Citywide Alliance Against Displacement Demands Mayor de Blasio Step Down (again)

Citywide Alliance Rallies at City Hall to Demand
Mayor de Blasio Step Down for Ongoing Corruption   

May 31, 2017  - 3:30 pm - outside NY City Hall

"(Mayor "Red Bill") de Blasio pushes people out of their homes and neighborhoods to benefit his political aspirations and ultra-rich developers (...) destroying immigrant families and communities of color. We say no more to racism and displacement!" [Citywide Alliance Against Displacement]  Join us to demand Mayor de Blasio step down!

"Mayor de Blasio, “gentrifier-in-chief,” has designated NYC a “sanctuary city” in an effort to protect immigrants from racist and xenophobic Trump Executive Orders. "

"For many NYC immigrants, however, our communities are under siege as we live in the instability and crisis as a result of the Mayor’s own rezoning policy that is displacing us from the very places that we seek refuge."

 

"The Progressive NYC Council continues to put profit before people, abandoning small business to follow Bloomberg's Real Estate Agenda. Our New York City elected officials need to stop looking for band-aid solutions and start serving their communities." [Take Back NYC]

We demand: 

1) End racism in city planning. Pass community-based “People First” plans like the Chinatown Working Group rezoning plan.

2) End public funding for luxury development, such as 421-a. Instead; use public resources to preserve and build more permanent low-income housing.

3) Stop privatization of public land and assets.

4) Mayor de Blasio and those in City Council who also collude with developers, step down. Dump de Blasio Now!

Brief Flickr slide show:



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I've covered a few of these very small protests, aware that this particular consortium is not Republican nor Democrat, too RED. Nope, these are Mayor "Red Bill" deBlasio and NYC Councilwoman Margaret Chin's political and social comrades. YET, the consortium has a beef - a BIG on-going complaint when it comes to NYC real estate. All is not copacetic when it comes to the very personal issues of "hearth and home".

Displacement by an ever changing city will always affect someone. Old buildings come down making way for new ones. Cities grow. But, who decides what is acceptable displacement. Are these real estate deals motivated only about greed?  Graft. Is "progressive - change" only possible when it isn't PERSONAL?

Scary words, "We are from the government and we've come to .... TAKE your home - or business." No one wants to be on the short end of that directive. It's ALWAYS personal for someone.
The LES (Lower East Side) , Bronx consortium remains VERY unhappy with their comrades in City Hall, demanding - again- that Mayor de Blasio and Council woman Margaret Chin STEP DOWN. They want nothing less.

Having no desire to see De Balsio re-elected, I am feeling no sympathy for "Red Bill".  Schadenfreude perhaps, as they eat their own.  (Pamela Hall)

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three short videos

Part 1 - excerpted chants " Hey- o deBlasio your killing our dreams"

 


Part 2 - excerpted speaker from East Harlem




Part 3 - excerpted speaker from East Harlem and the South Bronx

"..... demand Mayor de Blasio step down for promoting racist rezoning plans that target communities of color... the low-income families in the Chinese community are being pushed out, we will lose our jobs as well. Whether in Chinatown, Brooklyn or Flushing ...victims of displacement, because we will face job loss. The mayor is making our lives desperate. (he should) be held accountable for racist policy of displacement and step down now. [https://peoplefirstnyc.org/]

"Mayor de Blasio’s plan for constructing an additional 300,000 apartments for the city’s growing future is hidden under the fact that the NYC’s Homeless population has grown along with the administration’s false promises to provide real affordable housing to NYC’s vulnerable households. The disparity between rich and poor was a highlight of campaign speeches gravitating popular support to the current administration as a compassionate progressive movement."  [http://www.elbarriounite.org/]

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Citywide Alliance Against Displacement

Chinese Staff & Workers Association, East Harlem Preservation, El Barrio Unite, National Mobilization Against SweatShops,

Staten Island Against Racism and Police Brutality,

 South Bronx Community Congress, Take Back NYC

"The Citywide Alliance Against Displacement, representing communities throughout NYC, including the Lower East Side, Chinatown, East Harlem, South Bronx, Staten Island and Flushing, will rally at City Hall to demand the Mayor step down for selling the city to real estate developers.

Mayor de Blasio continues to ignore community outcry against his pro-developer and racist development agenda. In East Harlem, he continues to push a rezoning that will destroy the historic Latino community, one of the last working class communities in Upper Manhattan. In Chinatown and the Lower East Side, community members uncovered that the de Blasio administration and local councilwoman Margaret Chin lied to the community about three mega-tower developments being built on the waterfront. The City is violating its own zoning laws by allowing these developments to move forward.

