Millions desperate to flee Mexico
Skylark,

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April 9th - Immigration Policy Protest
Miguel,

Just wanted to ask everyone to join us on April 9th 2006 for a protest of the anti immigration. The raza will be meeting up at Balboa park in San Diego April 9th, 6th and Laurel downtown San Diego, get there early. I'm still trying to determine the start time. All I have heard is everyone is walking to downtown SD starting on 6th and Laural. Thanks,
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Peace and Freedom Party Endorses Mayday Ralli
Kevin Akin,

California's Peace and Freedom Party has endorsed the immigrants rights rallies and strike planned for May 1, 2006.
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Undocumented welders topple radio towers
Mac Johnson,

Gotta love it.
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On the Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juarez
san diego indymedia,

* San Diego Independant Media Center present... *

* ON THE EDGE: THE FEMICIDE IN CIUDAD JUAREZ *
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Photos from Friday Walkouts and March 2
lotu5,

more photos, please post your own photos, stories and comments...
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Photos from Friday Walkouts and March
lotu5,

photos. please add your own photos, stories and comments!
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Reportback from Friday's Student March
lotu5,

A 6,000 strong march of mostly students culminated a week of student walkouts. The march went through barrio logan and sherman heights. Many bystanders showed support, standing on their porches or on top of buildings, waving mexican flags. Lots of people from the community joined the march as it went by.
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From Paul Taylor Symposium on Social Justice
dj pepperbox,

March 31, 2006, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

The J. Paul Taylor Symposium on Social Justice
New Mexico State University

As the numbers of murdered women found in Juarez, Mexico increses daily, families of victims and grassroots organizations continue with thier uphill battle against government corruption, impunity, torture, and threats, to stop this violence against women and families here, and also to find justice for those allready lost.
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Whatever Happened to Empathy?
populist,

Whatever happened to empathy? How did the world suddenly become inhabited by good, red-blooded Americans and a bunch of gooks, slopes, ragheads, hadjis and any other pejorative which makes them seem less than human? How did the world suddenly become us and them? How is it that no one's beliefs and concerns have validity except ours? How has it come about that the world is now divided between us, our few allies, and a world of terrorists?
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Emergency call to action!
Reposting from an email,

Call the SDPD and demand an end to the violence on students from Memorial Jr. High
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Schools Shut Down Today, Massive Walkouts Friday
sd indymedia,

UPDATE 12:01PM : Legal support information for students walking out. Please distribute widely!
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/114765.shtml

12:16PM : For more info about Santa Cruz and the central coast walkouts see  http://www.indybay.org/santacruz/

3:08PM : Arrests and police violence occurring, call the SDPD and demand an end to the violence on students from Memorial Jr. High
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/114779.shtml

The SD Union Tribune is reporting today: "Oceanside middle and high schools were ordered closed for the rest of the week and other campuses around the region were bracing for a fourth day of student protests over proposed revisions to federal immigration laws.

The Oceanside district made the decision to close schools after 250 student protesters faced off with police officers in a melee Wednesday at Oceanside High. The closure will affect around 10,000 students.

Some students hurled food, milk cartons and plastic bottles at officers, prompting law enforcement to shoot pellets filled with pepper spray at the crowd's feet, police said.

Three boys threw chunks of concrete at officers and were arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, Oceanside Sgt. Leonard Mata said...

About 2,000 San Diego students engaged in marches and demonstrations over proposed immigration reforms from about a dozen San Diego schools on Wednesday, an increase from around 1,200 on Tuesday, San Diego Police Assistant Chief Bill Maheu said."

Walkouts continued thursday in Arizona and Texas, with hundreds of students marching through El Paso and Tuscon and blocking traffic. Students continue to organize themselves using flyers and word of mouth as schools are restricting cell phone usage. 26 students were arrested in Houston this morning. At Lamar high school in Houston, students protested inside of school.

Few students walked out in LA today, but there are still huge walkouts planned tomorrow, including high schools and universities. There have been callls put out for massive student sit-ins on April 4th.

For more accounts of this beautiful nationwide uprising, involving around 3 million people, see also:
Immigrants rising! A chronology and account of events and people so far...
 http://deletetheborder.org/node/829

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Police Brutality Against Students Walking Out
sd indymedia,

UPDATE: A "Student Unity Meeting" has been called for Friday at 5pm in front of City College:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/114749.shtml

There have been numerous cases of police brutality against the students walking out. These students are acting as the conscience of a nation too scared to resist the advance of fascism, in this case embodied in racist, anti-immigrant legislation. People have a responsibility to support these students and their efforts to resist HR4437. In addition to these cases, students face the violent "lockdown" tactics from schools including refusing access to bathrooms, locking classroom doors and campus gates, endangering the students.

In Escondido, over 10 students were arrested on Monday. They were pepper sprayed and one protester was thrown to the ground and received a broken nose.

Video of police violence against students in Escondido:
 http://www.10news.com/video/8301924/index.html

In Carson [near Los Angeles] students from several area schools clashed with deputies outside Carson High School, resulting in three arrests by deputies...

