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5/1-3 2008 Washington DC: Calling for "A Million Immigrant March" We can't and won't wait until after
the presidential elections! We must centralize our efforts and make our
voices heard loud and clear across the country next year....
Posted: Tue, Dec 4, 2007 7:42pm PST
Judge calls prosecuting ex-agents an overreaction Judge E. Grady Jolly, one of three judges from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing the case of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, questioned whether the two agents would have been charged if they had reported the shooting....
Posted: Tue, Dec 4, 2007 3:01pm PST
Fact-Checking Dobbs: CNN Anchor Lou Dobbs Challenged on Immigration Issues Tuesday, December 4, 2007 :In a wide-ranging interview, CNN anchor Lou Dobbs joins Democracy Now! for the hour to discuss:
* His claim that a "third of our prison population" are illegal aliens (according to the Justice Department about 6 percent of the state and federal prison population are non-citizens)
* Why white supremacists have appeared on _Lou Dobbs Tonight_ without disclosure over their ties to hate groups
* His show's reporting on leprosy and immigration. A 2005 report on...
Posted: Tue, Dec 4, 2007 7:42am PST
Iraqis 'left to rot' in Lebanon Tuesday, December 4, 2007 : A human rights watchdog sharply criticises Lebanon's attitude to Iraqi refugees who do not have valid visas....
Posted: Tue, Dec 4, 2007 7:31am PST
Deportation Awaits US Army Muslim Hero CAIRO — Distinguished Muslim-American Army sergeant Hicham Benkabbou will neither get the Army Achievement Medal nor the Distinguished Service Medal when he completes his current duty in Afghanistan and returns to the United States, but might rather find a deportation order awaiting him, The Guardian reported....
Posted: Tue, Dec 4, 2007 7:25am PST
No Borders Camp: Unpolished Notes on a Glorious Week for Anarcho-Liberalism What in the world is happening? When did anarchists stop being anarchists? Maybe sometime in the last 8 years, the effort to generalize anarchist ideas started to mean fusing liberal and third-worldist tendencies with the beauty of self-organization, mutual aid, and attack....
Posted: Mon, Dec 3, 2007 8:43pm PST
Arrests of Migrant Trade Union Leadership in South Korea On the morning of November 27, MTU President Kajiman, Vice President Raju and General Secretary Masum
were arrested, in what was clearly a targeted crackdown against the leadership of MTU. We, the KCTU and the Seoul-Gyeonggi-Incheon Migrants’ Trade Union call on the international labor and human rights community to do whatever in their power to secure the release of the MTU leadership and end this labor repression against MTU. (Korean Confederation of Trade Unions)
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Posted: Sun, Dec 2, 2007 11:35am PST
Police maintain their occupation of Paris working class suburb Saturday, December 1, 2007 :French President Nicolas Sarkozy has responded to three nights of anti-police rioting in Paris’s impoverished northern suburbs with a massive build-up of the repressive powers of the state. The rioting began in Villiers-le-Bel when two immigrant boys, Larami (16) and Moushin (15), were killed after a collision with a police car....
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2007 11:47am PST
Anti-Immigrant Rage Dehumanizes the Undocumented Originally From New America Media
Friday, November 30, 2007 : The CNN/You Tube Debate earlier this week showed what a hot-button topic that immigration was -- with Republican candidates vying over who has the harshest measures concerning undocumented immigrants. But a closer look at the rising numbers of hate crimes reported against immigrants shows the deadly effects of anti-immigrant rhetoric, writes NAM contributor Roberto Lovato....
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2007 11:38am PST
U.S. Reiterates Support for Pres. Arroyo Originally From New America Media
Saturday, December 1, 2007 : MANILA, Philippines --- The United States expressed its continuing support for the government of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the wake of a coup d’ etat attempt last week, the latest bid by rebel soldiers to oust her. "The United States and the Philippines are long time democratic allies, and the US Embassy wishes to take this opportunity to reiterate our government's support for the rule of law, constitutional order and the gov...
