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Human Rights Day Protest
December 10, 2019 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Human Rights Day Protest
Tuesday, December 10th @ 4:30 pm outside of Senator Klobuchar’s office, 1200 S Washington Ave (Washington Ave & 35W), Minneapolis
We will rally at Senator Klobuchar’s office followed by a march to May Day Books at 301 Cedar Ave. S. where we will have a closing rally inside. Together we will draw attention to US human rights abuses at home and abroad on December 10th – Human Rights Day. The US uses the language of human rights to impose sanctions on Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba. Meanwhile Trump has denied thousands of asylum seekers their human rights at the US-Mexico border. Trump has used hate speech against Muslims in the United States and banned them from entering from war torn countries. And the U.S. government continuously refuses to act in support of the basic human rights to education, healthcare, housing and work. Lastly, people of color are targeted by police and killed at an outrageous rate in their own communities. This comes on top of longstanding US wars and interventions, which NEVER bring human rights. Instead, they brutally subject the people’s of the world to occupation and instability, while stealing their natural resources and suppressing their rights to self-determination. We see this clearly in Bolivia this month where the U.S. is supporting a coup! And we see it in Palestine, where the U.S. encourages illegal annexations for Israeli settlers, and funds the violent siege of Gaza. Join with us to demand respect for human rights at home and abroad!
Initiated by the Anti-War Committee.