At some point, students began throwing water bottles, apples, oranges and other objects at deputies, prompting deputies to shoot one student with a bean bag round and fire pepper spray into the crowd, said Zymkowitz.
 http://presstelegram.com/news/ci_3648570

In Watsonville, in Santa Cruz County, a number of students were hit with batons.
 http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1811814.php

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Leslie Feinberg Lecture: brief report back
concerned student,

Leslie Feinberg spoke earlier today (3/28/2006) on the SDSU campus at 2PM in Hepner Hall 221, as close to 200 students filled the seats, stairs, and floors with eager faces. Leslie talked about his experience as a lesbian / transgender / genderqueer in the struggle for gay liberation and his experience as an activist who relates to the struggles of people of color because it was the right thing to do at the time and still is. Leslie mentioned the inspiration he has received from the large turnouts in Los Angeles and other cities in opposition to the Senssenbrenner bill HR 4437. Leslie ended the speech by addressing the struggle of Pat Washington, who was fired from the Womens Studies Dept in 2002 and has is suing SDSU for discrimination. After most of the audience had gone, a couple of women from the department began their defensive attack against what they felt was Leslie's attack on them.

 http://transgenderwarrior.org
 http://patwashington.org
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/114449.shtml

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3/18 Free Palestine/Anti-Racism & War March
queer-j brad,

I wasnt going to go to the March 18 Peace Rally at Balboa Park marking the third anniversary of the illegal war against and occupation of Iraq. However, when i heard at the last minute that Al-Awda and supporting organizations were holding a rally and march to bring attention to the central role of Palestine and racism in the larger struggle against western imperialism, i grabbed my camera and jumped on my bike and raced down to City College, the site of the rally. A 12 minute video was the result.
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Walkouts: Student Unity Meeting Friday 5PM
Bob Alba - reposting from email,

5 PM at City college Friday, March 31, 2006
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¡Sí Se Puede!
indio,

¿Se Puede ó No Se Puede?
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Walkouts Continue to Grow Wednesday
dj lotu5,

The student walkout continue today. Reports are coming in that around 6,000 students have walked out in opposition to HR4437 and the marches are heading to Chicano Park. Volunteers are needed to help document what is going on and monitor the police, as there have been incidents of police brutality against students in Escondido already.

The walkouts are spreading all over the country, with reports from all over California, Houston, Utah, Michigan, Nevada. The LA Times reports that "officials vow crackdown". Tens of thousands of students have walked out of school in opposition to anti-immigrant legislation, the criminalization of migrant people and in support of amnesty.

This report from 10:20AM: The third day of students walk outs are going strong! Hoover High students were spotted walking through North Park toward Chicano Park again. Their numbers have doubled since yesterday.

Update 12:47PM : The SD Union Tribune is reporting that 150 students who walked out in Imperial Beach from MAr Vista high were 'arrested by police and sheriff's deputies in a community park and issued citations for daytime loitering... after the group became “more rambunctious” and began blocking streets' Many corporate media reports are downplaying the walkouts today, in an attempt to not help them grow, but reports from the street indicate that today's events are larger than yesterday's.

Update 2:35PM : One emailed report says this: "I just talked with the san diego county office of education communications officer, Jim Esterbrooks. He told me that more than 1,000 students walked out today in the city of San Diego. only 500 additional in the county and that escondido, san marcos and vista did not walk out today." Some corporate reports put today's walkout figures at 1,200. These contradict this morning's reports from the street.


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Thousands of Students Protest HR4437
aymara,

Representing schools from around the city, including: Patrick Henry, Kearny, Hoover, San Diego High, Memorial Academy, Serra High, National City and City College!

Students walked out of classes and converged in Chicano Park today to protest HR4437 - a proposal that passed the House and is now before the Senate that would make undocumented immigrants felons, would make it a crime to help undocumented immigrants in a non-emergency (such as letting undocumented students attend school!!!) and would provide incentives for local law enforcement to detain undocumented immigrants as well.

While estimates ranged from 1500 to 3000 throughout the day, one thing was perfectly clear: students, whether documented or not, are pissed.

More photos of the Hoover High walkout:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/114700.shtml

More photos from Chicano Park:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/114719.shtml
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The Culeros Get Chased Out - La Gran Marcha
dj lotu5,

A short clip from La Gran Marcha 2006, a massive march in Los Angeles against HR4437 and for amnesty. The corproate media put the size of the march at 500,000. Univision said the march was 2 million people. The police and mayor said it was the largest protest they have ever seen. What happens when 30 riot cops try to enter into a crowd of that size?
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photos from second day of student walkouts 2
dj lotu5,

more...
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photos from second day of student walkouts
dj lotu5,

photos from the chicano park rally...
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Second Day of Student Walkouts Against HR4437
dj lotu5,

Thousands of students walked out of San Diego high schools again today, converging on Chicano Park. They walked from Hoover High, Vista, Kearny Mesa and as far as Claremont Mesa and Point Loma. Add a comment with your high school and your story!

