fyi- there's a call for anti-war actions on the 11th (www.oct11.org). Not sure if this will effect actions but figured I'd mention it.
Greg > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
