>Hey folks please come and please forward this invite to all your e-friends,
>it's shaping up to be quite a party:
>
>This Sunday Reclaim the Streets/New York City is throwing a street party/
>protest to support the more than 100 community gardens being auctioned off
>by the Giuliani administration. Please come, protest this latest perversity
>of the Mayor's "Quality of Life" campaign...and come dance, party, protest
>and create our own quality of life.
>
> WHAT: a street celebration in support of Community Gardens.
> WHEN: Sun., April 11, 1:30 PM sharp!
> WHERE: meet at El Jardin del Paradiso, E. 5th Str. between Ave. C & D.
> STUFF: Bring a portable radio, drum, costumes, and lots of friends
>
>What is Reclaim the Streets?
>Born in London in 1995, RTS is wold-wide movement, with local branches
>throwing road parties as both a protest against the corporatization of
>public space and a living, dancing example of what public space could
>be. RTS/NYC hosted their first action in October 1998 in the middle of
>Broadway at Astor place, shutting down the street with over 300 people
>dancing to a pirate radio broadcast dance beat. This April we are planning
>another action in support of community gardens: building a garden on the
>street and hosting a garden party with a may pole, jugglers, fire breathers,
>drummers and, of course, a kicking sound system. On June 18th, International
>Reclaim the Streets Day, we plan on throwing a street party New York City
>and our "Quality of Life" Mayor will never forget.
>
>For more on RTS International, visit
>http://www.gn.apc.org/rts/
>
>For more on the fight to save community gardens, visit
>http://www.panix.com/~jaynedoe
>