Great!!!! Sigan asi compañeros, nos hablamos en la llamada! On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Teresa Tejana Gutierrez < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 12th 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 12th 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 12th, 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 12th "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* > > > > -- -Alex- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Internet group address: http://groups.google.com/group/ChicagoMayDay To send e-mail: [email protected] To unsuscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