It is clear that the developers who stand to benefit the most from the Mayor's actions are those who have contributed heavily to his re-election, like Harold Fetner of Fetner Properties,[1] JDS, Extell and many others. The Mayor has turned a blind eye to the mass scale displacement New Yorkers are experiencing, to enrich the real estate campaign donors. New Yorkers throughout the city say: Stop selling our city to developers and protect our communities from displacement. " [NY Daily News]

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March For "Truth" and Rally to Build the Wall

June 3, 2017. I caught to rallies that went from Dump Trump to Support President Trump.

FIRST:  "The March For Truth" - NYC Foley Square - 10:30 am.




Billed as a non-partisan Search for Truth (NOT).   Their signs reveal what rubes they are - again.



See Flickr slide show for the many pithy posters and slogans. typically, some were rude and crude.



Two patriots, "Trump in 2020"  and "YOU Lost" countered the "Dump Trump" anarchists, confounding the Leftists, wiping the smile from the collective when they caught a glimpse of the counter protest.

Now that put a smile on my face ....

 They scoffed and marched on ... naively committed to their search for "truth" aka agitprop. After all, why would anyone oppose their "March For Propaganda"?

At approximately 11:30, the happy snowflakes spilled out of their pen as they began their "March for Agitprop" down Broadway. They playfully bounced to the music as they held their snarky messages for all to see and read.

RESTORE DEMOCRACY?

 

A March to Save Democracy.  Oh, Puhlease....

++ After the March -  MOVING BACK UP TOWN +++

It was a busy day, next up was the "Rally for the Wall" at Trump Tower hosted by the America First Foundation, Inc, with special patriot freedom fighters at LIVE From America .



RALLY FOR THE WALL BLOCK PARTY (link live video) had a message for President TRUMP"

"We have your back Mr. President and we have the funds and determination to help secure our southern border. Bring your flags and your support for our POTUS and this wall and be ready to march to Trump Towers.  We need you. Your President needs you. Your country needs YOU!"

It was approximately 12:15 when I arrived. They seemed to be from out-of-state, which might be why there was a smallish turnout.

But the speaker I heard was solid and made a reasonable case for why we need to protect our borders.

It was nice to see Americans gathered out side Trump Tower in support of President Trump's pledge to 'Build the Wall'.




A respite from the many hostile actions at this location, slandering his nascent administration while calling for impeachment.

Flickr Slide show:



We need more of these "Support The President" rallys to counter the hostile protests that have given birth to the shocking violence towards anything or anyone Republican. Sad times that need fixin'.




Next up, a protest outside the reinterpreted Julius Caesar with the Assassination of a sitting President.

++ Pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall++

March Against Sharia Vs Pro Sharia Anarchists - June 10, 2017 - NYC

June 10, 2017 - 10 am.  Patriots gathered in Foley Square to "March Against Sharia".

We stand for human rights, Please join us to speak out against the atrocities committed under Sharia - Islamic penal law. We stand against oppression of women and gays, honor crimes against women, female genital mutilations, child marriages and Sharia courts in the U.S. Most of all, we stand united for our freedom of assembly, our freedom of speech, and our love of this great nation.

No idea why, but there was no march, just the anti-Sharia protest/rally, in situ

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The only marching done this day was by the PRO-Sharia NOISE-makers.

They arrived early, the PRO-Sharia Marxist/Fascist/Antifa/Socialist/Anarchists,  standing in front of the court house, armed with noise makers, pots and pans, bicycle horns and air horns.

They came prepared to make war on Free Speech. Again.



 But the ANTI - Sharia patriots were not shy when it came to giving it right back at them.

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They were prepared - to DEFEND the Constitution -  AGAIN.

Pax Hart , a writer and political commentator, was the host of the rally.  (I excerpted his long opening speech)

Also, have an excerpt of Madison Rising's fabulous version of our National Anthem.

The rally started late, so I wasn't able to stay to catch all the speakers.

I did catch part of Laura Loomer's speech and found that, after the rally, she made a wonderfully bold move - she burqa'd the Wall Street Fearless girl! ( link HERE)

The Patriots were in top form as you can see in the Flickr Slide show.





 They did not suffer the anarchists in silence.

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The Marxist/ Fascist/ Anarchist noise-makers were obnoxious but did not drown out the speakers as they intended. In spite of the media's misleading reports, if you stood at the staging area  you could hear the speakers just FINE.

