Republicans Not Welcome To Protest RNC Celebration of Johnny Cash

I plan to be among those who will raise our voices in song, in rage, and in hope on Tuesday, August 31st, at 4:30 PM. at Sotheby's auction house.

We will join together in defense of the honor of Johnny Cash as we protest against a Republican gala "celebrating" Johnny Cash. Where do the Republican come off associating themselves with a man who stood for the little guy, for peace, equality and justice. Go home you jerks. New York doesn't want you here!

Says the Call to Action on the Republicans Not Welcome Website "Bring your black clothing, pompadour, guitars (real or cardboard), hair grease, singing voice, megaphones, jailstripes, skeleton costumes, signs, art, posters, CD players, boom boxes, musical instruments, Johnny posters and records, dancing shoes, creative resistance, decentralized direct action schemes, and of course, your favorite political Cash lyrics as big as you can printëem! Shame on the RNC!"

These are lyrics from Cash's "Man In Black"
"I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.

I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.

And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
Believen' that the Lord was on their side,
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
Believen' that we all were on their side."

"The songs of Johnny Cash were beacons of light for those who were unjustly locked up, kicked down, and knocked around. He sang for the poor, the imprisoned, and the oppressed. He sang from his heart. How dare the Republicans think of using the memory of a true people's hero to promote their greedy causes and war-criminal president? Would Johnny support the presidentís economic policies? NO! Would Johnny support the Iraq war? NO! Would Johnny support the draconian Rockefeller drug laws? HELL NO! "

There are now over 31 million Americans living in poverty. 12.2 million children in our nation are poor, with over 1.35 million of them homeless. Over 43 million Americans have no healthcare and there are currently almost 10 million unemployed Americans. (Poor People's Economic Rights Campaign)

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Posted by: Yvonne DiVita at August 30, 2004 11:54 AM

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