------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Nov. 14, 2002 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
BOSTON MARCH BACKS BILINGUAL ED Some 500 people joined a spirited march through a Latino neighborhood in Boston on Nov. 2 to urge defeat for a ballot initiative that would eliminate bilingual education in Massachusetts. Many youth and teachers joined the protest, organized by Sociedad Latino and City Life/Vida Urbana. Ron Unz, a Silicon Valley multi-millionaire, organized the racist ballot question with backing from conservative "think tanks" like the Bradley Foundation. Many anti-war activists from the Act Now to Stop War & End Racism coalition joined the march for bilingual rights, pointing to the Unz initiative as another front in the government's war at home against immigrants. --Maureen Skehan - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the voice of resistance http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