Something odd seems to have sprouted on our side,  Gavin McInnes'  Proud Boys, the next gen of young Americans whose brass in fighting back is challenging the Leftists. No problem for me there but, WHY do the Proud Boys wave that FAKE green flag of Kekistan. WHAT is the point?

Kekistan is a fictional country

 

In picture after picture, what does it mean? Waving a FAKE flag that some feel is a NAZI flag. Neo-Facists. White Supremacists.  Shouldn't there be a purpose to their madness?

And they also  briefly waved the WW1 flag of Germany as well. Why?

 Later I saw what appears to be a Proud boys poster [magarally.com] next to their anti-Communist Action flag.

Then the poster disappeared, but reappeared in the hands of a Proud Boy. Is this kind of mockery good for our cause?

Perhaps these provocative actions and posters and flags are the mistakes of youth .... but, what's Gavin's excuse?  Is Gavin just a SHOCK JOCK, a wanna-be comedian whose shiz is weak ? Listening to his un-amusing speech does not make me a fan.[link here] McInnes is pictured below (with goatee) watching from side of the stage at the May 25th protest.

Listening, instead, to Pamela Geller (and Milo Yiannopoulos) who spoke at the very successful AFDI #SayNotoSarsour and Sharia Law protest on May 25. [LINK TO FULL VIDEO] is encouraging and inspiring.

They, too, were hounded by the same PRO-Sharia anarchists, armed with noise makers, whistles and obnoxious chants. But the crowds of patriots at the AFDI protest hung in there, in spite of the noise , demanding that we all Say NO to Sharia Law, not support it. [Link to May 25th report]

The TRUTH rang out - both days - not NOISE.

No Marxist, Fascist, Anarchist, Antifas will ever succeed in shutting down our FREE SPEECH. They keep trying, but We will NOT be SILENCED.

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Game on!

[Where indicated, pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall]

Protest Linda Sarsour Keynote Address Outside Apollo Theatre

June 1, 2017. 3 pm-5 pm.  Harlem NYC. Outside the famed Apollo Theatre.



Inside, the CUNY graduation ceremony will begin at 5 pm. Meanwhile, there was much activity outside as the attendees gathered, waiting to go in.



Ignoring the many #NoToSarsour protests, Linda Sasour's CUNY keynote address was happening - anyway-



So two dedicated protestors walked back and forth in front of the Apollo; engaging the passersby and informing them why an anti-Semite, Hamas-supporting, sharia-loving woman, Linda Sarsour, should NOT be the keynote role-model for these (or any) grads.



For approx 45 minutes it was just two patriots engaging passersby with the facts regarding their protest and they spoke to many supportive passersby. Who would have 'thunk' it. In Harlem.



There were encouraging responses, particularly from men of colour - 20-4o years of age. Some had actually been at the AFDI #NoToSarsour protest the previous  Thursday.



One fellow joined the two  #NoToSarsour protestors for what seemed to be his lunch break as he sat, sign-in-hand and ate his lunch in front of the attendees.



Part 1 video. A brief look at the two protestors outside the Apollo



After a firestorm of protests leading up to June 1, CUNY held firm, claiming to support all types of speakers, even controversial ones; a disingenuous defense for choosing Sarsour and ignoring the FACTS about why she was a poor choice.



But, CUNY has an agenda: to make SHARIA law acceptable to the masses. Therefore Linda Sarsour, self-proclaimed sharia-loving "feminist" MUST remain their keynote speaker.



Sadly, those graduating were pawns in the agitprop game of the leftists-in-charge, who snarkily took over the sidewalk and lobbied the police to remove the two CUNY protestors. The feminazi lesbian brigade was particularly confrontational with the female protestor.



The major domo lesbian lobbied the police "white shirts", oh-so-sweetly, getting NYPD to briefly do her bidding. "Make those two racist protestors go far, far away... pretty please?"



The police actually attempted to keep the two protestors AWAY (out of sight) from the domineering leftists who were "front and center" by the line of attendees.



" No standing. anywhere. Only walking. No TALKING to passersby." Then it was, "You can't WALK back and forth in front of the crowd."



Of course, the rules were re-written to protect-the-left, but with quiet resistance the two Sarsour protestors politely persevered, continuing to walk-the-gauntlet of  leftists and grad attendees: Unscathed.



NONE of these attempts at new rules were applied to the sidewalk-glut created by the banner-brigade peace grandmas.



They stopped. talked. "fumbled" with their banner. handed out flowers.



They stood in the center of the sidewalk and sat on little chairs with their signs demanding an end to Islamophobia and police violence.



The NYPD handled them well ....



Nicely. politely and with a respect they didn't deserve.



