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Friends & Americans--<br><br>
Throughout American history, a number of attorneys have placed people's
needs and human rights before personal desire for wealth and
position. Most toil in obscurity, defending the indigent in
criminal cases that few lawyers care to touch, others support mothers and
children in the least glamorous of civil cases, helping them to remain in
their homes and to put food on the table.<br><br>
A few, like the late Bill Kunstler, rise to fame, devote themselves to
people's movements, and live their later days, with no lack of stress,
but in the comfort of family and friends.<br><br>
Rarely does an attorney find herself in a controversy as notorious as
that of her best known clients; rarely does a grandmother, suffering from
cancer, disbarred from her livelihood, ever-vigilant for the rights of
all of us, face the fate of a political prisoner, face the abyss of the
American (could it happen here?) gulag.<br><br>
I do not think that I overstate the case when I make the claim that one
school-teacher-turned-lawyer has become exemplary in the history of
people's movements for her singular dedication to the rule of law,
democratic principles, and the human rights of the powerless, poor and
reviled.<br><br>
Lynne Stewart is not now, nor has she ever been, a terrorist.<br><br>
Lynne Stewart has been tried and convicted for her sheroic devotion to
the American Constitution.<br><br>
Lynne Stewart has been tried and convicted by a government that has
relentlessly transferred power from the American people to a seemingly
conscienceless coterie of neo-cons, con-artists and enablers (nominal
dissenters better known for being nowhere when we need them).<br><br>
Please read "The Case of Lynne Stewart" by Heidi Boghosian and
Ian Head, a publication of the National Lawyers Guild, and visit the
website,
<a href="http://www.lynnestewart.org. /" eudora="autourl">
www.lynnestewart.org. </a> Please investigate this case further on your
own. I think that you will be convinced that Lynne's case is a
watershed in our ongoing struggle for human rights.<br><br>
It is not for Lynne alone that I ask you to stand up, but for yourself
and for your friends and for all those who stand up to injustices known
and unimaginable. After all, who is going to defend all of
us?<br><br>
Please prioritize your schedule for Sunday, October 15 and Monday,
October 16. Please add the following information to your
calendar.<br><br>
SUNDAY, October 15, 4:00 PM<br>
RALLY AND TRIBUTE<br>
Riverside Church, between 120 & 122nd Street and Riverside Drive,
Manhattan<br>
(#1 or 9 to 125th Street)<br>
On the eve of the sentencing, show your support and love for Lynne
Stewart. <br>
A tribute to her legal career and to her political life. Speakers
and Entertainment include Vinie Burrows, Michael Warren, Raging Grannies,
Peace Grannies, Howie Hawkins, Michael Smith, Michael Ratner, Professor
Louie, Ralph Shoeman, Jeff Mackler, Black Waxx, and more!<br><br>
MONDAY, October 16, 8:00 AM<br>
RALLY AND SENTENCING<br>
Tom Paine Park (Foley Square) Centre St and Worth St, Manhattan<br>
(#6, J, M to Brooklyn Bridge or Chambers Street)<br>
Rally to accompany Lynne Stewart to Court. Demonstrate your
support. You cannot be too “busy” for this historic moment. One to
tell your grandchildren about. Crucial to the atmosphere of
outraged citizenry we need. Be there for the early rally. Go
with Lynne to court. If there’s no room... rally outside the
courthouse in the square.<br><br>
Thank you.<br><br>
--zool<br><br>
Paul H. Zulkowitz<br>
The Art & Politics of Justice & Joy<br>
1068 Highland Place<br>
Woodmere NY 11598<br>
zoolTheArtandPolitics@hotmail.com<br>
646-549-1615<br><br>
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