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Minutemen founder Jim Gilchrist wants to redistribute the wealth in Mexico and America

by John Earl Saturday, Jul. 02, 2005 at 8:13 AM
jearl@ocorganizer.com 714-595-3623 Behind the Orange Curtain

Announces two interviews on "illegal" immigration from two vastly different viewpoints.

New from the Orange County Organizer:

Anti-immigrant sentiment has once again reached a fevered pitch across America. From California to the New York Island, many self-proclaimed protectors of the homeland are rejecting the creed of the Woody Guthrie song that was once taught to America’s school children: “this land is my land, this land is your land…this land was made for you and me.”

Minutemen Project founder, Jim Gilchrist, says “illegal” immigrant “economic refugees” from Mexico are part of an insurrection designed to make everyone in America speak Spanish. He wants to end it all by packing 20 million Mexicans into busses, planes and Amtrak cars to be sent back to Mexico in the hopes of starting a revolution there that will redistribute the wealth among that country’s poor. And by the way, he hates Green Party guy Duane Roberts, but voted for Green Party guy Peter Camejo for governor. Read the entire interview here: http://www.ocorganizer.com/html/immigration.html


On a much saner level, University of California, Irvine, Social Sciences Professor Gilbert G. Gonzalez says it’s true that Mexican immigrants are becoming increasingly segregated, and poor, throughout America, but that only an end to a century of US Imperialism in Mexico will solve our immigration problems. He talks in-depth about the history of American economic colonialism in Mexico, how it continues to destroy Mexico’s economy and cause mass migration to the United States, and the paternalistic racism used to justify it all. Read all about it at: http://www.ocorganizer.com/html/gilbert.html

On a related note, a short history of the Orange County Citrus Wars, 1936: “To appease the citrus growers, the county supervisors allowed the sheriff to deputize over 400 men and arm them to the teeth with shotguns, pistols, tear gas bombs and 200 ft. range gas guns...” Read more about it at: http://www.ocorganizer.com/html/citrus_wars.html

Your comments, ideas, and help are welcomed in the efforts of the Orange County Organizer to promote a coalition of grassroots labor, environmental and peace organizing behind the Orange Curtain.

Sincerely,
John Earl
Publisher
Orange County Organizer
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"This land is MY land..."

by This_Dude Saturday, Jul. 02, 2005 at 10:26 AM
grizzwasmycat@yahoo.com

When I was growing up, the song I learned was: "This land is my land. It isn't your land. I've got a shot gun, and you don't got one. If you try to take it, I'll strip you naked. This land is private property."

This version of the song seems more appropriate than the original.

I always thought of it as a joke on the original song, but apparently some people of my generation took it seriously.
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Woody

by johnk Saturday, Jul. 02, 2005 at 8:25 PM

Here's a verse from the original.

"As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!"
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more original lyrics

by bob Saturday, Jul. 02, 2005 at 8:30 PM

In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;
By the relief office, I'd seen my people.
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,
Is this land made for you and me.
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