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That Dubya, he’s gone and alienated yet another ally. But hey, it is election time. Neocons need the racist vote. What better way to do that than by promising to build a fence to keep The Hideous Hordes out? If, in fact, it ever gets built. But then, that’s not the point – mobilizing racists [...] Solicitation for murder Prosecutors on Friday charged the deputy city clerk of Maywood [CA] with soliciting the murder of an outspoken councilman who has spearheaded the city’s efforts to improve treatment of illegal immigrants. Opening statements by Jim Lafferty of the National Lawyers Guild. The NLG and ANSWER LA will file multiple lawsuits and complaints against LAPD for their outrageous conduct during the anti-Minutemen protest on Saturday, including their unprovoked beating of demonstrators – even after they’d been clubbed and were lying on the sidewalk – and for not [...] LAPD clubs peaceful immigrant rights protestors in Hollywood Plus: call for video, photos & witnesses This Tuesday, July 11, 10 am National Lawyers Guild Office at the Peace Center 8124 W Third St, Los Angeles (Corner of Crescent Heights and Third) ANSWER LA and the National Lawyers Guild are planning to file a lawsuit against [...] The role of the police is often to protect and defend the extreme right. Yesterday in Hollywood demonstrated that clearly. The Minutemen, the racist anti-immigrant group, marched in Hollywood on Saturday. ANSWER LA called a counter-demo across the street from them on the sidewalk. As usual, there were more of us than them. LAPD went [...] This Saturday, July 8, 4 pm Gather at corner of Hollywood & Argyle, LA (Metro Red Line stop Hollywood & Vine) Or meet at the A.N.S.W.E.R. Office at 3 pm, 1 block away from the protest. From ANSWER LA On Saturday, July 8, all progressives are encouraged to join pro-immigrant organizations, including the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, [...] Juan Jose Gutierrez of Latino Movement USA details the birth and growth of the immigrant rights movement starting in 1968, continuing through the amnesty (signed by Reagan!) in 1986, to the huge, historic marches of March 25 and May 1 of this year. Gutierrez was a major organizer of the massive anti-Prop 187 march in [...] In a defeat for President Bush, Republican congressional leaders said Tuesday that broad immigration legislation is all but doomed for the year, a victim of election-year concerns in the House and conservatives’ implacable opposition to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. Horse puckey. Bush didn’t want the bill to pass this year. Given his abysmal [...] Via Perspective in Scotland, who comments on these dimbulb right wingers, “Might want to run a spellcheck on your placards, dumbass.” They want everyone to speak English yet have problems with basic spelling themselves? The civil rights movement did not tone itself down to accommodate the racists. On the contraryâ€â€it grew in scope and militancy. The continued struggles of the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee, the Deacons for Defense, and the emerging Black liberation movement cleared the way for the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act [...] |  | ||||
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