Madison, Wisconsin might be best known for its football team and legions of Birkenstock-wearing college students. But on April 10, the town belonged to immigrants. About 20,000 of them marched from a downtown park to the state capitol building, which was engulfed in a sea of waving flags, brown faces and Spanish chants.

Combined Coverage of the April 10 Day of Action and Aftermath

A week ago on April 10, hundreds of thousands of Arizonans took to the streets to demand justice for immigrants. Today Arizona Indymedia brings you a collection of the citizen journalism covering that event, contributed from all over the state: reporting, photographs, audio and video. We encourage you, the people, to continue submitting stories and media on what you see around you as this historic moment in the fight for immigrant rights unfolds here and across the nation.

• Phoenix: Report and photos, more photos, and a long audio report.
• Report from Flagstaff
• Tucson: reports (1,2), photos (1,2), and videos(1, 2), as well as stories (1, 2) covering the aftermath of the police negligence at the event and the demands made to city officials by organizers.

From Global Indymedia

Report on April 10 Charlotte Boycott for Immigrant Rights

According to The Houston Chronicle, more than 50,000 people marched through downtown Houston on April 10 in favor of socially just immigration reform. With demonstrators carrying US flags and chanting "USA! USA!" some participants remarked that it looked like the Fourth of July. Houston Indymedia had breaking news coverage throughout the day.

Meanwhile there was a protest organized by Lee High School Students that took place after the school day. 100 students and supporters attended including Coucilman Khan [see photos and report] It seems that organizers from the April 10th Coalition deliberately tried to exclude the very students who have been at the forefront of this spontaneous movement.

Coverage from the Open Publishing Newswire:
Stories: Raj
Photos: Art Browning, CLT, Crooked Cricket, Gabriel Suárez: 1, 2, 3, Gislaine, Harbeer: 1 | 2 | 3, RoB: 1 | 2, Trick Baby
Video: Harbeer: 1 | 2

If you attended this march, please publish your media and stories to our website. We have yet to recieve any first hand written accounts of the march itself. We are all journalists.
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Read the breaking news as it occured on April 10th | Indymedia.us national coverage of April 10th Protests

Boston--Spring 2006 will be remembered as the largest immigrant rights movement in the history of the United States. Hundreds of protests were planned nationwide on April 9 and 10, while in Boston numbers doubled since last week as ten of thousands marched from the Commons to Copley Square. [Photo by Jonathan]

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.

Today I had an interesting experiance. I had not heard of this rally in advance- I had heard about the one in Salem on Sunday, but I was unaware of the Portland event. During my free period today I walked downtown; I had to buy something for my new video editing computer. As I walked through the mall I noticed large groups of latino teens with mexican flags eating. I thought that it may have had something to do with the recent pro-immigrant rallies. I swung by Pioneer Square and saw something totally unexpected.

The reason it was unexpected is because I usually consider myself up to date with political actions around Portland. This one caught me by suprise. What I saw was a large group, maybe 500-700 of people, mainly students, with flags of all nations, signs, and white t-shirts. They were just finishing up a rally when I arrived, and forming up to march. The police were standing by, of course, maybe 7 of them, and one of them was radioing for reinforcements. The police, however, were not the focus of this rally. The people lined up and started to walk. It felt a bit akward at first, as there was only one megaphone and no chants, but soon people began some of the most spirited chants I have ever heard. The chanted without megaphone support, spontaniously, loudly, and constantly. It was something I have never seen at any other protest. These people were into it!

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Over the past couple months, grassroots initiatives against anti-immigrant legislation received a tremendous response. Tens of thousands of high school students across California walked out of school. Federal offices and freeways were taken over and shut down. Workers in Chicago, Atlanta and other cities engaged in work stoppage. Today, on April 10, 2006, massive rallies took place in at least 100 cities across the country. Early Report from HUGE Immigrant Rights Feeder March Video from Feeder March

March set the record for the largest protest in Dallas history.

Feature compiled by North Texas Independent Media Center. ...

On Monday evening, Rochester joined with over 100 cities around the United States as part of a National Day of Action for Immigrant rights. Demonstrators assembled downtown in front of the Federal Building , carrying flags and banners with messages like “Ningun ser humano es ilegal: No human being is illegal.” After gathering at the Federal building, the crowd listened to speakers and chanted slogans before marching roughly Two Miles to San Miguels Church at Clinton and Clifford.

Today, throughout the state of Tennessee, from Knoxville to Memphis, thousands of immigrants and supporters joined millions across the country in a National Day of Action. Immigrant community members and their supporters participated in marches, vigils, and rallies, speaking out in support of humane, realistic, and comprehensive immigration reform. Today's events were peaceful reminders that immigrants live in Tennessee to work hard and contribute to its economic and cultural fabric, and that punitive measures proposed by some lawmakers would only increase the suffering and exploitation of our neighbors, friends, and community members.

Demanding Justice, Dignity, and Respect

We're here, we're part of your society and economy, and you'd better deal with us positively, with Justice, Dignity, and Respect. ...

San Diego's largest protest since the Viet Nam war took place Sunday, April 9, when up to 100,000 people jammed the streets to denounce the anti-immigrant bill passed by the House of Representatives and demand "dignity, respect and hope" for both documented and undocumented immigrants. The march was inspiring and festive, but the rally speeches were long on emotional tales of immigrants making good in the U.S. and short on specific demands. Some immigrant-rights activists had criticized the march organizers for not specifically calling for amnesty for the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants currently in the U.S., and had held their own action the day before.

Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Video: 1

Stories: Zenger's | An LGBT Take on Immigration | Original Announcement

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More photos can be found at http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~kewalsh/photos/