These protests were one of the most extraordinary political achievements in a long time. First, the number of people mobilized; Second, they did not offend many people who were not anti-immigrant in the first place.
But, as Yoshie correctly observed, the movement did not line up with the rest of the left. I think we know where the fault lies. On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 11:46:30AM -0400, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > > > I would point again to the massive immigration protests. > > I went to several immigrant rights protests. The protests did block > the Sensenbrenner bill, a major achievement. But native-born workers, > even Blacks, other than Latino leftists were largely uninvolved. Can > Latino leftists build a durable and growing movement out of the May > Day boycott? It would be interesting to see that. Anyone planning to > attend this? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
