Rally at the MN State Capitol building WEST STEPS (75 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.), followed by a march to the Xcel Energy Center (future location of the RNC), and return to the State Capitol.

With 5 years of war and occupation in Iraq, it is important for the anti-war movement to have a major national protest outside the Republican National Convention. St. Paul city officials have dragged their feet on granting permits for a major march on September 1. The Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War will march the Sept. 1 route regularly between now and the convention to claim the roads to the Xcel Center for the movement. These marches are part of a legal strategy to secure permits for the Sept. 1 anti-war march, and we need everyone to join us. May 1st is also a national day of action for immigrants rights. We will join in those actions to demonstrate the solidarity and unity between the immigrants rights and anti-war movements. (The MN event is sponsored by the MN Immigrant Rights Action Coalition - 2pm @ Robert & Kellogg, then march to the State Capitol.)