Posts Tagged ‘a day without immigrants’
Salma and Don Francisco Honored the May 1Huelga
10:54 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism| Celebrities| Immigration · Comments Off
3 May 2006
You didn’t see them marching on Monday, the day of the national boycott, but immigrant celebs like Salma Hayek and Sabado Gigante’s Don Franciso were with the over a million protesters clamoring for human rights, at least in spirit. Salma honored the boycott in her own way by not leaving her Hollywood home and changing her plans. Salma said:
I was supposed to fly to Guatemala but since my airline was American, I re-scheduled my trip for tomorrow.
Don Francisco, whose Univision network showed regulary scheduled novelas and talk shows on the day of the boycott said:
The economy would tremble without the working force of 20 million people who are only asking for their rights to be respected and the services they all deserve, just like any other honest citizen in the rest of the world.
Via / Que Pasa
A Day Without Immigrants : Success or Failure
7:33 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism| Immigration · 5 Comments
2 May 2006
It all depends on who you ask. Right wing pundits and their media a la Lou Dobbs say yesterday was a failure. The country didn’t shut down. Many participants and their supporters point to the fact that although the country wasn’t closed for business, many businesses were closed.
Tyson Foods Inc., the world’s largest meat producer, shuttered about a dozen of its more than 100 plants. Eight of 14 Perdue Farms chicken plants also closed for the day. The rallies shut down 29 branches of Chipotle Mexican Grill, a Denver-based fast-casual dining chain. Goya Foods, which bills itself as the nation’s largest Hispanic-owned food chain, suspended delivery everywhere except Florida in what the company called a gesture of solidarity.
Immigrant Communities in NYC Forming Human Chains
2:27 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism| Immigration| New York City · 2 Comments
1 May 2006
I’ve just returned from the immigrant community of Jackson Heights, Queens, NYC where about a thousand individuals, including many families with their children, formed a human chain of solidarity that ran for 10 city blocks. Chanting, “Si se Puede” and “Bush, Escucha! Estamos en la lucha”.
Some, but not all, stores were closed.
In fact the irony of all ironies was watching the many vendors selling United States flags. Similiar human chains were held simultaniously in other immigrant neighborhoods of the city including Chinatown in downtown Manhattan. The human chain was officially convened at 12:16 pm to recognize the date that the legislation making it a felony to be an undocumented worker was first brought to the Congressional floor.
I will be posting pictures of the immigrant human chain at VivirLatino’s Flickr Page. Tag: 1mayhuelga.
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