May Day Immigrant Rights Retrospective
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Uploaded by IndymediaPresents on Apr 13, 2009
Mayday 2009 is coming up, so for Indymedia Presents episode #350 we reach into our archive for mayday-related pieces we made in years past, to build interest and participation in the Mayday actions that will happen this year. We first feature our coverage of the 2006 April 10th immigrant march in Seattle. (This piece was an official selection in the compilation Gigante Despierta.) That year immigrants marched in April as a build-up to the largest general strike in the history of the United States. Millions stayed off the job on Mayday that year in Day without a Mexican actions. The idea was that if folks dont like immigrants picking strawberries and washing dishes, then they could try those activities themselves, and see how they liked it then. The Seattle April 10th march, and the Mayday march that followed, stretched for as far as the eye could see, as the immigrant community burst forth in political life. This is a growing portion of the US population and a group with the potential to wield more political power as time goes on. Our piece speaks of the pressures (such as NAFTA) to come to the US, and also of the history of Mayday, which was born in the fight for the 8-hour day almost a century and a half ago. Then we reprise coverage of a great Seattle Mayday in 2003, replete with interviews of Central American immigrants who speak to what Mayday means to people in their countries.
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Cops Brutalize Pro-Immigrant Protestersby lucidapparition5,547 views- 0:24
Immigration March in Seattle (May 1, 2006)by janelleq631 views
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2006 immigration Seattle American gets arrested Beat upby DUTCHSSADLER4,019 views
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Part 1: WA-IRAC "Change for Immigrant Rights" Street Theaterby stephanieteatro381 views
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Immigrant Rights March, May 1st 2008, Chicagoby fhickler746 views
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May Day or International Workers Day: History & Meaningby wudunion514 views
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Immigration March in Los Angelesby DaveofCali7,921 views
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Immigrant rights march in Seattle, April 2006by zoltangrossman1,435 views
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Immigrant rightsby RedCeltic11,539 views
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Save the Date - 9th Annual May 1st March & Rally!by ohgeez007668 views
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Blue Scholars @ Immigration Rallyby KiloBurnett5,250 views
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May Day 2009 Campaign for Comprehensive Immigration Reformby causaoregon1,463 views
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NJ Immigrants Rightsby gaylekess351 views
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Seattle May Day 2009by ratompkins507 views
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May Day Immigrants Rights March Labor demonstration rally san diego may 1st 2009by Paranoid4areason251 views
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No Peace, No Workby 143tbone2,063 views
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BransonWebcast.com | Sarah Klinefelterby BransonWebcast306 views
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Salt Lake May Day March for Immigration Reformby utahaztec249 views
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May Day 07 Immigrant Rights March Chicagoby fhickler3,408 views
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PARIS CAM 07 - IN THE THICK - IMMIGRANTS FIGHT FOR RIGHTS 2by worldromer426 views
Immigration Reform = Kick out all those here illegally.
We don't want your Marxism and Communism here in the USA. Go home.
IntellectualAddict 2 years ago
Oh heyall yeh! I'm not for open borders, but we need immigration reform because there is not yet ENOUGH Mexico in the US to make it PARADISE. We need at least 1 or 2 billion more Mexican nationals. Probably even more than that. Immigration reform will provide the rewards needed to encourage more to come here, so we can more quickly become like Mexico. Viva la raza!
tdt1000 2 years ago
NOW THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT
Excellent Report !!
Nice Video!!
zebra334 2 years ago
cool
ch4p2 2 years ago