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May 1 Boycotters Say Yes to Citizenship, No to Guest Worker Programs Some Latino leaders feel the May 1 immigrant rights boycott is too extreme. New America Media writer Roberto Lovato says they've forgotten the extreme conditions of immigrant guest workers across the country. Lovato is based in New York....
Posted: Sun, Apr 30, 2006 9:25am PDT
Why does the US government want workers to be here without legal documentation? 
Because the US government (including Democrats and Republicans) is controlled by the people in this country who are employers, not working people...
Posted: Sun, Apr 30, 2006 9:15am PDT
The real apple pie: bashing immigrants If the proposed federal bill HR 4437, Sensenbreener and King, becomes law, workers at AIDS and other social service agencies will have to ask for papers before helping anyone who walks in the door with an accent. Lo siento mucho, señor: No green card, no AIDS test. It’s that simple....
Posted: Sun, Apr 30, 2006 9:11am PDT
Fighting the power: Meet the Brown Berets One thing that we should note about the Bay Area is that it's the home of political activism and movements. As the immigration debate rages on, we should note the increased visibility of the Watsonville Brown Berets....
Posted: Sun, Apr 30, 2006 9:07am PDT
May 1 Video Network... pass it on 
Anyone with a video camera and planning to video tape the May 1 immigrant rights rally can get their video to anyone in the world who wants to see it as soon as the video is ready....
Posted: Sun, Apr 30, 2006 6:46am PDT
A Small Taste of Santa Cruz Organizing for May Day 2006 
Many businesses will be closed on Monday, May 1st, as Santa Cruz prepares for a May Day work stike and consumer boycott. No Work, No School, No Buying, No Selling. UC Santa Cruz will be shut down from 6:00am to at least 12:00pm when UCSC students march to downtown Santa Cruz and join up with a demonstration starting in the Beach Flats....
Posted: Sun, Apr 30, 2006 2:30am PDT
New Jersey bus companies go on strike for MayDay In New Jersye several Bus Companies and Associations have decided to stop their service for one day and join the Coalition (un Dia sin Immigrantes)....
Posted: Sat, Apr 29, 2006 10:37pm PDT
DAAA Collective Statement of Solidarity with Modesto May Day Actions! D.A.A.A. Collective statement of solidarity with Modesto May Day Actions! Starting at 8AM on Crows Landing Road....
Posted: Sat, Apr 29, 2006 6:46pm PDT
Pamphlet for MayDay (bilingual) 
The pamphlet attached below was created by members of the no borders network and deletetheborder.org for outreach during Mayday actions and beyond. It is bilingual and includes a space to promote local events and resources....
Posted: Sat, Apr 29, 2006 5:29pm PDT
OH,SAY, CAN YOU SEE XENOPHOBIA IN A LAND OF IMMIGRANTS? BUSH'S WEIRD IDEA OF SOUL...
Posted: Sat, Apr 29, 2006 9:27am PDT
Help Distribute Radical Bilingual May Day Pamplet 
Individuals involved with Arizona Indymedia, San Diego Indymedia and Delete the Border produced this bilingual pamplet, providing a radical analysis between May Day and pro-immigrant actions. Please distribute widely. It is an 11'' x 17'' pdf that is easy to print and fold. You can include local details in the document before you print it....
Posted: Sat, Apr 29, 2006 1:14am PDT
CA State Senate declares May 1 to be the "Great American Boycott 2006"; Republicans object "This is a national call to action to peacefully demonstrate the contributions immigrants have made to this nation," said Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, in urging her fellow senators to support her resolution. Latino lawmakers likened the boycott to civil rights marches and protests of the 1960s saying sometimes civil disobedience is necessary to end an injustice....
Posted: Fri, Apr 28, 2006 10:01pm PDT
Why politicians hate immigrants Throughout the history of the United States immigrant workers have been the victims of racism, exploitation, and in times of war, internment and violent attacks. While Spanish-speaking immigrants have had especially turbulent periods in the past, only recently have politicians made attempts at further marginalizing this already oppressed layer of society. Why these attacks are suddenly reemerging is something left unexplained in the mainstream media, and is thus an important issue to examine...
Posted: Fri, Apr 28, 2006 9:35pm PDT
Mr Interfaith Candle Vigil fro acomprehensive Immigration reform...
Posted: Fri, Apr 28, 2006 5:46pm PDT
2nd largest meat processor shuts down for Mayday An AP story on Cargill shutting down its meat-processing operations on Mayday and on debate around the Midwest on immgrant rights and Mayday....
Posted: Fri, Apr 28, 2006 10:04am PDT
Immigrant Rights Groups Call for Massive Nationwide General Work Strike and Economic Boyco Hundreds of thousands - if not millions - of immigrants are expected to stage a work strike and take part in a one-day economic boycott on Monday to protest anti-immigrant legislation being considered by Congress. We speak with Nativo Lopez, one of the organizers and president of the Mexican American Political Association....
Posted: Fri, Apr 28, 2006 7:44am PDT
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