The Enemy
http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org
L.A. Organizers Denounce Black Minuteman
http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=2f034b839043d5f5b52840e2659dd1c4
http://www.la.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/156424.php
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Here's their announced plan:
Gathering/pep at 11am Sunday, May 21st (corner of Olympic & Broadway)
-March begins sharply at noon!
-March from noon until 2pm from corner of Olympic/Broadway to City Hall
-2pm at City Hall - speakers/rally
This is highly irresponsible for the LAPD to allow racist
anti-immigrant group to march at the heart of the Latino shopping district at
Broadway, and allow them to rally at LA City Hall.
Minutemen want to provoke confrontation with the activists and Latino
immigrants for the publicity stunt purpose, and to help the right wing
Republican anti-immigrant forces "excuses" for passing more
anti-immigrant legislation and organize massive immigrant crackdown!
If we allows this to happen, it will be the slap to the LA immigrant
rights movement! Because just 3 months ago the City Hall passed the
resolution to prohibit Minutemen activity at the City of LA
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2006/02/146318.php
NOTE: Ted Hayes/Minutemen alliance want to challenge the LA City
resolution, and to exploit the misconceptions amount African American about the
undocumented immigrants to create black-brown tensions and even the
black-brown violence in the City.
Your LA City Council members (for the lists of LA City Council
members, please visit: http://www.lacity.org/council.htm
Their plan:
Because allowing them to march in downtown LA will giving them a bad
signal of LA is allowing racist anti-immigrant groups and their
activities, this is the direct violations of the City resolution.
2) Mobilize Activist/Community to Turn the Back on Racist Minutemen
on 5/21!
We encourage the community activists NOT to organize massive
counter-protest along Broadway to confront with them, since Sunday noon at
Broadway will be very crowded with president and shoppers and will be very
difficult to control the situation.
Therefore, we suggests activist from multi-ethnic background, if they
choose to converge to downtown LA at May 21st for counter-protest,
instead of face-to-face protest against them, from the safe distance we turn
our backs on them when they march passing-by us at the Broadway. We can
have sign and banners but should be keep a safe distance from them.
We'll not engage in any verbal argument/communication with them (just
assume they are not exist).
We should organize activists to inform the shop owners and merchants
along the Broadway Blvd/ about the Minutemen rally on May 21, and
suggest when they passing just ignore them and turn their music speakers to
the maximum level (to cover their noise).
By doing so, we can show our message powerful, clear and loud:
Minutemen are Not Welcome in LA!
San Bernardino City Council Turns Down Racist Petition
In a too-close vote, the San Bernardino City Council voted against the Illegal Immigration Relief Act Ordinance, and turned it over to the voters.
Chants of ¡Trabajo, sí! Migra, no! resounding on the plaza outside were too distant to be heard inside the council room. Instead, a MALDEF representative promised the council a court challenge before the motion went before the voters. Armando Navarro, representing the National
Alliance of Human Rights, promised, “We have raised thousands, and we will do it again.” Another speaker charged that the petition would bring on “balkanization” and “genocide.”
Council discussion was both relatively brief and surprisingly acrimonious. McGinnis said that “it is unfortunate that our city is the catalyst for what should be a federal issue.” Then he went after Joseph Turner, the instigator of the bill and head of Save Our State, an
anti-immigrant website. McGinnis continued, “Mr. Turner is a youngster, not old enough to put this forward. He (Turner) says he was educated in our schools; then our schools need help.” He went on to say Turner was arrogant, and “smiling for the cameras.” McGinnis turned to the question of his own ethnicity, which he identified as a “Heinz 57” mix of African, Swiss, and Blackfoot.
When word reached the protestors outside, a cheer went up from the crowd, along with chants of “¡No somos criminales!" State Representative Joe Baca assured the crowd of his support and promised a forum on July
1. Navarro addressed the crowd with the commitment of NAHR to fight with San Bernardinans.