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BTL:Immigrants in the U.S.Take to the Streets to Demand Equality Between the Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Labor journalist David Bacon...
Posted: Sat, Apr 8, 2006 4:46am PDT
Thousands of Students March and Rally in Watsonville for Immigrant Rights 
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
No School: Rally in Watsonville for Immigrant Rights (audio/mpeg 17.8MB) 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
April 10 brings immigrant rights to reps’ doorsteps 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
A More Open Border for Workers Would Help National Security 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
Immigration Officers Arrest School Children In Firebaugh, two unmarked ICE vans pulled up alongside a school bus on Friday morning around 6:30, said Brian Walker, superintendent of the Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified School District. One van drove in front of the bus, forcing the driver to stop. Agents approached the bus, but the driver, following protocol, refused to open the door....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 1:43pm PDT
May 1 Call to Action! "A day without an immigrant" Immigrant General Strike! "El Gran Paro Americano 2006" "The Great American Boycott 2006" "Un dia sin immigrante" "A day without an immigrant"...
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 7:23am PDT
Si Se Puede to Si Se Pudo - A Labor Organizer Looks at Changing a Moment into a Movement 
Story by Adam Welch, IWW; Photo by Jessica Valdez - From Silicon Valley DeBug....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 6:47am PDT
The National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice The plan for the April 10 Day of Action came from the
grassroots. The National Capital Immigrant Coalition
-- a coalition of immigrant, labor, faith, civil rights
and business community groups in the metro, Washington,
DC area -- and allies around the nation, developed the
concept of a National Day of Action. Their good idea
caught on like wildfire and today hundreds of local
grassroots organizations and coalitions are working
together in cities all over America to make our voices
...
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 10:38pm PDT
Call to Action for May 1st Nationwide Immigrant General Strike The points of unity are: No Work, No School, No Sales, and No Buying, and also to have rallies around symbols of economic trade in your areas (stock exchanges, anti-immigrant corporations, etc.)....
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 12:23pm PDT
April 10th National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice The National Capital Immigrant Coalition – a coalition of immigrant, labor, faith, civil rights and business community groups in the metro, Washington, DC area – and allies around the nation, developed the concept of a National Day of Action....
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 12:06pm PDT
Media figures attacked Mexican-flag-wavers, but not those waving Irish, Italian, or Israel Summary: Following recent demonstrations in which protesters marched against proposed legislation that would criminalize undocumented workers, some in the media have criticized the demonstrators for carrying Mexican flags. But these same media figures have not complained about people waving other nations' flags, such as Irish flags at St. Patrick's Day events, Italian flags at Columbus Day events, or Israeli flags at Israel Day events....
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 10:44pm PDT
Stewart Alexander Speaks On Immigration The immigration debates have been politically timed, not to establish policy that will benefit America in dealing with a complex matter, but only to influence the votes for the 2006 elections....
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 6:35pm PDT
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Immigration is the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time On Capitol Hill, heated debate continues over immigration reform. We speak with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D - TX) who has submitted an immigration bill in Congress that would allow for legal permanent residency for undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for the past five years, would double the cap for family visas and would increase the number of work visas....
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 5:15pm PDT
Poor Peoples March Still a Good Model for Immigrant Rights Movement Martin Luther King Jr.'s empathy and support for Latino immigrants' fight for civil rights can be revived, the writer says. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a political analyst and social issues commentator, and the author of "The Crisis in Black and Black" (Middle Passage Press)....
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 5:13pm PDT
Fast e-mail letters to congress We're in an important week of the struggle for immigrant justice on the
federal level. Day Labor Centers like ours are still under attack. Please
click on the link below to send messages to members of congress....
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 9:10pm PDT
Bay Area day laborer centers reject House immigration bill Leaders with many Bay Area day laborer centers say they will refuse to comply if Congress approves a bill requiring those centers to check employees’ eligibility to work in the United States....
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 8:56pm PDT
Young People Bring New Energy to Immigrant Rights Movement With cell phones and e-mail, students and youths across the country organized marches and school walkouts to protest anti-immigrant proposals in Congress. Three young people from San Jose, Calif., where 15,000 took to the streets on March 25, reflect on honoring their parents, leaderless movements and new ways of coming together for change. Raj Jayadev is editor of Silicon Valley De-Bug, where Hector Gonzalez, 22, and Elizabeth Gonzalez, 25, are staff members....
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 8:34pm PDT
"A Silent People Will Never be Heard" - Tens of Thousands March for Immigrant Rights in Ne Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in New York Saturday in support of immigrant rights in what has been described as the largest rally of its kind in the city. We speak with some of the marchers about why they took to the streets....
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 8:31pm PDT
Immigration Reform, Big Business, NAFTA and the Impact on the African American Workforce On Capitol Hill, the debate over immigration reform is heating up in Congress as protests for immigrant rights continue across the country. We speak with labor journalist David Bacon and University of Maryland professor Ron Walters....
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 8:19pm PDT
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