The Los Angeles Police Department has refused to grant a permit to the People’s Summit for Democracy for a legal mass march scheduled to coincide with Biden’s Summit of the Americas on Friday, June 10. This is an outrageous denial of the First Amendment rights to free speech and to peacefully assemble. A press conference has just concluded Los Angeles calling on all progressive people to demand that city authorities reverse this decision immediately. We encourage all supporters to make phone calls, send letters and post online to spread this news far and wide.

To support the ongoing organizing of the People’s Summit for Democracy, please make an urgently needed donation today. An event of this scale, over three days, with transportation, sound, stage, literature and more, costs huge sums of money. The LAPD is trying to sabotage all this work. But they won’t succeed. The Summit of Americas is shaping up badly for the White House, as Biden’s exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua has led to nearly 20 heads of state saying they will not attend. Meanwhile, the People’s Summit has been gaining momentum over the last few weeks with endorsements from major unions and immigrant rights organizations, and prominent speakers coming from across the country and the world. Los Angeles authorities are trying to cover up this political embarrassment by preventing a march altogether. The ANSWER Coalition, and the other convening organizations of the People’s Summit, are committed to exercising our free speech rights and marching regardless.

Register to attend the People’s Summit here.

Credits to the ANSWER Coalition for e‐mailing this to me.