Benefit for Movement for Justice in El Barrio

Date: March 15, 2008 Time: 7:00pm Place: LAVA Space, 4134 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA Featuring: The Baptist Preachers (punk, surf and gospel http://www.myspace.com/baptistpreachers) Waheed (rock, soul, funk and hip-hop http://www.myspace.com/governmentcheaze) Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac (a celebration of Mexicayotl culture, which flourished in Mexico prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1492 http://www.ollinyoliztlicalmecac.org) and wrapping up the night DJ Bunnystyle of Make Your Break also: Delicious, homemade pizza and a slew of raffle prizes For more information see http://www.lavazone.org/mjb_benefit

Help take Movement for Justice in El Barrio to London to fight their multinational slumlords!

Just a year ago, members of MJB were celebrating their victory against the multi-millionaire Steve Kessner, the worst slumlord in El Barrio. Or at least he was the worst. Following their purchase of Kessner's 47 buildings in East Harlem for the whopping sum of 250 million pounds, Dawnay, Day Group, which either owns or manages $10 billion in assets, informed The London Times that East Harlem is the "last area of the whole of Manhattan being gentrified" and that they in intend to take advantage of lax tenant protection laws in NYC to raise rents tenfold. [MJB'] UK tour, which already has stops scheduled in London, Bristol, Reading, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Brighton, Leeds, Stirling, and Aberdeen, Scotland builds crucial support on the ground to fight Dawnay, Day Group at its home.” (from article by RJ Maccani for the April/May 2008 issue of Left Turn Magazine. To read the full article, visit http://zapagringo.blogspot.com/2008/02/urban-zapatismo-in-nyc_18.html)

More background info on the Movement for Justice in the Barrio:

Rent Wars of East Harlem: It Takes a Village to Raise Hell Narco News: Walking, We Ask Questions” ----------------------------------- En Espa