Mike | 01.05.2006 19:07

Photos from May 1st protest/march at San Diego (San Ysidro) border.

Pre-March Rally (hills in background are Tijuana)

actual freeway sign

touching to see many hand-done signs

empty I-5 Northbound from border, unprecedented?

many kids and families, not to mention good signs

march extending around the corner, no end in sight off-camera left or right

sign taped to bus stuck in traffic

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...and then the horses showed up

IMC volunteer at work

Here are a few photos, though they don't capture the moments which inspired me. Two points in particular:
-A volunteer/organizer in a plain white t-shirt and headband with "USA" on it encountered another organizer going up and down the line. They were both busy, but had a quick hand grab and a smile that spoke volumes.
-A moment under an overpass when the crowds' chants echoed off the walls and people in their cars stuck due to the march were leaning out the windows smiling and leaning on their horns. San Ysidro is mostly Latino and for most of the people there (in the march and on the sides) it was of their first experiences with protest and speaking out (the glee in kids when they started a chant and had dozens around them chanting to their lead was fantastic, no to mention powerful).