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LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2006 - An estimated 6,000 people marched in downtown Los Angeles this Saturday. The marchers were mostly students and young people protesting the proposed anti-immigration bill HR4437. If passed the bill could break up their families. The march was dedicated to Anthony Soltero, the 14 year old student who’s suicide has been attributed to threats he received from school administrators for participating in last months student walkouts. His family
was in the march and his mother spoke at the rally.
From the Newswire: Student March for Immigrant Rights
by Bob Morris | | Interview with Jaime Rodriguez of the March 25th Coalition
by A
| | Student March Against Racist Legislation
by Marcus
| | Images from Todays Student March by A
| | VIDEO: Student March April 15 by A
LOS ANGELES, 15 April 2006--It only took two weeks for Estudiantes Unidos/Students United to pull the march together. This morning thousands of students, exuberant and determined, marched through downtown to support immigrants, but more to the point, to flex their own political muscle. They found their voice and took their place in what they dubbed "the civil rights movement of this century."
It was still difficult to find a European face, but Asian- and African-descent students were everywhere in the predominantly Mesoamerican crowd. So were parents: moms striding side-by-side with their middle-schoolers, sometimes three generations marching arm-in-arm.
Every half-block of the three blocks of marchers brought a different chant. But this morning there was a new one: "¿Qué queremos? ¡Amnistía! ¿Cuando? ¡Ahora!"
Full report with photos: STUDENTS UP THE ANTE: Amnesty's the new agenda by Leslie Radford
PRESS STATEMENT--The Coalition in Defense of Immigrant Rights (CDIR) – People’s Community Organization for Reform and Empowerment (People’s CORE) calls on all students and youth, immigrants and advocates to go all-out today, April 15, to the streets!
DARE TO STRUGGLE! The politicians and their corporate backers would like to see this new mass movement end because they know it could be the spark that ignites a revived nationwide anti-racist labor movement They have ordered a crackdown on the students by closing schools (lockdowns), posting police forces, arresting students, giving them sanctions like truancy fines, harassing their leaders and exerting pressure on the parents to control their children.
We pay tribute to Anthony Soltero who died for this cause. It is but fitting and proper to dedicate the April 15 march to his memory. ...
Saturday April 15th @ 10 AM,
Broadway & Olympic to City Hall
Full report:
ALL-OUT FOR April 15 Mass Student Action—Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win! by Al P. Garcia
|| Report: ANTHONY SOLTERO TO BE HONORED AT MASS STUDENT MARCH
by Coalicion de Estudiantes Unidos (repost by Leslie)
|| CALENDAR: Mass Student March Againt Racist Legislation
SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES, April 14, 2006 - According to south central farmers a unit from the LAPD Department of Internal Affairs came to the farm on Thursday to take statements from witnesses about the events surrounding Council Member Zine’s visit to the farm last Tuesday night. Full Story
Update: ... In Los Angeles we need angels of hope, amnesty, empathy, and equality. We do not need “Angelinos of Retribution”. This is the role that Mr. Zine presented when he publicly humiliated a 13-year old girl who went to testify about her traumatic experience in a dark night in South Central Los Angeles. ...
Full report:
Los Angeles City Council Member Dennis P. Zine does a drive-by in South Central by Tezozomoc
LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2006 – Council member Dennis Zine paid an unexpected visit to the South Central Farm last Tuesday night. According to the farmers he circled the farm in an unmarked police car with two other police officers at about 10 pm Tuesday night. The car apparently caused concern for the farmers and they went to investigate. What occurred next has become the subject of controversy between the councilman and the farmers. This Wednesday morning in council chambers during public comments the farmers questioned Zine about the incident. Zine broke with council protocol and gave a direct response to farmer’s comments. Full Story, (with audio from council session) | |
Also from the newswire | | MP3 - Senor Zine Incidente | | Council Member Zine's Statement re: Farm Incident
Claremont, California--
Anarchist academics and activists will
gather in Claremont for three days of culture jamming, music, film, art, panel presentations, discussions, lectures, and demonstrations. Whether you are an anarchist or just curious about anarchism, all are welcome to participate. The purpose of the conference is to strengthen connections among anarchists on the streets and in the academy, to sharpen the anarchist critique of the present, to deepen our understanding of the origins and history of anarchism, to stimulate further activism, and to present the anarchist vision to a wider audience. The conference will take place on the campus of Pitzer College, which is one of the five undergraduate institutions collectively known as the Claremont Colleges, and the host of Anarchy Archives.
From the newswire:
International Anarchist Academics in Claremont, CA
by What is Anarchism?
Today, students throughout the University of California system began sit-ins at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Riverside, to demand that the University of California adopt a policy requiring that the brands producing clothes and uniforms bearing the university name source these goods from factories in which workers are represented by a democratic union and earn a living wage.
