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May Day 2007: Immigrants Rights are Workers Rights

IMC-US, 01.05.2007

One year after the Great Boycott of 2006, organizers nationwide are mobilizing to strengthen and deepen the connection between the labor movement and the cause of immigrants rights. MayDay2007.org | May 1st Movement for Worker & Immigrant Rights | | National Student Walkouts: 1, 2

From LA-IMC: On May 1st, 2007, hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, will stand up to the anti-migrant tide, against the raids and deportations, against punitive and terroristic "immigration reform." Migrants and those with recent migrant roots, will emerge from invisible communities and underground economies to demand dignity and justice from a government that is offering only a choice between which oppression it will unleash on them. And they have an answer: stop the raids and deportations, and legalization for all immigrants now. Full Story: The Migrant Trap, and the Migrants' Way Out: May 1, 2007 by Leslie Radford

Event Listings from The Agitator Blog | Immigrant Solidarity Network Calendar

Indymedia Advance Reports: Albuquerque, NM | Los Angeles | Medford, OR | Miami, FL | Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN | New Hampshire | New York City - 1, 2 | Philadelphia, PA | Portland, OR | Olympia, WA | San Francisco Bay Area | Santa Cruz, Watsonville and Salinas, CA | Seattle, WA



Other Alternative Press: Workers World: Longshore workers say: All out on May Day | Gigante Dispierta



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