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Thousands march for immigrant rights By Adrian Garcia Los Angeles Los Angeles's immigrant communities came out in the thousands in two simultaneous demonstrations on Oct. 16. Immigrant demonstrators were joined by members of immigrant-rights organizations, church groups, teachers and unions. The demonstrations demanded an end to attacks against immigrants, including the recent raids that have resulted in the summary deportation of thousands of undocumented immigrants. The protesters also demanded driver's licenses and unconditional amnesty for all undocumented immigrants. The protests commemorated the 10-year struggle against the reactionary anti-immigrant provisions found in Proposition 187. Prop. 187 was designed to deny undocumented workers' children medical care and education. This struggle is especially pertinent because Republican and Democratic Party forces, headed by the Democratic California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, are threatening to re-introduce similar legislation in the near future. Cecilia Rodriguez, activist from Alianza Hondurena of Los Angeles proclaimed, "We will fight for amnesty, driver's licenses, and the right to take our children to school free from fear." Workers World Party presidential candidate John Parker related the imperialist war in Iraq to the war being waged against immigrants at home, noting that "the first U.S. military casualty of the Iraq invasion was a Latino immigrant." Parker also implored the crowd to follow the Oct. 17 Million Worker March in Washington, D.C. "The Million Worker March is building a network of struggle that will continue after the historic march," Parker said. Reprinted from the Oct. 28, 2004, issue of Workers World newspaper This article is copyright under a Creative Commons License. Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support independent news http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) HOME | NEWS | SEARCH | SUBSCRIBE | WWP | SUPPORT WW [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/uTGrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
