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Posted on 04/23/2006 6:49:59 AM PDT by pravknight
May 1 ‘Great American Boycott of 2006’ for immigrant rights gathers momentum By Sharon Black Published Apr 22, 2006 12:12 AM
The national call for a May 1 “Great American Boycott of 2006: No Shopping, No School, No Work” to demand full rights for immigrant workers and their families is gathering momentum. This call, initiated by the March 25th Coalition Against HR4437—a grassroots coalition that grew out of the Los Angeles action that brought hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers into the streets last month—has likened the May action to the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott of 1955. Organizers want to exercise both political and economic power on that day.
The call has struck a chord in many immigrant communities. For many immigrant workers May 1 is celebrated in their home countries as a day to commemorate the working class struggle and is marked with marches and rallies worldwide.
In Los Angeles, taxi drivers have vowed to shut down LAX airport and trogueros (truck drivers) will be closing the harbor. Demonstrations are being planned in both major and smaller cities throughout the country, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago and New York. Wherever possible, students and workers are planning both individual and group action. Many small businesses, particularly in the Mexican community, will be closing.
On the weekend of April 22, organizers will meet in Chicago to form a national network to continue this momentum. Following the meeting, there will be a press conference in Washington, D.C., on April 24, the date that Congress reconvenes.
In New York City, the Million Worker March Movement and the Troops Out Now Coalition, which were planning a May 1 rally and march from Union Square, voted to support the immigrant rights movement and the “Great American Boycott” action. The coalitions had held a march and rally last year to revive May Day and were actively making plans to march again this year. Chris Silvera, secretary treasurer of Teamsters Local 808 and president of the National Teamsters Black Caucus, proclaimed, “We support and embrace this movement.” His union local is hosting the May 1 Great American Boycott 2006 Coalition, which is composed of the many immigrant communities of New York City including Latin@, Filipin@, South Asian, African, and Caribbean communities.
Nationally organizers are making plans to politically and legally support any worker or student who is retaliated against for their participation in activities.
For more information please visit www.nohr4437.org or email granmarcha2006@hotmail.com.
It boggles the mind to realize who our leaders are alligning with on this one.
http://www.answerla.org/
Any questions?
One look at their allies and I really have to wonder about the open border crowd.
Guess we better give up. We bourgeois, and this site is Oh, so bourgeois, will be happy for the release of the bullet in the head that is coming to us from our leninist-stalinist masters. That is if the islamic supremacists don't get us first.
Seems like there's a lot of bear-baiting going on in the world these days. Where we are the bear, and they are the jackals.
One only needs to look at the day it's planned and scratch his or her head: May Day.
No (free) emergency room visits? I didn't see that one on their boycott list.
I agree that it is communist backed and is reaching dangerous proportions. Having said that, at least for one day it will be nice to walk into a fast food joint and hear nothing but English.
Apparently the muslims are siding with the open border crowd as well.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619757/posts
I remember a May Day demonstration by Zengakuran Communist "students" in Yokohama in the mid 1950s. They flipped over my dad's Packard and set it on fire in front of our house.
uhhhh......where's the surprise in this?!! Wobblies have been backing it behind the scene, (unknown everwhere but here on FR), from the start.
On May Day no less.
Sure they are. They can get their commie suicide bombers in more freely that way. People had better wake up. This is a part of the war on terror.
You are right, the Socialists Mexican government is advising protesters how to maximize the impact, they are calling for limited restraint, but even so, the fact that any organization bent on disrupting our infrastructure who are being consulted by foreign governments for political means, is part of a state sponsored terrorist network.
According to http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619836/posts
In...an unusual meeting called for Monday by Mexico's Foreign Relations Ministry. (Mexican) Government officials have invited U.S. Latino leaders to Mexico City to discuss the May 1 boycott.
The meeting, called at the request of U.S. Latino leaders who sit on a Mexican government advisory council, is aimed to give more information "about the current debate about immigration in the U.S. Congress." in the U.S.
I think they should boycott, as well. I think they should become hermits, preferrably in some Yucatan jungle lair, for about the next 100 years.
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"Racism against immigrants emanates from the same forces behind the U.S. war to conquer and control the wealth of Iraq".
"This Saturday, join pro-immigrant organizations, including the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, at a counter demonstration against the racist, anti-immigrant groups "Save Our State" the "Minuteman Project" and others. They are neo-fascists with links to the KKK, Nazis and other white supremacist hate groups
They have the AUDACITY to call us neo fascits, racists?
"Internships Against War and Racism Be an intern with A.N.S.W.E.R. Los Angeles. Learn valuable organizing skills interning with us. Be a part of building the movement to stop the war and end colonial occupation in Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Haiti, and everywhere. Join the struggle for social justice in our communities and all over the world.
Are these the people you want LIVING and invading this country, are these the "people who are doing jobs Americans won't do", are these people the sweet little Norman Rockwell pix of the perfect American family, are these the people who are just here to get a job to support their family?
Will you allow your elected official to give these people amnesty and allow open borders to let more in?
All the quotes in bold are direct from their socialist website!
These people are proving over and over their true intent for our country, building an army, (offering "internships".
Are you a little concerned yet or do you vote for amnesty?
I'm beginning my official complaint to the RNC today.
They sent me another letter begging for money.
I'm sending the reply slip back with no money in the envelope and "Stop the Mexican Invasion!" written in big letters.
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