"Victor Toro is a citizen and national of Chile who was jailed and tortured there because of his opposition to the illegitimate Pinochet government (1973-1990). For more than 23 years, Victor and his wife Nieves Ayress (also a survivor of torture by the Pinochet regime) have been living in New York City and engaging in activism in the South Bronx, where they founded Vamos a La Peña, a nonprofit community organization that has served as a space for free expression and people's power for undocumented workers and other disenfranchised community members. On July 6, 2007,Victor Toro was arrested by US Border Patrol, an agency of the US Department of Homeland Security, while on board an Amtrak train in Rochester, New York. He was released on bond on July 9 and is now seeking political asylum with the help of his legal team. His wife Nieves is a US citizen; their daughter, Rosita Toro, is a legal permanent resident." http://thepoliticsofimmigration.blogspot.com/2009/03/support-immigrant-activi...
Translation by Nancy Wallace:
"This 1st of May is very important for the working class throughout the US, for the men and women workers. This celebration of the martyrs of Chicago, those workers who died in the struggle for the 8 hour work day.
In 2011, in this 21st century this struggle of the martyrs continues in the factories and fields and all the centers of work in the world.
So this is our day, it is the day of immigrants that came before, it is the day of immigrants that come today.
Jon1Flanders 10 months ago
@Jon1Flanders Continuing the translation: "The day of immigrants who are going to continue to come to this land which before belonged to the original people.
So I invite you to struggle for a legalization, an immigration reform, without trusting governments, without trusting the state. This is a class struggle, and what we must do is advance it towards social revolution, here, in the belly of the beast."
Jon1Flanders 10 months ago