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The Border War Comes Home
"This is the calm before the storm; they’re going to make it tough,” Professor Armando Navarro had told LA’s La Opinion. “They’re talking about raids, deportations. In every barrio we have to organize migrant defense committees, and get ready for civil disobedience.”...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 3:13pm PDT
WHAT COMES NEXT?
The People Will Answer This Important Question
Cinco de Mayo, 2006...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 2:44pm PDT
The Struggle for Immigrant Rights Continues in San Francisco
An Emergency Demonstration took place on May 17 to counter the Bush Administration's call to turn the border into a militarized zone. The rally and march called by the May 1 Coalition began in UN Plaza and marched past the Chronicle to protest its miserable and dishonest coverage of the Immigrant Rights movement....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 9:46am PDT
UK Immigration: Mother consigned to certain death by harsh new rules
A young mother fell ill and died on a visit to Britain - an innocent victim of the hysteria over so-called health tourism...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 6:09am PDT
5/30: Press Conference to denounce Senate bill
WHEN: Tuesday, May 30, 10 am.
WHERE: In front of Senator Feinstein's office, 1 Post (at Market St.), San
Francisco....
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 8:45pm PDT
Center ties hate crimes to border debate
WASHINGTON - Tension over illegal immigration is contributing to a rise in hate groups and hate crimes across the nation, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. It says that racist groups are using the immigration debate as a rallying cry....
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 4:15pm PDT
IMMIGRANT FAMILY FIGHTS BACK AGAINST EMPLOYER ABUSE AND ICE RAID IN SAN FRANCISCO
Young Workers United, Golden Gate University Womens Employment Rights Clinic and Community Stand Up to Defend and Support Family...
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 11:27am PDT
Bush's Border Folly
Bush's tough talk on the border is just that, the writer says. Past efforts to slow illegal immigration through law enforcement and walls have failed. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an associate editor at New America Media and the author of "The Crisis in Black and Black" (Middle Passage Press)....
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 6:33am PDT
Brawls in Beach Flats: latina pays for it
A fight between a group of Latino and white males, in their late teens....
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 3:03am PDT
Immigrant rights groups protest in San Francisco and across California
...
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2006 2:11pm PDT
Ku Klux Klan Anti Latino?
Y ahora qué?
Tras las manifestaciones del 1 de mayo, hay que emplearse a fondo
en encontrar alianzas para la comunidad latina indocumentada.
Hemos levantado demasiado odio entre los anglos, estaban acostumbrados
a vivir como reyes a nuestra costa y no se acostumbrarán al cambio
tan fácilmente....
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2006 11:52am PDT
Bush’s immigration speech—an appeal to militarism and reaction
Bush’s speech was ignorant, short-sighted and reactionary. While crafted with the short-term goal of satisfying both the prejudices of the Republican Party’s extreme right-wing base and the profit interests of the American Manufacturers Association, the proposals outlined by the US president have far-reaching and ominous implications....
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2006 9:32am PDT
Bush Calls For 6,000 National Guard Troops to Deploy to U.S.-Mexican Border
President Bush spoke on national tv night and called for 6,000 National Guard troops to be deployed to the U.S.-Mexican border. We looking at the growing militarization of the border and the role private contractors, like Halliburton, are playing....
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2006 9:32am PDT
Black Politicians Question Bush's Border Plan
President Bush said Monday night he will send as many as 6,000 National Guard troops to the U.S. border with Mexico to help stop the flood of illegal immigrants, part of an administration drive to win conservative support in Congress for an election-year overhaul of the nation's tattered immigration laws....
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2006 9:27am PDT
France: Thousands march in Paris against immigration bill
On Saturday, Paris saw its largest demonstration in defence of the rights of immigrants in many years. With some 20,000 participating, it was double the mobilisation on April 29, reflecting growing opposition to the immigration bill that is passing through parliament. The bill represents a sharp attack both on immigrants already legally residing in France and those wishing to secure the right to stay....
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2006 9:22am PDT
Olimpiadas en la frontera Estados Unidos-Mexico
Nueva disciplina: salto con pértiga, jajaja...
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2006 5:00am PDT
Info about Wed, May 17 Immigration Rights Mass Rally & March in DC
Wednesday, May 17
4:00 pm
National Mall
between 12th & 14th Sts....
Posted: Mon, May 15, 2006 11:50pm PDT
Action Alert: Release Sameeh Hammoudeh!
Sameeh has also accepted and wishes
to be deported to Ramallah, his hometown
in occupied Palestine....
Posted: Mon, May 15, 2006 11:17pm PDT