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May 1 Call to Action! "A day without an immigrant" Immigrant General Strike!

by Lee Siu Hin - ImmigrantSolidarity.org (info [at] ImmigrantSolidarity.org)
"El Gran Paro Americano 2006" "The Great American Boycott 2006" "Un dia sin immigrante" "A day without an immigrant"

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May 1, 2006: Call to Action!

"El Gran Paro Americano 2006"  "The Great American Boycott 2006"
"Un dia sin immigrante"  "A day without an immigrant"

Nationwide Immigrant General Strike

 

http://www.NoHR4437.org   http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org

 

Endorse the May 1 General Strike >> Click Here

Join the May 1 Planning List! >> Click Here

Please Donate to the May 1 Organizing >> Donate

Local May 1 Events    To Post >> Click Here

Latest News on HR 4437 and Immigrant Legislation

 

 

Immigrants contribute 7 billion in social security per year. they earn 240 billion, report 90 billion, and only are reimbursed 5 billion, "where are the 85 billion?"  They also  contribute to the U.S. economy 25 billion more than they receive in healthcare, etc., etc., etc.  According to the anti-immigrant politicians and hatemongers, "immigrants are a drain on society."  If this is true, then during the day on May 1st the stock market will surge, and the economy will boom.  If not, we prove them wrong once and for all.  We know what will happen!     

Therefore, the "March 25th Coalition against HR4437 in Los Angeles," the organizers of the mega march of almost 2 million on March 25th, has called for an emergency videoconferenced meeting on April 8th between Los Angeles and any city that wishes to join the efforts toward "El Gran Paro Americano 2006."  The following meeting will take place in Chicago on April 22nd, we ask that all that wish to participate and be a part of a national effort on May 1st and beyond, to attend by finding facilities in your areas that can hold the meeting, technologically.

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.).     

Cities across the United States have marched during the week, therefore, in essence observing a regional boycott, which is only felt regionally.  The March 25th Coalition against HR4437, calls for these regions to develop a national network that will "connect the dots."  We believe with numbers we have power, the power currently necessary to keep the pressure on the White House to propose provisions that are
just and fair for all immigrants.   

We will settle for nothing less than full amnesty and dignity for the millions of undocumented workers presently in the U.S.   We believe that increased enforcement is a step in the wrong direction and will only serve to facilitate more tragedies along the Mexican-U.S. border in terms of deaths and family separation.

More details to come...  Keep your eye on
www.nohr4437.org

and or write to
granmarcha2006@hotmail.com  

 

and any tax deductible donations should be made to:

 

La Hermandand
Mexicana, 7915 Van Nuys Blvd. Panorama City , CA 91402 .

Please organize your areas, and join this monumental event that will put our mark on U.S. history.
  

 

 

Endorse the May 1 General Strike >> Click Here

 

 

Please Exchange Your Information With Your Following Nearby Local May 1 Organizing Blogs:

 

Southern California | Nothern California, Hawaii | Nothwest, Alaska

 

South West | Mid West | Gulf Coast | South East | Mid Atlantic

 

New York, New Jersey | New England | Students & Youth

 

 

Upcoming National May 1 Planning Meetings

 

Saturday, April 8 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

UC Riverside - Sproul Hall Room 1102

Riverside, CA 95251

 

Organizations can participate the meeting via teleconferencing.

For more information please e-mail: granmarcha2006@hotmail.com

 

 

Saturday April 22
Chicago, IL

Location and TIme: TBA

 

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National Immigrant Solidarity Network
No Immigrant Bashing! Support Immigrant Rights!

webpage: http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org
mail: info@ImmigrantSolidarity.org
New York: (212)330-8172
Los Angeles: (213)403-0131
Washington D.C.: (202)544-9355


Please consider making a donation to the important work of National Immigrant Solidarity Network

Send check pay to:

National Immigrant Solidarity Network/AFGJ


and mail to:
ActionLA / The Peace Center
8124 West 3rd Street, Suite 104
Los Angeles, California 90048

(All donations are tax deductible)


*to join the immigrant Solidarity Network daily news litserv, send e-mail to: isn-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
or visit: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/isn

*a monthly ISN monthly Action Alert! listserv, go to webpage http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/isn-digest



Please join our following listservs:

Asian American Labor Activism Alert! Listserv, send-e-mail to: api-la-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
or visit: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/api-la


NYC Immigrant Alert!: New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania areas immigrant workers information and alerts, send e-mail to: nyc-immigrantalert-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
or visit: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/nyc-immigrantalert


US-Mexico Border Information: No Militarization of Borders! Support Immigrant Rights! send e-mail to: Border01-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
or visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Border01/

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by Mayra Almeraz
This country is so hypocritical! for instance, the statue of liberty says "bring me your hungry, bring me your poor,... bring me your NEEDY!!...now really, what do immigrants seem to be? they say come, but then they KICK US OUT!! Martin Luther king had a dream, and so do we!! myparents came in search of a better life and im sure many also did for the same reason. as a matter a fact, every immigrant did! We helped make this so called land of opportunity become what it is today! the marches and protests done ,have surely shone what America will be like without us! the American anthem pleads "justice for ALL", yet many immigrants are not receiving it!
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