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The video shows a violent arrest of participant at the NYC Mayday march, and a subsequent near-riot as crowd became outraged at the NYPD
Watch Video | Photos from Gothamist
In Los Angeles, Police Attack May Day Demonstration with Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets | Police Terror in the Park | More at Democracy Now
In San Francisco and the whole Bay Area, thousands march to support immigrant workers
In Chicago, over 150,000 demonstrate for immigrant right
For more stories of Mayday from all over the United States, check out www.indymedia.us and Democracy Now
Commentaries: For a World Without Borders | The Migrant Trap, and the Migrants' Way Out: May 1, 2007 | A Look at the Forces Behind the Anti-Immigrant Movement
May 1, 2007 was the first anniversary of the Great Boycott of 2006, in which immigrants led walkouts, boycotts, and protests all over the US. May 1st is the original International Workers' Day, and it has been reclaimed in the last few years to honor immigrants' labor and contributions to the society and economy of the United States. The 2007 national day of action called attention to the "unfinished agenda" of fixing the country’s broken immigration legal system, and demanded a just and humane immigration reform law that grants full legalization for all people. Across the country, millions protested ICE's increasing militarized raids on families' homes, in which people are captured and held incommunicado, violating their due process of law and causing financial hardship to immigrants' US-born children. The Movement for an Unconditional Amnesty says, "These measures do not serve to stop immigration, but (force) immigrants underground, encouraging black market immigration and (causing) the separation of families."
Local support for the Cucapá Communities
Since approximately 9000 years ago the Cucapá have lived in the land
adjacent to the Rio Colorado, dedicated fundamentally to fishing. Eighteen
years ago the Mexican federal government began passing laws that made it
nearly impossible for the indigenous Cucapá to live in these lands. In
effect in 1993 the zone was declared an ecological reserve, protected by
the general law of ecological equilibrium.
The rivers near the Cucapá are drying out because of the dams that have
been built on the US side of the Colorado River. Therefore, the current
fishing grounds have become a last resort for their survival. In addition,
in these waters, fishing of any type of marine species has been
prohibited. With the implementation of this decree, the life of the Cucapá
has been gravely affected; putting at risk the existence of the Cucapá as
indigenous people in Baja California.
Today there are only 304 Cucapá left. They face immanent extermination
and now they rely on the support of La Otra Campaña with the purpose of
continuing the only productive activity for self sustainability.
Therefore from February 28, to May 3, 2007, in the immediate surroundings
of the communities of El Mayor and El Zanjón located in the area of “la
Bocana or Delta del Rio Coloradoâ€, the adherents of La Otra Campaña will
install a camp of support for the Cucapá community...
The caravan was traversing the entire MEXICO/US border from San Diego to Brownsville Texas and back. Stories were gathered along the border journey and shared at the final People's Immigration Hearing in San Diego as well as taken directly to Washington DC. The goal is a humane and comprehensive immigration reform.
The Migrants March was planed by Border Angels, a civil right group based in San Diego, California: Founded by Enrique Morones in 2001, Border Angels is a non-profit organization supporting humanity. The organization consists of extraordinary volunteers who want to stop unnecessary deaths of inviduals traveling through the Imperial Valley desert areas and the mountain areas surrounding San Diego County, as well as the areas located around the United States and Mexican border. The high percentage of unnecessary deaths have been results of extreme heat and cold weather conditions, in addition some have sadly been the results of racial-descrimination crimes.