... in spite of their rudely offensive signs ...



Finally, some of the leftist protestors went inside a pen where their signs and banners were very visible for the grad attendees.



As long as those two pesky anti-Sarsour protestors were kept FAR AWAY the lefties were content, peace flowers-in hand, to freely walk, talk and engage the passersby.



Remembering their "creed", NO competition-of-thought allowed, kept their tigers-at-bay.



Flickr Slide show of both sides outside the Apollo

 

The Lefties - all types - included the Raging Grandmas (for Peace) - one waved her Freedom Socialist rag of a "news paper" in my face while calling ME a Nazi

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Also, joining them were the do-gooder, self-hating "Jews for Islam" aka Jewish Voice For Peace and the ridiculous feminazis.



A very familiar face was "Rabbi" Michael Feinberg -  passing out peace flowers-. Feinberg is a dedicated hard-core UNION leftist who gives no quarter to any position that threatens his do gooder-ism. There is no illegal sanctuary, anti-police, pro-Islam cause that he and his comrades-in-arms do not support.



They live to protest all things good and decent, under the guise of decency.



5 pm - All were inside. CUNY prevailed. The ceremony was on course, Sarsour gave her keynote speech with Sharia Law unsullied.  I read later that Sarsour's speech was even LIVE-streamed. (wow)



Hope the attendees who told us they planned on standing and turning their backs on her were successful.  BUT, OF COURSE, WE WILL NEVER KNOW cause the MSM will NEVER let that be the story-of-record.



Even so, two stalwart protestors proved again that, even in small numbers,  you CAN make a difference. For a couple of hours they made a crack in the left's black-out on the TRUTH.



As for the report on the keynote address, I found some research links that revealed Sarsour was color co-ordinated with everyone, including the lights - the venue - a lovely rich blue dominated the scene.

Muslim Rights Activist Delivers CUNY Commencement Address at Apollo Theater [NY1]  vid clip on her Keynote address

More reports on the keynote offensive from :

 Pamela Geller 

Gateway Pundit

Jewish Week. Times of Israel

And then, lest we forget it was Ramadan, Sarsour went back to midtown, outside Trump Tower to PRAY IFTAR - ON Fifth Avenue.
see IFTAR  twitter report




Why bother with a mosque when you can dominate the public arena - kneeling and crying to ALLAH - on the streets of Manhattan. And the Leftie Jews that run Manhattan were there SUPPORTING (and protecting) this foolishness.

Next up. March Against Sharia, June 10. The controversy never ends.

[Where designated, pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall]

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An addendum - Perhaps this was a FEMINIST lead support group for Sarsour comprised of the feminazis, peace-grandmas and lesbians. Helping me come to this perspective was one of their photographers, Joan L  Roth. She seems to be a part of their group at large.



Found it interesting that Roth's works promote Jewish women, a world wide commitment. BUT, this LINK [ http://lilith.org/articles/thru-a-feminist-lens-joan-roth-photographs-a-world-of-jewish-women/] begs the question, "Is Roth blind to the dangers of Islam - world wide- that endangers the Jewish people and WOMEN AND homosexuals?"

She writes: "I went to Kiev in 1991 because it was the 50th anniversary of Babi Yar. For a long time, Jews weren’t even allowed to visit the site. This was the first time that the government allowed an official memorial service.

Thousands of Jews, a huge sea of people carrying candles and flowers, all walked from the train station to Babi Yar—the same route as half a century ago. There was a blown-up photo at the site, of naked women. It never occurred to me that you had to take your clothes off to be shot. I’ve never been able to get that photo out of my mind.

Everyone there had a mother, a father, a grandparent or some relative who was murdered at Babi Yar. This woman [center of photo] (5) was a survivor, one of only four or five. She was thrown into the canyon as a child, and somehow crawled out. She crawled to the house of non-Jews she knew. Here she poses with these non-Jews, brother and sister; she
was brought up with them. The three of them are together a lot. They were moved that I thought it was important to photograph them—so they’re crying. Still in pain after all these years.

After I visited Babi Yar, I went to synagogue in Kiev. That’s where I started this kind of prayer I say—to my grandfather, to God—thanking my grandfather for having had the courage to leave Russia. My aunt used to tell me how beautiful Kiev was, the cherry blossoms in spring. She used to say, “If I had stayed, it would have been so easy for me to become a doctor,” and I used to think, “What are you talking about, you’d be dead.”

So, HOW can Sharia Law not be a source of emotional and intellectual conflict for any feminist's sensibilities?

  'tis a puzzlement.

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