... Report:
United Students Against Sweatshops sitting at Riverside and Berkeley Univesities by Fernando Sanchez
As of 9:30 tonite, 12 students still are staging a SIT IN at ucr chancelor's office at UC Riverside, with about 75 demonstrators still outside in support. Demands are for UC to go SWEAT FREE!
UC Riverside has the potential to set a new standard that could potentially spread and force large, greedy public establishments like the University of California system to buy ONLY SWEAT FREE clothing for their workers.
... Report with photos:
Students Take Over Chancelor's Office at UCR!!!
by phuk minutemen
Update:
Police arrested TEN students at the University of California-Riverside
by Maria Hernandez
Tens of 1,000s March for Rights Throughout the LA Area
Thousands of people filled Main Street in downtown LA this afternoon and evening to demand legalization of undocumented workers and oppose vicious plans for mass criminalization, deportation, and border militarization, as the wave of mobilizations for immigrant rights continued to ripple across the country.
An estimated 10,000 rallied and marched downtown, another 7,000 in Van Nuys and over a 1,000 in Santa Ana. No anti-immigrant events have been reported. All events have been peaceful. Reports from the newswire:
DOWNTOWN Report from April 10th march by schock
Photos: USA , LOS ANGELES, CA, IMMIGRATION REFORM PROTEST
by Stephen Sakulsky || April 10 Immigrant Rights March by Bob Morris || APRIL 10 NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION IN LOS ANGELES by Marcus
Audio: MP3 - An interview with Jessie from the Mexica Movement by A
Video:
VIDEO: April 10th Downtown LA march for immigrant rights by A
SANTA ANA: Downtown Santa Ana flooded with upwards of 1,000 immigrant rights supporters|| Photos of Santa Ana immigrant rights marches all by Duane J. Roberts
Opinion newswire: I am the first one to criticize Chicano/Latino politicos when they don't defend the interests of the community. However, during the present crisis, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and most Latino elected officials in Los Angeles have acted in a principled manner, forcefully speaking out against the racist nativism that is gripping the country. The same can be said of the Catholic Church and its refusal to go along with the hysteria.
...
Latinos: It's way overdue by Rodolfo F. Acñu (professor of Chicana/o Studies at California State University, Northridge)
Los Angeles, California – We, the People’s Community Organization for Reform and Empowerment (People’s CORE) and the Coalition in Defense of Immigrant Rights (CDIR) – Los Angeles calls on all immigrants and their advocates to support the National Day of Action, today, April 10 in 61 cities of the United States including our city- Los Angeles
While the Senate’s Immigration Reform Overhaul bill is still very racist and punitive to immigrants because it makes immigrants wait out long years before becoming citizens, and essentially treats them as “second class citizens.”, still the reactionaries in the US Congress led by the Republicans sat on the bill and did not act on it.
The impasse in the US Congress only highlights the deep racism and anti-immigrant bias of the parties in power. The Democrats are equally guilty for not taking a unified stand for the immigrants and letting the HR 4437 pass in the House of Representative tuning the clock of time back to the era of the legalized Klu Klux Klan and the “separate but equal” anti black equality legislations.
... Full report:
FULL IMMIGRANT RIGHTS NOW! SUPPORT APRIL 10 NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION IN LOS ANGELES by Arturo P. Garcia
The call for justice and human dignity rang out through East LA as hundred of marchers took to the streets to evoke the spirit of liberator and revolutionary Emiliano Zapata and to honor the EZLN, today's Zapatistas.
LOS ANGELES, April 9, 2006--As people were arriving for the march, a friend walked up to me after a conversation with a FOX News reporter. "I can't believe these guys," she began. The reporter had asked her why she wasn't in Mexico fighting the government there. "Why doesn't the U.S. stop sucking the Mexican economy dry?" she'd answered. The reporter was undaunted: "But if you don't like Vincente Fox, change the government." "Eighty percent of U.S. citizens don't like Bush," she came back, "and they can't change their government."
Then the reporter asked her if she admired Pancho Villa, and she said yes. "But isn't Pancho Villa the same as Bin Laden?" he challenged. Apparently she paused only for a moment: "If an armed nation had invaded your country, wouldn't the defenders be heroes?" she shot back. The reporter was forced to agree.
... Full report with photos:
In the Spirit of Zapata by Leslie Radford
April10.org
lists several locations around Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, and Orange County where demonstrations will take place.
Noon - Santa Ana - Federal Building - 441 West 4th Street, Santa Ana, CA
5:00 - La Placita - 535 N Main St., Los Angeles, CA
6:30 - Panorama City 7915 Van Nuys Blvd.
For other locations around LA: contact 213-368-7432
See the April10.org lilstings for California
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