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Foro de Migrawatch mp3 Audio Aviso (audio/mpeg 952.7KB) Oficiales de inmigracion han estado haciendo redadas por todo el pais. Recientemente en Los Angeles, mas de 750 personas fueron deportadas. El ano pasado, la migra se llevo a mas de 100 personas del Condado de Santa Cruz. En memoria del gran Cesar Chavez, los invitamos a crear un Plan de Accion para Watsonville en caso que regrese la migra. Tendremos abogados expertos en el proceso inmigratorio, activistas, sacerdotes y politicos locales. Se contestara cualquier pregunta acerca de inmigracion...
Posted: Mon, Mar 26, 2007 11:50pm PDT
Al Rojas and Fernando Mendoza from APPO speak in Watsonville (audio/mpeg 3.1MB) On Thursday 10-12-06 Al Rojas and Fernando Mendoza from the Peoples Popular Assembly of Oaxaca spoke to a packed house at the Watsonville Brown Beret office about the situation in Oaxaca. Al introduces Fernando and speaks a little of his role as a stateside organizer. Fernando tells us the history and present situation in Oaxaca, Mexico. Unfortunately, a dead battery prevented me from capturing the very beginning of Fernando's speech but it is nothing you couldn't find on the wealth of art...
Posted: Mon, Oct 16, 2006 1:08am PDT
Companero Fernando (audio/mpeg 32.2MB) Companero Fernando speaks for approximately 35 minutes and his file is 32 MB....
Posted: Mon, Oct 16, 2006 1:08am PDT
Sprouts: Protests in Oaxaca and California (audio/mpeg 26.5MB) Most major state and municipal government offices in the capital have been blockaded by public school teachers and members of the so-called Popular Assemebly of the People of Oaxaca -or APPO as it's known in Spanish, reports Shannon Young from Oaxaca....
Posted: Fri, Oct 13, 2006 7:38pm PDT
Update from Oaxaca (audio/mpeg 932.5KB) October 4, 2006 - In Oaxaca, civil society groups and members of non-governmental organizations have set up a peace camp in the esplanade a UNESCO World Heritage site in downtown Oaxaca City to call national and international attention to an impending military and police offensive. Meanwhile, striking school teachers and members of Oaxaca's popular movement have traveled once again to Mexico City to dialogue with the Secretary of the Interior. Vladimir Flores has the latest. (2 minutes)...
Posted: Thu, Oct 5, 2006 2:28am PDT
Tensions High in Oaxaca as Fox Warns Force Might Be Used to Crush Uprising (audio/mpeg 3.0MB) In Oaxaca, Mexico, tensions remain high over concerns that the government is planning to use force to crush a populist uprising there. Over the weekend, military aircraft began flying over Oaxaca City and additional troops were deployed to nearby army posts. A headline in the Mexico City daily Milenio proclaimed, "Preparations for war in Oaxaca."
Over the past few months, tens of thousands of striking public school teachers have been joined by indigenous, youth and labor organizations to l...
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 1:17pm PDT
Los Angeles Mobilizes in Support of People in Oaxaca (audio/mpeg 2.2MB) Tension remains high in Oaxaca City as military flights continue, creating a general anxiety among residents over a possible massive crackdown against a popular movement demanding the resignation of the state’s governor. Mexico’s Attorney General’s office said it is looking into the cases of small explosions that shattered windows and glass doors at 3 different banks in Oaxaca City yesterday. A previously unknown guerrilla group claimed responsibility for the blasts, although many suspect the...
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 3:23am PDT
Interview with Shannon Young in Oaxaca City (audio/mpeg 11.4MB) On October 2nd, 2006, the 38th anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre, I spoke with Shannon Young, Headlines Producer for Free Speech Radio News, who lives in Oaxaca City, Mexico. The 1968 student massacre at Tlatelolco in Mexico City sets a creepy undertone for the military provocations currently taking place in Oaxaca City which include low-flying marine helicopters. Shannon discusses MegaMarches, the march from Oaxaca City to Mexico City and the technicalities of getting Ulises Ruiz Ortiz ...
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 1:42am PDT
voices contra la migra watson (audio/mpeg 5.3MB) The voices of the folks who participated in the protest of la migra in Watsonville on Sunday September 24th...
Posted: Tue, Sep 26, 2006 1:00am PDT
revolutionary sister drops knowledge (audio/mpeg 3.1MB) listen to our companera talk about the local issue facing our central coast community, immigration raids....
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 11:19pm PDT
FSRN: Watsonville Rally Denounces Immigration Raids (audio/mpeg 1.8MB) Story produced for FSRN, covering 9/24 Watsonville ICE protest. Anchor lede included. 3:50...
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 8:13pm PDT
FSRN: ICE Raids Shake Up Central Coast (audio/mpeg 5.2MB) The Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a series of pre-dawn raids last week in Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties, dubbed "Operation Return to Sender." One-hundred-seven people were netted In the sweeps. This week, religious leaders of many denominations and social justice activists, took aim at federal immigration policy and denounced "Operation Return to Sender." Vinny Lombardo reports....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 1:03pm PDT
Shorter version (audio/mpeg 3.8MB) The second file is the shorter version, with edits for time. Total Run Time: 4:08...
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 1:03pm PDT
Faith Community responds to recent Immigration Sweep (audio/mpeg 2.5MB) Audio from Press Conference called by COPA
Duration of files: RevJosephLee-2:45 RevDavidGrishaw-Jones-4:50 AlecArago-1:45 LizShilling-3:30...
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 6:09pm PDT
Sam Farr's Rep (audio/mpeg 1.6MB) The phrase "I do not support Illegal Immigration" certainly caught my ear......
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 6:09pm PDT
Rev. Dave (audio/mpeg 4.4MB) It was nice to hear a the Reverend who followed Sam Farr's rep state that according to Judeo-Christian ideology, no human being is illegal......
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 6:09pm PDT
RCNV Response to ICE Raids (audio/mpeg 2.3MB) RCNV Staff Sandino Gomez reads a statement on behalf of the Resource Center for Nonviolence in response to recent raids by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (IC...
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 12:20am PDT
Peacetalks: Interview with Dr. Ann Lopez NAFTA and Immigration (audio/mpeg 35.6MB) Interview with Dr. Ann Lopez on NAFTA and the effects on Immigration and the environment....
Posted: Thu, Jun 29, 2006 7:30am PDT
David Bacon: Children of NAFTA (audio/mpeg 27.5MB) For over fifteen years, David Bacon has been a documentary photographer, covering labor movements, immigration, and international politics. His background as a labor organizer with UFW, UEW, ILGW, and other unions, gives Bacon a unique perspective on migration, and the struggle for worker's rights. David Bacon spoke on Friday, June 23 in Watsonville, about his recent book, The Children of NAFTA. TRT- 29:58...
Posted: Tue, Jun 27, 2006 4:54pm PDT
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