[Nyclocal] MLK marchers confront racist (& in actuality anti-worker) Lou Dobbs at CNN

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                                                        MLK marchers confront racist Lou Dobbs at CNN                                                                                                                                                                                    Cuerpo:                                                                                                                                                I just returned from the freezing and dynamic March Against Racism held  here in New York City to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr's birthday. 

Despite  being one of the coldest days so far this winter (27 degrees with a  wind chill around 0), and despite being on a weekday holiday that many  workers don't get off, more than 1,500 people marched. We stuck it out  for almost 30 blocks from Madison Square Garden, new home of racist  radio shock jock Don Imus, to CNN headquarters in Columbus Circle, home  of immigrant-basher Lou Dobbs.



The  fact that so many people turned out in spite of the weather was  thrilling. So was the composition of the crowd -- Black, Latino, Arab,  Asian, Native and white, women and men, queer and straight, young and  old. The chants included everything from "Free the Jena 6" to "End the  Siege of Gaza." We also learned that the march by white supremacists in  Jena, LA, brought out only a dozen Klansmen, while  counter-demonstrators (including from New York) numbered over 300.

Best  of all, though, was near the end -- as the march was filling up the  block outside CNN headquarters. The arrogant, slicked-down Lou Dobbs  and his posse of beefy bodyguards crossed the street as if they were  going to try to take over the stage and give the racist yet another  platform. 



Well,  Lou Dobbs quickly learned otherwise. This wasn't a crowd that was going  to let him turn its cause into a media stunt. While the crowd chanted  him down, Million Worker March leader Brenda Stokely was on the mic,  denouncing Dobbs, his Time Warner bosses and the corporate sponsors who  keep his foul mouth on the air. 

In his arrogance, Dobbs  actually did a service to the demonstration, since the confrontation  means there will probably far more coverage of it in the mainstream  media.

To read more about the march and to get involved in  upcoming activities to mark the 40th anniversary of Dr. King's  assassination, visit www.troopsoutnow.org

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