looks like.  20,000 people have descended
on Jena demanding justice -- town with 3500 people. Buses were organized
from as far as Chicago.  Many Georgia school students and faculty protested
in support by wearing black shirt with the letter 6 on it.  Even in CT we
had solidarity demonstrations by students in Stamford and Bridgeport.
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=7105263.  Add to this the victory in
Texas where a Republican Gov. Perry commuted Kenneth Foster's death
sentence.  For years now a movement against the criminal injustice system, a
new civil right movement has been underway.  It was tempered by
post-Sept.11th security climate, but has now returned with Jena being a
flash point. Do people know of reports elsewhere?


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