Cinco de Mayo March for Palestine, Amnesty and Peace for Vieques draws 500

Alejandro Luis Molina
Chicago

May 5, 2002

Over 500 people rallied to demand justice for Palestine, Amnesty for Immigrants and Peace for Vieques at Harrison Park in the predominantlyMexican neighborhood of Pilsen. While approximately 120 activists marched from the north side Puerto Rican neighborhood of Humboldt Park, others met at Harrison Park to celebrate the end of a 5-day hunger strike led be Emma Lozano, leader of Centro Sin Fronteras.

Companeros from the Polish community, Mexican community, labor leaders, Palestinian Resistance leaders and Puerto Rican activists spoke to the importance of the struggle for amnesty and all paid homage to the struggle of the Palestinian people. Lourdes Lugo, educator and leader of the Puerto Rican community, spoke to the massacre at Jenin defining yet another moment on the history of the Palestinian resistance. Mahmud Ahmed, representative of the Palestinian community updated those present on the current situation.