Foro Publico de Coalición A.N.S.W.E.R. en Español
(The forum described below will be conducted in Spanish.)

Foro Publico de Coalición A.N.S.W.E.R. en Español
¡Luchando por la Amnistía!

Sábado, 13 de Mayo, 6 pm
1609 James M Wood Blvd, LA (Esquina de Union Ave y James M Wood)
Haz clic aquí para mapa y direcciones

Los politiqueros anti-inmigrantes y racistas llaman a los inmigrantes “una carga para la sociedad” - y son ellos los que tratan pasar leyes represivas como la HR 4437 y promueven grupos racistas como los “Minuteman.” Pero los inmigrantes contribuyencon billones de dólares a la economía y reciben muy poco a cambio. Lo único que estamos dispuestos a aceptar es amnistía y dignidad para los millones de trabajadores sin documentos que en la actualidad viven en los Estados Unidos. Mostrémosle al gobierno, a las corporaciones y a los politiqueros racistas que un poderoso movimiento popular unificado podrá ganar los Derechos Civiles, los derechos de los trabajadores y hará historia.

Ven a la reunión de para incorporarte a una organización nacional que conecta el tema de la guerra con el de los derechos para los inmigrantes. Únete a la Coalición Answer para que unidos podamos terminar con la guerra y el racismo.

¡Creando el movimiento por la amnistía!
¡La lucha en contra de el racismo!
¡Las redadas y otros attaques en contra de los inmigrantes!
¡El imperialismo y las causas de la inmigracion!
¡Alto a la guerra, Solaridad con el pueblo de Irak!
Que es la Coalición Answer?

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U.S. government orchestrates anti-Lukashenko opposition

On March 19, Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected president of the Republic of Belarus with nearly 83 percent of the popular vote. The result confirmed all the pre-election polls, which predicted a lopsided Lukashenko victory.

This did not stop the imperialist countries and their faithful media outlets from asserting that the Belarus elections had been rigged. They demanded the annulment of the elections and called for new elections along “democratic” principles. Bush called President Lukashenko “Europe’s last dictator.” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice identified Belarus as an “outpost of tyranny.” Belarus has been moved near the top of the list of nations due for “regime change.”

The neocons only pretend to support democracy. Witness Belarus where, like Venezuela, their leader was elected in a fair vote. Yet the Bushies want to overthrow the government. Sounds like they’re the ones who hate freedom.

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There’s not much happening now.

• Rove might get indicted.
• Dubya could attack Iran with nukes.
• In a few months, huge amounts of energy and dedication will be sucked out of antiwar movement and into the Democratic Party under the delusion that if the Democrats take one or both houses the Iraq War will end.
• Gas prices have risen, but not yet to the point of seriously disrupting the economy.
• The immigrant rights movement and Congress will collide soon.

So, there’s plenty on the near-horizon, but little of substance happening now. Let’s enjoy this lull. It won’t last.

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At least 3 million march, millions more participate in boycott

[The] Headlines about the May 1 immigrant rights protests in virtually all the corporate media are some variant of “One Million Demonstrate.” These headlines are not only a transparent attempt to downplay the significance of the day, but they are contradicted by the very articles that follow.

Indeed, mainstream media went out of their way to downplay May 1 during the buildup the week before. Then they announce those low numbers as fact even when their own reports show the numbers were much higher. They appear to be in denial, a denial so severe it’s rendered them unable to perform simple addition.

According to widely reported official estimates, which almost always undercount the numbers, Los Angeles had two marches of 250,000 and 400,000, with more than 50,000 more participating in other LA area protests. In Chicago, the official police estimate was 400,000. That’s a total of more than 1.1 million people in just two cities, according to the government!

Yet the mainstream media meme was ‘one million marched.’

Organizers estimate that in LA more than 1 million marched on May 1, and in Chicago more than 750,000. Perhaps the most grossly underestimated march was in San Francisco, where more than 200,000 people filled the Civic Center and the entire 2-mile long march route stretching back to the Embarcadero on Market St. The SF Chronicle gave a crowd estimate of 30,000, based solely on a statement from an “unnamed city official.” At least 100,000 marched in San Jose.

The San Jose march was the biggest ever in that city, and the police estimate has been revised upwards to 125,000.

Millions more in California alone protested by staying away from work or school, or by refusing to sell or buy anything. The port of Long Beach/Los Angeles, the busiest in the country, was at least 90% shut down. In the fields, where 225,000 overwhelmingly Latino immigrant workers labor, there was the “biggest agricultural work stoppage on record in the state, according to the May 2 LA Times.

All together, at least 3 million people marched and rallied, and millions more participated in “The Day Without an Immigrant” by other means. It was truly a day of People’s Power.

That momentum and power will be continuing. There’s lots more coming. Stay tuned.

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