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2007 11:37am PST
The Battle in Bolivia: 'New Left' President Evo Morales Faces Opposition to New Constitution Originally From New America Media
Saturday, December 1, 2007 : While both Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Bolivian President Evo Morales are trying to transform their countries into socialist nations, the upheaval in Bolivia is very different from Venezuela’s in that it is led by the Indian majority against the historically dominant "k’aras," meaning whites and mestizos....
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2007 11:36am PST
Giuliani, Romney Clash Over Immigration at GOP Debate Friday, November 30, 2007 :Immigration was the key issue at Wednesday night?s Republican debate hosted by CNN and You Tube. Republican Presidential hopefuls sparred over sanctuary cities, drivers licenses, border security, and education. We play an excerpt of the debate....
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2007 8:40am PST
Paris Revolt No Surprise: Officials CAIRO — The raging riots in the French's capital immigrant-heavy suburbs came as no surprise to officials who agreed that people in the long-forgotten areas had nothing but empty promises for years....
Posted: Thu, Nov 29, 2007 8:14am PST
Your Black Muslim Bakery's New Owner May Soon Be Known Originally From New America Media
Thursday, November 29, 2007 : Ownership of the former headquarters of Your Black Muslim Bakery — an institution that loomed large over North Oakland for decades, now laid low by bankruptcy and violence — might be decided today at an auction in an Oakland lawyer's office....
Posted: Thu, Nov 29, 2007 7:41am PST
Unwanted in Syria, hundreds of Iraqi refugees return home Wednesday, November 28, 2007 : A convoy of more than 800 people on 20 buses waving Iraqi flags left Damascus for Baghdad yesterday....
Posted: Wed, Nov 28, 2007 8:22am PST
France: Riots break out in Paris suburbs after police crash kills youth Tuesday, November 27, 2007 :Riots have shaken the north Paris suburbs for two consecutive nights after the deaths of two youths, Moushin and Larimi, in Villiers-le-Bel around 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 25. The youths were riding on a motorbike that was hit by a police car and were left for dead by police. The basic details of the collision are not in dispute....
Posted: Tue, Nov 27, 2007 7:30am PST
Palestinians Lose at Annapolis Peace Conference Originally From New America Media
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 : By their very presence in Annapolis Arab states are signaling they are willing to normalize ties with Israel without receiving any concessions but even before the first speeches are made at the Middle East peace conference, the Palestinians are already on the losing end....
Posted: Tue, Nov 27, 2007 7:26am PST
Government Abandons Current "No Match" Rule Harmful to Legal Workers Saturday, November 24, 2007 :: SAN FRANCISCO – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) abandoned its attempt to enforce its proposed "no match" rule that would improperly use social security records for immigration enforcement. In a late Friday afternoon court filing the day after Thanksgiving in federal court in San Francisco, DHS requested that a lawsuit challenging the rule be put on hold until March 2008....
Posted: Mon, Nov 26, 2007 8:01am PST
Some Thoughts on the Calexico/Mexicali No Borders Camp ***///// We danced in the dusty dirt, to MIA singing along "All I wanna do is BANG BANG BANG" under the border patrol's floodlights, right at the tip of the barrels of their pepper ball guns, with all of our queer love across borders we kissed over and through their fences, we painted on the barriers, we raised antennas that reached across the lines on the maps, we marched right up to their lines with our bikes as barriers and watched them back off in fear... ////////****...
Posted: Mon, Nov 26, 2007 1:22am PST
SIGN THE PETITION to drop Juan's charges! FIRMA LA PETICIÓN para que se retiren los cargos Sign an online petition to have Juan Ruiz's ridiculous charges dropped! This petition will be sent to the US Attorney who is prosecuting Juan's case. Juan's indictment hearing is scheduled in just a few days, on Thursday, November 29. Sign in support now! ¡Firma una petición para que se retiren los cargos ridículos contra Juan Ruiz! La petición será entregada al fiscal federal que esta procesando el juicio de Juan. El juicio de acusación de Juan es programado por muy pronto, por jueves el 29 ...
Posted: Sun, Nov 25, 2007 10:38pm PST
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