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Bush would sing national anthem in spanish 
ADMINISTRATION -- CANDIDATE BUSH WOULD SING NATIONAL ANTHEM IN SPANISH DURING CAMPAIGN:...
Posted: Fri, May 5, 2006 8:20pm PDT
Aztlan Rising's Anti-HR 4437 Movement in Modesto On May 1, 2006, the day of the nationwide boycott against HR 4437, over 10,000 people took to the streets of Modesto in a march that will be etched in Modesto history books and engraved in our hearts and minds for years to come. Although 10,000 may not seem like an astonishing amount in comparison to the 400,000 marchers in L.A., for a city with a population of just over 200,000 and a metropolitan area in the 300,000’s, it is just that – astonishing!...
Posted: Fri, May 5, 2006 7:32pm PDT
MAY DAY MARCH FROM UCSC TO PARK! 
Pictures of UCSC taking over the streets and meeting up with the marchers downtown!...
Posted: Fri, May 5, 2006 4:05pm PDT
Latino Radio Show Offers Prize to First Illegal Alien to Have Lou Dobbs Baby Los Angeles, California, April 26, 2006 Los Angeles' top rated English language Latino radio talk show, The Pocho Hour of Power on KPFK 90.7 FM , Fridays at 4pm, has made an unprecedented financial offer to so-called "illegal immigrants". In the interest of racial harmony and assimilation of immigrants into U.S. culture, the co-hosts of the Pocho Hour of Power make this offer: The first undocumented immigrant to name their U.S. born child "Lou Dobbs," before September 16 t...
Posted: Fri, May 5, 2006 8:42am PDT
Se puede? Not by protest alone It only took a day for the effect of the immigration protests to be known. On May 2nd politicians from both parties gave a wealth of interviews and speeches that clarified their positions: nothing had changed. In fact, many had remarked that the protest had a ‘backlash effect’, hardening and inflaming the already conservative opinions of Republicans, while dulling the already flimsy stance of Democrats. Trent Lott, in speaking for many on the right, implied that a massive deportation sweep...
Posted: Fri, May 5, 2006 7:38am PDT
Kitchen Workers at Chevys Fresh Mex in Tracy, CA Fired For Marching on May 1st 
Kitchen Workers Terminated after Marching for Immigrant Rights on May 1st...
Posted: Fri, May 5, 2006 12:08am PDT
Press Release: Immigrant Rights Activists Kick Off Political Action Campaign Friday Students from McClatchy High School and other immigration rights activists will gather to stamp and mail hundreds of letters to Senator Diane Feinstein in Sacramento at 9 a.m. Friday, May 5....
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2006 10:35pm PDT
For us immigrants — biggest Fresno rally ever 
For us immigrants — biggest Fresno rally ever. 3.5 minute video...
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2006 6:39pm PDT
Critical Clowns! Video about the Critical Clowns and the role they played at the May Day Immigration Rights March in SF. humorous. Duration: 3 minutes....
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2006 6:30pm PDT
Arab Talk Radio: Civil Liberties in Peril: The Case of Muhammad Saleh (audio/mpeg 22.5MB) Arab Talk Co-Hosts Jess Ghannam and Jamal Dajani interview Mr. Michael Deutsch, lawyer for Muhammad Salah about the gross constitutional violations of Mr. Salah's case....
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2006 3:48pm PDT
A Look Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons Undocumented immigrants are one of the largest growing populations being detained by the U.S government. We look at the issue of immigration detention, focusing on the treatment of immigrant detainees, the trend towards privatization of detention centers and the policies behind it all....
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2006 8:42am PDT
Two Immigrants Who Followed the Path to Citizenship Tell Stories of Detention and Deportat As mass immigrant rights demonstrations rock the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been conducting widespread deportation raids and immigration roundups. We speak with two young immigrant women who tried to follow the path to citizenship and were subsequently jailed. One of them was deported and has been separated from her three year-old son....
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2006 8:41am PDT
May 1st, 2006 San Pancho-Francisco. El Gran Paro. El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido. 
May 1st. El Gran Paro. El Pueblo.Unido. Jamas Sera Vencido./The Great Halt. The People. Together. Will Never Be Defeated.......
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2006 8:38am PDT
The implications of the immigrant demonstrations for the class struggle in America The demonstrations, strikes and boycotts by immigrant workers in cities across the United States are an indication of a sharpening of the class struggle, both in the US and internationally....
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2006 8:37am PDT
POLITICAL FAST for Immigrants Rights! 
Starting Monday May 1st students chose to begin a political fast which will end this friday May 5th at 7pm. The University of San Francisco's Student Coalition for immigrants rights is taking a stand against the injustices the United States government is imposing upon the immigrant population. Students are showing their solidarity through this political fast and working to raise awareness on the USF campus and throughout San Francisco. Please join in a vigil, every night this week 7pm...
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2006 3:08am PDT
Fight Racist Minuteman and Wannabes in Santa Clara The racist right is rallying in Santa Clara this Friday and Saturday.
CENTRAL PARK
909 Kiely Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA
Fri May 5 - 2:00pm - 6:00pm
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Sat May 6 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm...
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2006 8:56pm PDT
Speeches From May Day Rally in San Rafael (video/quicktime 23.5MB) Speeches from the rally of around 7000 immigrant marchers....
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2006 6:22pm PDT
Red Flags at May First Immigration Protest 
One hundred thousand people demonstrated in San Francisco on May 1. Throughout the Bay Area and Northern California hundreds of thousand more took to the streets. A great, unprecedented upsurge of protest for immigrant rights is shaking the U.S. The red flag of the international proletariat was boldly present at the May First demonstrations. Two large yellow and red banners declared in English and Spanish: “We Are Human Beings. We Demand a Better World. We Will Not Accept Slavery in Any Fo...
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2006 5:55pm PDT
More photos from the MAY DAY CACEROLAZO/BIKE BLOK 
for a brief description of the Cacerolazo/Bike Blok actions, see the link below
http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/05/1820243_comment.php#1820293...
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2006 5:25pm PDT
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