Giuliani has a lot to be secured against. He has, after all, declared war on every poor and working person in the city. In a span of just two months, Giuliani has attacked the rights of cab drivers and street vendors to make a living, of CUNY students to go college, of hospital workers to a job, and of the seriously disabled to public assistance. So it probably should come as no surprise that the mayor has now announced he's constructing a bunker to hole up in. The City Planning Commission has already approved the project.
Construction is set to begin soon.
Given such a mentality, it should also come as no surprise that arrests were made at the parade. Near the reviewing stand, a student group, Muevete, unfurled a banner and tossed literature in the air denouncing U.S. moves toward statehood for the island. Parade head Ramon Velez, a long- time reactionary political hack, ordered the group removed. But the spirit of the pro-independence contingent continued until the end.