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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
&
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
May Day 06 Photos from the Youth Contingent
An independent grouping of youth, leftists, and indigenists helped put together a Youth Contingent in the May Day march. Here are some photos of their May Day!...
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2006 2:51pm PDT
MesoAmerica Comes to North America: The Rise of the Migrant Workers' Movement
Between March 25 and May 1, 2006 close to 5 million migrant workers and their supporters marched through nearly 100 cities of the United States. This is the biggest and most sustained workers' demonstration in the history of the US. In all of its 50-year history, the US trade union confederation, the AFL-CIO has never been capable of mobilizing even a fraction of the workers convoked by the migrant workers' movement. The rise and growth of the movement is rooted in the historical experience o...
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2006 9:02am PDT
On May 1st, Immigrants Reclaimed Their Voice
Two immigrant-rights activists, one a key organizer of the May 1st boycott, says immigrants are setting an agenda different from recent right-wing legislative attacks and liberal compromises. Nativo Lopez is one of the prime organizers of the boycott, marches and work stoppages in Los Angeles. He worked with the late Bert Corona, the legendary immigrant rights pioneer, in the Mexican-American Political Association and the Hermandad Nacional Mexicana, groups he now heads. David Bacon is an ass...
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2006 9:00am PDT
WOODLAND: Immigrants flex political muscle
In heavily Latino Woodland the normally bustling taqueria and Mexican food areas were quiet during the lunch hour Monday as workers took the day off in support of the "Day Without Immigrants," a nationwide boycott that succeeded in slowing or shutting many farms, factories, markets and restaurants....
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2006 8:57am PDT
May Day Interviews from Watsonville (audio/mpeg 612.2KB)
Some ten thousand marched in Watsonville, CA in solidarity with the May Day Boycott. Hear from just a handful of participants....
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2006 1:11am PDT
In DECOTO si se PUEDE
Over 1,000 people marched through the streets of Decoto in support of the great American Boycott!...
Posted: Wed, May 3, 2006 1:08am PDT