Minutemen suffer defeat at Columbia University

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	*Please circulate widely* www.answercoalition.org Minutemen suffer defeat at Columbia University Jim Gilchrist terminates speech in face of angry opposition A major demonstration tonight resulted in a serious setback for the Minutemen organization. Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minutemen, an organization which dispatches armed vigilantes at the U.S.-Mexican border, was invited by the Columbia University Republicans to speak at the Roone Arledge auditorium on campus. Many hundreds of protesters filled up the blocks outside the auditorium, in a demonstration initiated by the Chicano Caucus of Columbia University and supported by the ANSWER Coalition. Inside the hall, the overwhelming number of attendees were clearly opposed to the racist message of the Minutemen. When Gilchrist began to speak, the students inside exercised their Free Speech rights by loudly protesting the presence of this fascist on their campus. More than 20 students - including several ANSWER activists - occupied the stage where they were violently attacked by thugs working with the Minutemen. In spite of the violent attacks against them, they held their ground, and Gilchrist terminated his speech. Minutemen thugs tear at ANSWER banner "Progressive students of all backgrounds -- immigrant and non-immigrant, Black, Latino, Asian, Arab and white -- mobilized to meet this racist provocation. Jim Gilchrist was hoping to sell his message of hate but the people were not buying. Let tonight be a model for others around the country. And let it be a lesson to the Minutemen: wherever they go, they will be confronted. We have an obligation to the millions of immigrants in this country who are being demonized and targeted by the Minutemen, KKK and other racists," said Karina Garcia, Political Chair of Chicano Caucus.
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