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Marches In Watsonville and Salinas for Peace and Immigrant Rights!
Images from the March 25 March for Peace and Immigrant Rights in Watsonville...
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 7:49pm PST
Over 500 Students Walk Out in Fresno
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
Hunger Strike Ends - Cesar Cruz Speaks! (video/quicktime 20.8MB)
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
Pics of March for Peace at Okland & Fruitvale Schools!!!!
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
Immigration Rights - Over 500 Students Walk Out in Fresno
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
Student Walkouts at Pajaro Valley and Watsonville High Schools Against HR 4437
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
3/25/06 Watsonville March contra HR4437
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
San Francisco Fails to Mobilize for Immigrant Rights
All across America, labor unions, religious groups, immigrant rights activists, and Latino families are mobilizing against Republican legislation that would turn undocumented immigrants and those that assist them into criminals. Over 20,000 people took to the streets in Phoenix, 30,000 brought business to a halt in Milwaukee, 50,000 rallied in Denver, thousands protested in Atlanta and over 100,000 took to the streets in Chicago. In Los Angeles, SEIU, the Catholic Church, Korean and Latino im...
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 7:07am PST
Largest Demonstration in California History
Over 1 million street filled the streets of Los Angeles on Saturday as waves of demonstrations take place in major cities across the U.S....
Posted: Sun, Mar 26, 2006 9:35pm PST
LATINO PEACE MARCH-RAIN OR SHINE!/NOON RALLY UPDATE
Can you join us tommorrow rain or shine, Monday March 27 to support the Latino Peace March's final miles of walking from Tijuana to San Francisco? I marched with them and about a thousand supporters with incredible energy both in Watsonville and Salinas yesterday. WOW! Check out the video below!
UPDATE: THE NOON RALLY TO SUPPORT THE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS HUNGER STRIKE IS AT MONGOMERY AND MARKET (MOVED FROM CIVIC CENTER)...
Posted: Sun, Mar 26, 2006 4:30pm PST
Short Interviews about the Watsonville March for Peace and Immigrant Rights (audio/mpeg 707.9KB)
On March 25th, I recorded three short interviews during the march for peace, justice and immigrant rights which took place in Watsonville. The first mp3 is in spanish and has two interviews. The second mp3 (scroll down!) is an interview in english with Carlos of the Watsonville Brown Berets....
Posted: Sun, Mar 26, 2006 4:28pm PST
Act Now! Police File Charges Against Watsonville Brown Berets for Peaceful Protest
Watsonville Police charge Brown Berets for peaceful action!...
Posted: Sun, Mar 26, 2006 9:48am PST
Marching Through The Streets of Watsonville to Stop HR 4437
On March 25th, thousands of people marched through the streets of Watsonville as part of the 241 march for peace from Tijuana to the Mission District in San Francisco. While calling for an end to war in Iraq, most people were focused on calling attention to HR 4437; one of many anti-immigrant bills making its way through Congress....
Posted: Sat, Mar 25, 2006 7:47pm PST
Thousands March For Peace and Immigrant Rights in Watsonville
On March 25th, thousands of people marched through the streets of Watsonville as part of the 241 march for peace from Tijuana to the Mission District in San Francisco. While calling for an end to war in Iraq, most people were focused on calling attention to HR 4437; one of many anti-immigrant bills making its way through Congress....
Posted: Sat, Mar 25, 2006 7:28pm PST
241 MILE LATINO PEACE MARCH IN OAKLAND/SF: MON MARCH 27
MON MARCH 27: Oakland and San Francisco: JOIN IT!
Final leg of the 241 mile Latino Peace March-- that aims to raise Latino voices of opposition to the War in Iraq-- will march through Oakland and San Francisco all day, joining the immigrant rights hunger strike and culminating in a 5pm Culmination Ceremony at Dolores Park. Join us!...
Posted: Sat, Mar 25, 2006 12:21am PST
Monday: Latino anti-war marchers join immigrant rights hunger strikers
Joint event at Feinstein's office @ noon this Monday: 241-mile Latino war resisters march ends in San Francisco, joining up with the immigrant justice hunger strikers who are camped at the Federal Building all this week demanding human rights for undocumented people in the U.S....
Posted: Fri, Mar 24, 2006 6:45pm PST
March 25-28 Nationwide Weekend of Actions to Support Immigrant Solidarity!
March 25-28 Nationwide Weekend of Actions to Support Immigrant Solidarity!...
Posted: Fri, Mar 24, 2006 2:42pm PST
Hunger Strike begins to oppose HR4437 (video/x-pn-realvideo 16.7MB)
An opening rally and march kicked off this next week of actions against federal proposals that target immigrants. The legistation HR4437, proposed by Senator Specter and Representative Sensenbrenner, will destablize working class people and communities of color by criminalizing undocumented immigrants as felons, and threatening to charge their families and other supporters with charges of "aiding and abetting a felon." If passed, this legislation will impact more than 12 million ind...
Posted: Thu, Mar 23, 2006 6:20pm PST
March This Saturday In Watsonville With Fernando Suarez Del Solar!
UPDATE ON MARCH ROUTE AND LOCATIONS....
Posted: Thu, Mar 23, 2006 10:06am PST
Hunger Strike for Immigrant rights-Protest against HR4437-Dolores Huerta
When I heard Dolores was going to be there I knew I had to be there. She came out and spoke the truth about the Immigrants who live in this Country. She came out to support the hunger strike....
Posted: Thu, Mar 23, 2006 1:13am PST