At a massive rally at Chicano Park, the students denounced HR4437, the border, la migra and the police. Spontaneous chants of "Mexico, Mexico" and "Culeros, Culeros" broke out repeatedly. The crowd was very energetic.

Although there was tension between the police and the crowd at times, I did not see any arrests made at the Chicano Park rally.

Photos: 1 | 2
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Student Walkouts and Resistance to HR4437
lotu5 and queer-j-brad,

10:00AM, 3/28 - repost from a city college student says that she saw "all of San Diego High School", what looked like thousands of students, running from school downtown. She said that the situation was very chaotic and that there looked like a strong chance of arrests being made.

The San Diego Independent Media Center website has been experiencing
technical difficulties that we hope are resolved. Access to our websites and posting has been sporadic, but is fixed now. Thank you for your patience.

STUDENT WALKOUTS, SAN DIEGO AND NATIONWIDE:

--- DJ Pepperbox of radioActive sanDiego:
This afternoon, over a thousand students from high schools and colleges
in San Diego walked out of school in protest of The Sensenbrenner-King
bill, HR4437. The students gathered at the corner of Park blvd. and
Bst, in downtown San Diego. Students then marched to Chicano park in
mass. Students from SDSU Mecha, City College's Resistencia Estudantil,
and the ISO were also present.
 http://deletetheborder.org/node/818

--- In a call placed to the LAUSD an official for the district stated
that 24,680 students walked out of classes today to protest
Anti-immigrant law H.R. 4437. The official said that students from 52
separate middle schools and high schools throughout the district
have walked out. Many students have joined a rally now taking place at
city hall and numbering in the 1000s. More walkouts are expected
tomorrow.
 http://la.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/151812.php

--- Hundreds of San Jose high school and middle school students walked
out of their schools and gathered in front of city hall today to
protest pending immigration reforms. And in San Francisco, more than
1,000 protesters were heading into the city's main thoroughfare, Market
Street, just before noon today.
 http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/14199154.htm

--- Hundreds of boisterous Orange County youth marched north on Harbor
Blvd. toward the Anaheim Police Department protesting the proposed
ANTI-IMMIGRATION LAW.
 http://la.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/151814.php
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LA Anti-racist Rally draws well over 500,000
John Frost,

A sea of white shirts engulfed downtown Los Angeles. It was hard to gather just how many people showed up at the rally due to the constant flow of arriving and departing participants. Some estimated 500,000, others suggested at least one million.
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photos from La Gran Marcha 2006 - 2
lotu5,

more photos...
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photos from La Gran Marcha 2006 - 1
lotu5,

Here are photos from today's amazing march which even CNN says had 500,000 people, so there must've been many more than that...

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La Gran Marcha 2006, Momentum Builds
lotu5, repost from la indymedia and others,

If you've been reading LA Indymedia or listening to KPFK, you've heard about the March for Immigrants' Rights that will be taking place tomorrow, starting on Olympic and Broadway. But if you're limited to English, you probably haven't heard the non-stop promotion by virtually every popular local and nationally-syndicated Spanish-language DJ in Los Angeles. Low-ball estimates from media insiders are that 200,000 people will turn up. March organizers are scrambling to accommodate three times that many and busloads of people from across the state, from Reno and Las Vegas, from Phoenix, from Texas, from New Mexico, from Denver, from Tennessee, and from Chicago. As I write this, high school students in East Los Angeles have walked out and reportedly are pummeling the police with fruit against proposed immigration "reform." Corporate media reports estimate the size of today's student walkouts in LA at over 3000 students. Tomorrow promises to be the biggest march in Los Angeles history.


The organizers have announced that they are expecting that as many as 500,000 people might attend the protest in L.A.

Editorial From the Newswire Brown Skin / Yellow Star: Why You Must Join the March 25th Demo by Juan Santos ...
Full report: Speak Now, or Never: Stopping Sensenbrenner by Leslie Radford
Reports: Gran Marcha 2006 by Jesse Díaz | | Hunger Strike to Stop Anti-Migrant Legislation by C. Cruz | | Call for Reporters on Saturday by Anonymous | | Update on Pro Migrant Hunger Strike by cesar a. cruz | | 3/25: Los Angeles March for Immigrant Rights! by Lee Siu Hin - Immigrant Solidarity Network | | March 25-28 Nationwide Weekend of Actions to Support Immigrant Solidarity! by Lee Siu hin - National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Chicago: Feature Story, Washington DC: Feature Story

Brown Skin / Yellow Star: Why You Must Join L
Juan Santos,

The US Senate debates legislation that would make migrants an openly felonized, legally scapegoated racial and cultural under-caste, with deeply dangerous implications for us all.

600,000 or more are to join La Gran Marcha this Saturday, March 25th, in Downtown Los Angeles, at 10 AM. Meet at the corner of Broarway and Olympic.
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Minuteman gets civics lesson from ACLU
John Earl,

(March 18, 06) A tiny portion of Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist's claimed 240 million followers made a surprise showing this Saturday at a Costa Mesa community forum on constitutional rights and immigration law that featured a speaker from the ACLU.

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