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Minutemen Discover: One is the Loneliest Number

by Raging Grannies (info [at] raginggrannies.com)
Raging Grannies and Friends Celebrate Victory over Minutemen in the South Bay
*Perform Cleansing Ritual to Reinstate Community Solidarity*

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O sole mio! A lone Minutemen finds himself outnumbered 20 to 1 as Raging Grannies once again organize a counter rally against anti-immigrant sentiment.

More Photos and commentary by Jan Adams at: http://happening-here.blogspot.com/2007/09/street-theater-in-california-burbs.html

Event included singing, ritual cleansing, ceremonial dance, and calling upon the spirits at the busy intersection of Bascom and Hamilton in Campbell, bordering San Jose, CA on September 8, 2007. Photos by: Kim Kinoshita, Jan Adams and Granny Ruth.
§Grannies Shirley and Evelyn Say: Si Se Puede!
by Raging Grannies
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In the background....Granny friends Jon B. of South Bay Mobilization and David Ledesma engage passers-by in discussion of immigrant rights
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In past months we have outnumbered Minutemen by quite a few...this time we beat them 20 to 1.
§Conversation
by Raging Grannies
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Immigrant rights activists visit the corner of Lone Minuteman and explain what's about to happen. Discussion, cleansing ritual, then spirit raising ceremony....all in the name of reestablishing community solidarity. The lone Minutemen is someone Grannies have come to know by name, and in our many conversations we have discovered some mutual agreement about the role of NAFTA and large corporations in mass emigration from Mexico to the US
§But the bottom line is...
by Raging Grannies
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As our signs say...Stop Border Militarization!
§Cleansing of the corner begins
by Raging Grannies
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This is the site where Minutemen have gathered every second Saturday for several months....
§Ms. Clean
by Raging Grannies
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It takes a strong cleanser to clean up Hate. Relax, there's a WOMAN on the job....it's MS. Clean!
§Ceremonial accoutrements
by Raging Grannies
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Sage, Bell, Noisemaker
§The ceremony begins
by Raging Grannies
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Young women from activist groups at DeAnza College and San Jose State learn the ways of wise elders by observing carefully
§Raised mops and brooms
by Raging Grannies
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Photo by Jan Adams
§Ceremonial Dancing
by Raging Grannies
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§Calling upon the Ancestors
by Raging Grannies
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Bring tolerance to this community!
§20 second meditation
by Raging Grannies
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Because the healing leader couldn't stay in kneeling position for a whole minute
photo by Jan Adams
§We return to our regular corner...
by Raging Grannies
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...and Granny Gail leads us in song
§Interviews with the press...
by Raging Grannies
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Here Granny Gail interviews with Emanuel of Alianza Metropolitan News. We also talked to Rosario of El Observador and were on the 6pm news on KPFA
§Good-bye Cleanser
by Raging Grannies
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Good-bye to the Minutemen...
§Positive News
by Raging Grannies
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