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textUC Berkeley Students Walkout in Support of Student Rights by Emma Seb
UC Berkeley Students, joined by high school students, walked out of classes today demanding amnesty and civil rights for immigrants in a joint protest with Palestinian solidarity groups commemorating the Deir Yassin massacre....
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 10:07pm PDT
imageThousands in SF March for Immigrant Justice
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by Jeff Paterson, Not in Our Name
San Francisco, California (April 10, 2006) – About five thousand people marched this evening through San Francisco’s Mission District in support of immigrant rights. From 16th Street to 24th Street, thousands of immigrant workers, families, youth, and supporters marched down the middle of Mission Street. This was only one of hundreds of actions today being held under the “National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice” banner (http://www.april10.org)....
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 9:35pm PDT
imageApril 10 San Jose Immigrant Rights March
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by Peter Maiden
On April 10, tens of thousands of people marched from East San Jose to City Hall--a three mile trek--to support immigrant rights. It was part of a national groundswell in support of the undocumented....
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 8:51pm PDT
textvideo from immigration rally @ mission and 24th by greg
I have a video from today's rally that I will share with someone who wants this kind of footage. Lots of crowd shots/ b roll, etc....
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 8:50pm PDT
image10-12,000 March in Fresno
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by Simone Whalen-Rhodes
Photos from the April 10, 2006 march for immigrant rights in Fresno. More photos and short story to be posted later tonight....
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 5:54pm PDT
textStanford Students Support Immigrant Rights! by Carol Brouillet
Students organized a rally at Stanford in conjunction with the National Day of Action for Immigrant Rights. They blocked off two traffic arteries off White Plaza to draw attention to the problems of "borders."...
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 5:25pm PDT
videoSF March for Amnesty to rally beginning at 6 P.M. (video/quicktime 10.8MB) by Bill Carpenter
Press Conference was held at 11am to announce the March for Amnesty in San Francisco. Three-minute QT movie. 11MB....
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 4:56pm PDT
imageThousands Join Oakland March for Immigrant Justice
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by Jeff Paterson, Not in Our Name
Oakland, California (April 10, 2006) – Nearly five thousand people marched and rallied this morning in Oakland for immigrant rights. What began as a relatively small group at 100th avenue this morning, swelled to thousands as clusters of immigrant workers, families, youth, and supporters awaited the march all along International Boulevard. The eight mile march ended with a rally outside the Oakland Federal Building. This was only one of hundreds of actions today being held under the “National...
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 4:48pm PDT
imageLarge Immigrant's Rights Protest in San Rafael
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by brightpathvideo
A crowd of up to 3000 exhuberent protestors took the streets of San Rafael to stand up for immigrant rights....
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 2:02pm PDT
textImmigration bill spurs brief boycott of Miller Brewing by reposted
Washington - Opposition to Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner's immigration bill led one Chicago group to launch a boycott of Miller Brewing Co. this month because Miller is a Wisconsin company that has made contributions to the GOP lawmaker....
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 7:44am PDT
textThousands Rally for Immigrants Across U.S. by reposts
Hundreds of Thousands in Dallas, Other U.S. Cities Rally for Legalizing Undocumented Immigrants...
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 7:43am PDT
textBerkeley: National Day of Action to Defend Immigrant Rights by BAMN (reposted)
No Anti-Immigrant Jim Crow Laws! Full and Equal Rights for All Immigrants! 12 noon - Rally at UC-Berkeley's Sproul Plaza (near Bancroft + Telegraph) 1pm - March through Berkeley...
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 7:40am PDT
textBersamin: Brown Berets Were "Thin Brown Line" That Kept The Peace by Manuel Bersamin / Sentinel
Watsonville's Mayor Pro Tempore Manuel Bersamin writes a brilliant defense of and praise for student demonstrators and Brown Berets. This ran in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and is the most progressive and intelligent article I think I've ever read from that paper....
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2006 10:43pm PDT
textFirst Casualty of Student Walk Outs! by jesheekah
Eighth grader Anthony Soltero shot himself through the head on Thursday, March 30, after the assistant principal at De Anza Middle School told him that he was going to prison for three years because of his involvement as an organizer of the April 28 school walk-outs to protest the anti-immigrant legislation in Washington. The vice principal also forbade Anthony from attending graduation activities and threatened to fine his mother for Anthonys truancy and participation in the student protests...
Posted: Sat, Apr 8, 2006 12:26pm PDT
textAnti-immigrant politics kill “reform” bill in US Senate by wsws (reposted)
The US Senate’s failure to pass a “compromise” immigration bill that ostensibly enjoyed support from both the Democratic and Republican leaderships was the result of a bitter and reactionary debate over how severely some 12 million undocumented immigrants living and working in the US should be punished for having entered the country....
Posted: Sat, Apr 8, 2006 10:02am PDT
textBTL:Immigrants in the U.S.Take to the Streets to Demand Equality by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
Between the Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Labor journalist David Bacon...
Posted: Sat, Apr 8, 2006 4:46am PDT
imageThousands of Students March and Rally in Watsonville for Immigrant Rights
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by ~Bradley
On Friday, March 31st, thousands of students from local schools, including Watsonville High, Pajaro Valley High, Aptos High and Renaissance High, marched and rallied against HR 4437 in Watsonville. In anticipation of the walkout, both Pajaro Valley High and Watsonville High decided to close their school doors in an effort to keep students safe. Here are some photos from the march from St. Patricks Church to the Watsonville Plaza, Mayor Antonio Rivas and Vice-Mayor Manuel Quintero Bersa...
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 1:51pm PDT
audioNo School: Rally in Watsonville for Immigrant Rights (audio/mpeg 17.8MB) by ~Bradley
On Friday, March 31st, thousands of students from local schools, including Watsonville High, Pajaro Valley High, Aptos High and Renaissance High, marched and rallied against HR 4437 in Watsonville. In anticipation of the walkout, both Pajaro Valley High and Watsonville High decided to close their school doors in an effort to keep students safe. The following three bilingual audio mp3s were recorded on Friday, March 31st. The first mp3 is from the rally in the Watsonville Plaza and star...
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 1:20pm PDT
textApril 10 brings immigrant rights to reps’ doorsteps by pww (reposted)
Millions of demonstrators across the country have taken the immigrant rights debate beyond the Washington, D.C., Beltway and right-wing talk shows. They have opened the way towards winning majority support for the issue in the overall struggle against the ultra-right....
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 6:52am PDT
textA More Open Border for Workers Would Help National Security by New America Media (reposted)
All attempts at tighter control of the U.S.-Mexico border have only led to more illegal crossings. Making it easier for workers to cross legally will give better focus to border policing, says NAM contributor Peter S. Cahn, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 5:02pm PDT
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