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Fitchburg State student who organized 'Boston Free Speech Rally' in August plans 'Rally for the Republic' next month
By Amanda Burke, aburke@sentinelandenterprise.com
POSTED: Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 - 1:25 p.m.
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A counterprotester, left, confronts a supporter of President Donald Trump at a "Free Speech" rally by conservative activists on Boston Common, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, in Boston. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer
FITCHBURG -- The Fitchburg State University student who helped organize the "Boston Free Speech Rally" on Boston Common in August said Tuesday that a "Rally for the Republic" is planned for next month at the same location.
John Medlar said he is one of five organizers seeking a city permit to assemble at 1 p.m. Nov. 18 on Boston Common.
Civil rights organizations and some Boston officials decried the August rally, which came one week after a protester was killed while opposing a rally of white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups in Charlottesville, Virginia, as providing a platform for hate and white supremacy.
Medlar denied the free speech rally he organized in August was linked to white supremacy. A flyer for the "Rally for the Republic" states, "No Marxists, No Fascists, No Communists, No Racists."
He said the November rally gathering will promote the values laid out in the Constitution, namely free speech, which organizers see as being limited by government and groups of private citizens.
"A lot of people, whether you're left wing or right wing, are essentially forgetting that the core of our republic is ultimately the American people," said Medlar. "Our founding documents are just pieces of paper unless the people uphold them."
The upcoming "center right constitutionalist rally" is sponsored by Resist Marxism, a group attendees of the August rally formed weeks after demonstrations by tens of thousands of counter-protesters forced the rally to end earlier than planned.
The Boston Free Speech Coalition, the primary sponsor of August's rally, is co-sponsoring "Rally for the Republic," said Medlar.
Resist Marxism "was formed in response to the extreme hostility towards free speech exhibited by local governments and militant Marxist, anarchist, and communist styled organizations," according to information posted on its website.
Medlar is critical of how Boston Mayor Marty Walsh handled the August rally.
He said the mayor did not allow speakers to use an electronic sound system, and attendees were eventually prevented from approaching the Parkman Bandstand.
"We're going to insist on having amplified sound at the next rally. We're not going to give into the same kind of consessions we did last time," said Medlar.
Following the rally Walsh thanked those who came to "fight back on racism, to fight back on anti-Semitism, to fight back on the white supremacists that are coming to our city -- on the Nazis that were coming to our city."
Medlar said the November rally will proceed in adherence to laws governing public assembly even if city officials deny his group a permit.
He said he announced the rally before receiving a permit to "put public pressure on passing the permit."
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By Amanda Burke, aburke@sentinelandenterprise.com
POSTED: Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 - 1:25 p.m.
[Picture]
A counterprotester, left, confronts a supporter of President Donald Trump at a "Free Speech" rally by conservative activists on Boston Common, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, in Boston. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer
FITCHBURG -- The Fitchburg State University student who helped organize the "Boston Free Speech Rally" on Boston Common in August said Tuesday that a "Rally for the Republic" is planned for next month at the same location.
John Medlar said he is one of five organizers seeking a city permit to assemble at 1 p.m. Nov. 18 on Boston Common.
Civil rights organizations and some Boston officials decried the August rally, which came one week after a protester was killed while opposing a rally of white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups in Charlottesville, Virginia, as providing a platform for hate and white supremacy.
Medlar denied the free speech rally he organized in August was linked to white supremacy. A flyer for the "Rally for the Republic" states, "No Marxists, No Fascists, No Communists, No Racists."
He said the November rally gathering will promote the values laid out in the Constitution, namely free speech, which organizers see as being limited by government and groups of private citizens.
"A lot of people, whether you're left wing or right wing, are essentially forgetting that the core of our republic is ultimately the American people," said Medlar. "Our founding documents are just pieces of paper unless the people uphold them."
The upcoming "center right constitutionalist rally" is sponsored by Resist Marxism, a group attendees of the August rally formed weeks after demonstrations by tens of thousands of counter-protesters forced the rally to end earlier than planned.
The Boston Free Speech Coalition, the primary sponsor of August's rally, is co-sponsoring "Rally for the Republic," said Medlar.
Resist Marxism "was formed in response to the extreme hostility towards free speech exhibited by local governments and militant Marxist, anarchist, and communist styled organizations," according to information posted on its website.
Medlar is critical of how Boston Mayor Marty Walsh handled the August rally.
He said the mayor did not allow speakers to use an electronic sound system, and attendees were eventually prevented from approaching the Parkman Bandstand.
"We're going to insist on having amplified sound at the next rally. We're not going to give into the same kind of consessions we did last time," said Medlar.
Following the rally Walsh thanked those who came to "fight back on racism, to fight back on anti-Semitism, to fight back on the white supremacists that are coming to our city -- on the Nazis that were coming to our city."
Medlar said the November rally will proceed in adherence to laws governing public assembly even if city officials deny his group a permit.
He said he announced the rally before receiving a permit to "put public pressure on passing the permit."
El 14 de octubre de 2017 22:34:28 EDT, Strong <strongtogether@riseup.net> escribió:
Yeah, as long as this rally will have different characteristics than the last two, and maybe it will. The grey area is annoying. El 14 de octubre de 2017 17:26:35 EDT, DAVID KEIL <dmkeil@gmail.com> escribió: At this point we need to be cautious about claims that this or that group is "fascist." Th…
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