Archive for May 1st, 2007
Immigration rallies: the view from SF
8:05 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Immigration|San Francisco · Comments Off
1 May 2007
As mainstream media is reporting a much lower turnout for this year’s immigration rallies across the country, I can personally report that this was the case in San Francisco.
While the rally was lively and and attendees very enthusiastic yesterday, San Francisco’s Civic Center square was less than 1/4 full, a sharp contrast from last year, when the crowds stretched from the steps of City Hall and the federal building spilling into the neighboring streets of the Tenderloin.
Yesterday morning Gustavo Arellano was on NPR talking about whether the lower number of attendees (because this was being predicted hours before the rallies actually started) had to more to do with the fact that the rallies last year were so successful that people simply think that the struggle is over.
May Day History : Latinas Always Have Been on the Front Lines
1:46 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|history|Labor|Women · Comments Off
1 May 2007
It is no accident that May 1st was chosen as the day to hold massive rallies across the country to defend the rights of immigrant workers. May 1st, commonly known as May Day, is the original labor day. It began in the United States and with a Latina at the head of the movement.
May Day has its roots in the labor movement of the late 1800′s. In Chicago in 1886 labor activists held a general strike demanding an 8 hour day. Lucy Parsons Gonzalez, an African-, Native- and Mexican-, mother to two children and possibly born a slave in Texas, was leader in the strike along with her husband.
Immigration rallies in the Bay Area: yes or no?
1:25 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Immigration|Internet|San Francisco · Comments Off
1 May 2007If dueling Google News headlines are to be believed, there are no immigration rallies here in the Bay Area today and there are several immigration rallies here in the Bay Area today:
The truth is there are rallies, and following is the logistical info:
San Francisco:
Tuesday, May 1, 12 noon
Gather at Dolores Park, Dolores and 18th Streets
(Mission District, 16th St. BART)
March to Civic Center
More info at IndyBay
More rally information after the jump
New Bedford Redadas Still Impact Today
12:45 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|Massachusetts · 1 Comment
1 May 2007
While at least hundreds of thousands are expected to hit the streets today, May Day, demanding legalization and basic human rights for undocumented immigrants living in the United States, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and their roundups of undocumented workers continue to haunt, especially in the Latino community.
In March, I reported on a roundup at a factory in New Bedford, Massachusetts. As a direct result of that raid, mothers have been separated from their children via deportation. Others are in detention centers as far away as Texas, and others have left “voluntarily”, avoiding proceedings before an immigration judge but also deeming themselves ineligible for legal U.S. entry visas.
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