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image3/27 Watsonville HS Walkout Photos
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by Noemi Raygoza
here are some pictures from the student walkout @watson.......my self along with other berets were able to walk with the students to make sure that police was not harrassing them. I was able to take these pictures...
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 2:58pm PST
imageImmigrant Rights - The Protests and Walkouts are Growing Larger in Fresno
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by Mike Rhodes
In Fresno, the immigrant rights marches and walkouts by high school students are growing in strength and numbers. On Monday there were over 500 students at the march and rally. Today the estimates were as high as 6,000....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 1:43pm PST
textSan Francisco Declares Opposition to Anti-Immigrant Bill by Beyond Chron (reposted)
An energetic crowd marched through the streets of San Francisco yesterday, declaring their opposition to HR4437, the Border Protection, Anti-Terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005. The march, which moved from the Federal Building to Senator Diane Feinstein’s office, culminated a week of action against the bill, including numerous rallies and a hunger strike. Protestors drew attention to the bill’s dire consequences for immigrants, including the criminalization of undocumented ...
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 8:51am PST
audioFRSC: Jenn and Ramiro of the Brown Berets discuss Student Walkouts, HR 4437 and more (audio/mpeg 4.2MB) by from the Global Local show, 101.1FM
Agusto Cesar Sandino Segundo talks with Jenn Laskin and then Ramiro Medrano. Jenn and Ramiro called into the Global Local program on Freak Radio Santa Cruz, 101.1FM on Monday, March 27 to discuss the student walkouts which took place at local high schools....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 7:49am PST
imageImmigrant March Arriving at Post & Market
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by Carwil
Large scale photos of the march's arrival....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 3:39am PST
textModesto Protests Fascist Attacks, and HR 4437! by DAAA Collective
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Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 12:28am PST
textEmergency Action for Immigrant Rights! by UFPJ
Congress is on the verge of passing legislation that will decide how immigrants will be treated for decades to come. 11 million undocumented immigrants and those who help them get food, a job, or a home would be turned into criminals -- unless we act now!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 11:53pm PST
imageMarches In Watsonville and Salinas for Peace and Immigrant Rights!
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by Jay Melena
Images from the March 25 March for Peace and Immigrant Rights in Watsonville...
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 7:49pm PST
textOld Civil Rights Groups Missing-in-Action As Immigrants Hit the Streets by New America Media
As a groundswell of immigrant rights activism spreads across the country, the old-guard black civil rights movement is dragging its feet, writes Earl Ofari Hutchinson, an associate editor at New America Media and the author of "The Crisis in Black and Black."...
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 7:36pm PST
textThe Historic Immigration March in LA: We Didn't Cross the Border, the Border Crossed Us by Davey D via CounterPunch (reposted)
Don't believe the hype I was in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday when the historic march to protest the racist anti-immigration bill HR 4437 took place. For those who don't know, this bill would make illegal immigrants felons as well as anybody, including family members who help them in any sort of way....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 7:36pm PST
textFear -- the Core of Current Immigration Debate by New America Media
SAN FRANCISCO – New immigration bills proposed by Congress have incited large-scale protests across the nation. Different people have different opinions about the complex content of the bills, agreeing on some points but not others. Besides debating specifics of the bill, it is important to look at the motivation behind any bill and what it seeks to accomplish. The new immigration bills before us are actually not new at all – they are merely expressions of xenophobia....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 7:34pm PST
textThe Anti-Minutemen Five: Think Twice Before You Oppose the Minutemen by CounterPunch (reposted)
There have been a number of massive protests across the United States for immigrant rights in recent weeks. The particular impetus for these protests is a bill authored by the anti-immigrant Congressmen Rep. Sensenbrenner and his allies that was passed by the House in late 2005 and is currently being considered in the Senate. The bill, numbered H.B. 4437, is a repressive piece of legislation authored by one of the most reactionary legislators in the Congress. Not only would it penalize undocu...
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 7:32pm PST
textTo the Streets! Hispanic Media at the Forefront of Immigration March by New America Media
LOS ANGELES, Calif.— It was the biggest protest in the city’s history, according to the local police department. More than half a million Latinos took to the streets Saturday, March 25 wearing white t-shits, carrying signs and waving American flags, along with flags from their native countries including Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 7:28pm PST
textSi Se Puede! Illegal Immigrants Speak Up - And America Should Listen by New America Media
The immigration debate has been hijacked by nasty jingoism in our nation's capitol. But now in great numbers, illegal immigrants and their supporters take to the street to protest the draconian bill that will turn the 12 million undocumented residents in the U.S. into felons. New America Media contributor Lydia Chávez is a professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley and writes extensively about immigration....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 7:26pm PST
imageOver 500 Students Walk Out in Fresno
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by Mike Rhodes
Hundreds of students from multiple high schools in Fresno walked out today in protest of HR 4437. The students marched to City Hall where they held a rally....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 7:08pm PST
videoHunger Strike Ends - Cesar Cruz Speaks! (video/quicktime 20.8MB) by Bill Carpenter
After celebrating the breaking of the fast, a march of several thousand proceeded from the Federal Building to Montgomery & Market -- offices of U. S. Senator Diane Feinstein -- where they met up with the March for Peace from Tiajuana. Six-minute QT movie. 21MB....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 6:17pm PST
imagePics of March for Peace at Okland & Fruitvale Schools!!!!
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by d
March for Peace From Tijuana to San Francisco inside Fruitvale and Oakland schoolyards!! There were even high school walk-outs!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 5:35pm PST
imageImmigration Rights - Over 500 Students Walk Out in Fresno
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by Mike Rhodes
Hundreds of students from multiple high schools in Fresno walked out today in protest of HR 4437. The students marched to City Hall where they held a rally. More photos and a complete story will be posted here in a couple of hours....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 2:32pm PST
textStudent Walkouts at Pajaro Valley and Watsonville High Schools Against HR 4437 by word of mouth
On Monday March 27th, word spread fast around high schools in the Pajaro Valley School District that students would be walking out of their classes at 11:00am in protest of anti-immigrant legislation known as HR 4437. The message of the students was that the United States is nothing without Mexicans and HR 4437 is nothing short of racist....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 2:24pm PST
image3/25/06 Watsonville March contra HR4437
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by bart
More Photos of the massive march through Watsonville on March 25th, against HR4437, the war, and much else. Thanks to all who attended!!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 12:44pm PST
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