The May 1st coalition NYC is having a special meeting Wednesday night to discuss what we want to do about the call for actions on the 12th. Informal discussions I have had with our coalition members indicate that people are for the idea.
We will make a coalition decision Wednesday together and will def. be on the call Thursday night with our final decision. FYI, we had a great day marching with Labor Day today. Great reception by union members, most workers of color and immigrants, to our banner and official participation. We distributed thousands of flyers for May Day 2009. In solidarity, Teresa Alex Gillis wrote: > > *Please Forward this message as mush as you can! Pasa la Voz!* > > ** > > *National Call to coordinate and decide on October 12^th National Day > Action Proposal* > > > > *Thursday 11th at 5pm Central time (6pm NYC, 3pm in > LA) 1-219-509-8111 code 31858* > > > > Hola a todos! > > > > After some discussions between several organizations and activists > from coast to coast, we would like to call all organizations and > activists to a National Action during the Weekend of October 12th. > > > > As we have seen in the last few months, ICE and the DHS are carrying > out their own election campaign on the issue of mass deportations and > pushing for a guest worker program (ENDGAME). It is time that our > communities and our allies to speak out loudly and clearly to voice > our demands during this electoral cycle. > > > > *_STOP DEPORTATIONS IMMEDIATELY: Basta YA!_* > > It is a shame that both major parties' candidates do not condemn the > raids as hypocritical and cruel actions on behalf of the DHS, that > they do not demand an immediate and unconditional moratorium. > Therefore, we have to keep fighting, and make sure that our issues and > demands are listened during and after the electoral process. > > > > We choose October 12^th for its significance in the history of this > continent. Over 500 years ago, European imperialism arrived to this > continent and established a flourishing empire on the bones and ruins > of the peoples and societies who had lived in this land for thousands > of years. > > > > Today, the U.S. and European governments close their borders and > deport tens of thousands of immigrant workers and their families. What > hypocrisy, when it is the imperialist foreign policy of the European > and U.S. governments that force millions to leave their countries in > the first place! > > > > In USA, the goal of this persecution is to ensure that new comers to > this country do not have basic rights, decent wages, working or living > conditions, that they have no access to education, health care, and > basic social services. As a "solution" to this we are told to accept a > more sophisticated form of slavery: the guest worker program. In > Europe as well as in the U.S., at the first symptom of economic > crisis, the governments have launched a campaign of demonization and > criminalization of millions of immigrant workers and their families. > > > > Immigrants are not the only victims of these policies of seeking > maximum profit out the lives and rights of millions of people around > the world. The war in Iraq, the epidemic of AIDS, even in USA, workers > and the poor are facing the hardest times since the 1930s, with 47 > million without health insurance and unemployment and poverty > skyrocketing. > > > > On October 12^th , we will demand peace, human, civil, and workers' > rights, as well as extending a fraternal salute of solidarity to the > global immigrants movement, especially to our brothers and sisters in > Europe. > > > *_PROPOSAL - DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION_* > > > > *_National Day of Resistance Against Oppression_* > > *_ On October 12^th "Stop Deportations Now"_* > > > > *_Three main demands_**:* > > a) We demand an end to the raids and deportations NOW! > > b) We demand that all presidential candidates endorse an immediate and > unconditional moratorium on the raids and deportations. We also demand > that all candidates be open and transparent as to what they propose to > do about immigration. (To John McCain, Barack Obama, Cynthia McKinney, > Ralph Nader, Bob Barr and others) > > c) Genuine Immigration Reform to be enacted within the first 100 > days of the new government. > > (A.K.A. The 100 Days Campaign and May Day 2009) > > > > *Each endorsing organization to have 100% independence on the specific > actions and message* > > We propose that the above 3 basic demands be taken as a template > or common place to depart from, and that any demand can be added or > expanded as each organization prefers IN THEIR OWN communications and > / or literature*.* > > > > We propose that each city and / or organization lay out their own > activities, some examples: > > vigils, forums, panel discussions, rallies in front of DHS, rallies in > front of local Republican or/and Democratic party > campaign headquarters, community delegations to the main candidates to > demand that they endorse a moratorium on deportations, concerts, .... > > > > *Strike together and act like one body against DHS Deportations* > > We propose that we all do a press conference / press release on > Tuesday September 30th in each city, so we can publicize that this is > a coordinated national action. > > > > *We encourage that in each city, whenever possible, to coordinate and > mesh our message and actions with the October 11 National Day of > Anti-War Actions. We are engaged in virtually the same struggle. We > must demand an end to the war at home and abroad!* > > > > *National Call to coordinate and decide on this Proposal* > > > > *National Conference call for next Thursday 11th at 5pm central time > (6pm NYC, 3pm in LA) 1-219-509-8111 (East Coast) code 31858* > > > > *_Draft agenda_* > > 1. Introductions and elections of chair (10 minutes) > > 2. Reports (2 minutes max) of different events or proposals for that > day (30 minutes) > > 3. National coordinated press conference date (20 minutes) > > > > Please, spread the word, feedback any ideas, comments or alternatives > so we can better organize the discussion on the conference call. If > you are ready to endorse, please use the lists to publish your public > support to the idea. > > > _*Initial endorsing organizations:*_ > > / Immigrant Workers Union/ > > / Latinos Unidos United Michigan/ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Internet group address: http://groups.google.com/group/ChicagoMayDay To send e-mail: [email protected] To unsuscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
