Filipino-Americans led by Bayan-USA marched with thousands of protesters from the Coalition Against NATO/G8 War and Poverty Agenda. The big protest action is considered as “one of the city’s largest demonstrations in years, airing grievances about war, climate change, and a wide range of other complaints as world leaders assembled for a NATO summit.”1
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News Release
May 11, 2012
Reference: Jack De Jesus, Deputy Secretary-General, BAYAN USA, email: bayandepsec@gmail.com
FILIPINO-AMERICANS TO DESCEND UPON CHICAGO TO PROTEST NATO
US Chapter of BAYAN to Hold 4th Congress in Chicago Days Before NATO Summit
CHICAGO– Filipino-Americans from across the US will gather in Chicago on Sunday, May 20, 2012 to join the nationally-coordinated protest demonstration against the scheduled NATO Summit in downtown Chicago. The protest is scheduled two days after the fourth congress of the US Chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, also known as BAYAN USA, which will also take Chicago on Friday, May 18th, at Centro Autonomo in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood.
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