"Migrant March I" took place from February 2-28, 2006. A caravan of vehicles crossed the country San Diego to Washington, D.C. and back demanding justice for the migrants, no more deaths, asking the communities to take to the street and march against HR 4437 & support humane and comprehensive immigration reform. (see :: Angry White Kid report)
Marcha Migrante II - overview
San Diego (02. Feb): We planted the first of 4400 crosses and honored Oscar Garcia Barrios killed at border May 18th, 2006 as a very emotional letter was read (by Micaela Saucedo) from his mother. We then said good bye to all and 25 autos joined the MARCHA MIGRANTE II as we headed to our first stop the Holtville cemetery. Holtville (02. Feb): We planted 440 crosses for the unidentified but not forgotten migrants buried there. Yuma (03. Feb): We were met by 100 local community members and we placed 100 crosses for those that have died in the region the last 2 years alone. Phoenix (03. Feb): In the evening 500 people met us as we camped out and joined Elias Bermudez and other Arizona locals on a "fast for justice" 464 more crosses on the fences surrounding the camp site. Tucson (04. Feb): Isabel Garcia shares two heartbreaking stories of the tragic deaths of two children. Father Carney, Kat Rodriguez, Alexis Mazon and all of us were moved to tears as 12 year old Mathew (the youngest of the caravan group, asked "why we killing all these people" as 200 crosses laid in the middle of our circle. Douglas (04. Feb): Deliver supplies to migrants and to remember the tragic murder of Francisco Javier Dominguez (killed in the region, last month)
McAllen to Brownsville (09. Feb): Hundreds gathered to say welcome and join the caravan !!! We held a rousing rally, heard heartbreaking testimonials and had car after car join the caravan!!! It was a beautiful sight as 30+ autos joined MARCHA MIGRANTE II and went from McAllen to Weslaco to Brownsville for presentations and to hear testimonials. Eagle Pass (10. Feb): We meet with the Institute of Mexican Abroad, Border Commission. We are again welcomed with wonderful kindness and support. We attend meetings and forums with locals, local authorities and discuss realities, policies and here stories of why we need the humane immigration reform NOW! Towards San Antonio (11. Feb): Stormy weather but nothing like what our brethren face when they travel North... Tomorrow I fly to Nebraska to debate F.A.I.R. president Dan Stien, others go to HUTTO PRISON for protest vigil and others attend Human Rights Border conference.
Sources :: borderangels.org, :: sandiego.indymedia.org :: Migrant March II Update :: Marcha Migrante II Headed Towards San Diego :: All People's Immigration Hearing was AMAZING! :: Marcha Migrante II: Border Caravan for Justice
Este documento fue leido en el plenaria final de El Encuentro de Pueblos Zapatistas con el PUeblos del Mundo como un propuesta para un tema en la Intergalactica y tambien como un llamada a accion global.
A: L@s compañer@s zapatistas, al EZLN, a la Comisión Sexta, a l@s adherentes a la Otra Campaña, a la Sociedad Civil Nacional e Internacional, a los pueblos del mundo.
De: Los y las participantes en la red realizando campamentos contra las fronteras en otoño del 2007, presentes en el Encuentro de los Pueblos Zapatistas con los Pueblos del Mundo
Actualmente somos un grupo de migrantes y colectivos anarquistas de Mexico: Tijuana, Ensenada, Mexicali, Ciudad Juarez, D.F., Estado de México, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Chiapas.
Y diferentes colectivos en los Estados Unidos: San Diego, Ciudad de Nueva York, Tucson, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Portland, Durham y Ãrea de la BahÃa de Monterey, quienes estamos en solidaridad incondicional con los indÃgenas, con los y las migrantes del mundo y con los colectivos anarquistas de México.
Muchos de nosotros y nosotras colectivamente e individualmente somos adherentes a la Otra Campaña. Somos anarquistas, estudiantes, maestr@s, trabajador@s, artistas, indigenas, realizador@s de medios, queers (personas radicales que no quieren adoptar los canones establecidos de género), madres, mujeres, hombres y otros.
Junt@s estamos trabajando para crear un mundo sin fronteras, creemos que las fronteras son prisiones y que todos los presos y presas que resultan del cruce “ilegalâ€son pres@s polÃtic@s. Abajo los muros de las prisiones! No estamos todos, faltan los presos!
This proposal was read at the Encuentro with the Zapatista Communities and the People of the World in Oventic on January 2nd 2007 in the plenary session for the Intergalatic Encuentro as a proposal for a theme to the Intergalactic and a Global Call to Action.
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To: The zapatista compañer@s, EZLN, the Sexta Commission, the adheirants of the OtherCampaign, Civil Society National and International, the people of the world.
From: Participants in the network realizing No Border Camps in fall of 2007 present at the Encuentro de los Pueblos Zapatistas con los Pueblos del mundo
We are currently a group of migrants and anarchist collectives from Mexico: Tijuana, Ensenada, Mexicali, Ciudad Juarez, D.F., Oaxaca, Chiapas and different collectives in the United States: San Diego, New York City, Tuscon, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Portland, Raleigh and the Monterey Bay Area who are in unconditional solidarity with the indigenous, the migrant people of the world and the anarchist collectives in Mexico.
Many of us collectively and individually are adherents to The Other Campaign. We are anarchists, students, teachers, workers, artists, indigenous, media makers, queers, mothers, women, men and others.
Together we are working to create a world without borders. We believe that borders are prisons and that all people in prison for crossing “illegally†are political prisoners. Tear down the prison walls! As long as they are in prison, none of us are free...
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Thursday, 1 February, 2007, at 6:30pm
3300 Crémazie East, Montreal (métro St-Michel), Canada
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The PEOPLE'S COMMISSION on Immigration "Security" Measures held public
hearings in Montreal from April 21-23, 2006. The nine Commissioners heard testimony from thirty individuals on the abuses which immigrants and refugees face in Canada in the name of "national security"; including racial profiling, denial of fair trials, use of secret evidence, indefinite and arbitrary detentions, labelling, and deportations to torture. Measures such as the 'security certificate' have raised broad concerns about expanding government powers of surveillance and control advancing under cover of the "war on terror".
 See also: OIDHO Proposals | The Guelatao Declaration
GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS OF THE WORK GROUPS
Spanish version | pdf
WORK GROUP ONE:
AN ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNATIONAL,
NATIONAL AND STATE CONTEXT
A. INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
1. A Neoliberal economic model has been initiated at the world level, favoring the interests of big multinational finance capital and harming the welfare of the big social majorities.
2. The characteristics of the above mentioned neoliberal model are the privatization of all natural resources, of biodiversity, and of the national patrimony; the destruction of the cultures of indigenous people, and the unraveling and disintegration of the social fabric; and the dismantling, amongst others, of the institutions that guarantee the economic, social and cultural rights.
This is an early, rough cut of this film. I'm not sure what direction I want to go with this and am looking for feedback.
Okupa investigates Deleuze's figure of the urban nomad, engaging in war with the state through the creation of smooth spaces. The video shows the activities and struggles of 4 occupied social centers or squats: Dezguace, Seco and Labo 03 all in Madrid and Casa de Iniciativas 1.5 in Málaga. The film shows the hacklabs, theater productions and workshops that are the daily activity of the social centers as well as the struggles against eviction. The film includes interviews with Estrecho Indymedia about work done for Freedom of Movement between Africa and Spain, as well as footage of the Spain/Africa border.
The video is a rough cut, and as such has small editing glitches. Also, it is partially subtitled, but not contiguously subtited, so if you don't speak spanish and the subtitles stop, skip ahead to the next section of the film.
This video is licensed under the Creative Commons By Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share-Alike license.
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Ésta es una versión primera, una edición previa del vÃdeo. No estoy seguro de en qué dirección apunta y hacia donde quiero ir con él; busco algo de feedback.
"Okupa" investiga la figura deleuziana del nómada urbano, implicado en una guerra contra el Estado mediante la creación de "espacios lisos". El vÃdeo muestra las actividades y luchas de cuatro centros sociales okupados: Dezguace, Seco y Labo 03, en Madrid; y Casa de Iniciativas 1.5 en Málaga. El film muestra hacklabs, producciones teatrales y talleres que constituyen la actividad diaria de estos centros sociales, asà como las luchas contra los desalojos.
Ya he dicho que el vÃdeo es una edición previa, y, como tal, tiene pequeños fallos de montaje. Además está subtitulado sólo en parte.
Este video es abajo de la licensia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-LicenciarIgual
Production:
DJ lotu5, http://deletetheborder.org/lotu5
and
The Platform, http://the-platform.org
technorati tags: spain, squat, occupation, malaga, madrid, deleuze, nomad, video, hacklab
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The Watsonville City Council meeting was packed on May 8th with attendees in support of a resolution requesting the suspension of random detentions and arrests of residents in Watsonville. An emotional public comment period lasted over an hour with the crowd bursting into chanting "si se puede" after on particularly moving commentary. Personal testimonies and comments ranged from accounts of "three days and three nights" of crossing the border to teachers sharing emotional stories of students distracted and wondering when the migra, or immigration enforcement, was going to come and take away them or their parents.
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