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Mujeres unida, jamas sera vencida

Los Angeles Sep 2, 2006 -- Around 3,500 people marched through downtown demanding amnesty for all immigrants. In keeping with the march theme of solidarity with immigrant mother Elvira Arellano the march was led by women, particularly immigrant women, to the chant of "Mujeres unida, jamas sera vencida" while bearing a large banner calling for equality and justice for all.

Marchers came from a broad range of groups and surrounding cites and were all in excellent spirits. One woman said she had come because she heard of the event on TV the night before. Expecting a May Day 2006 sized crowd she was going to go home until she learned the march was in support of Elvira Arellano and was shown Elvira's story in "Socialist Worker." Visibly moved by the story she said "We all take the risk she has, we all live in fear." A member of the Los Angeles Port Truck drivers said of Elvira "it is important for all workers to support her because she is a worker."

Several key activists of the Los Angeles immigrant rights groups were in attendance. President of the Mexican American Political Association Nativo Lopez took some time to talk with "Socialist Worker." Most important was his view on how to re-vitalize the movement. "I feel the remaining principled members of the March 25th coalition must work directly with the National Alliance for Immigrant Rights (NAIR). The only way to sustain the movement is to build local, grass roots leadership on the ground. That means we need to be building within organized labor, within the churches, within the communities. Reaching out to create leadership and organization as a local branch of NAIR is the next step."

The march ended in front of Los Angeles City Hall. There an all women panel of speakers spoke to the gathered activists. Many people were searching for ways to be more involved and many were eager to share their stories. One immigrant named Jerry told of how he had been across the border five times and that he had been beaten on one occasion by immigration authorities.

Mujeres unida, jamas sera vencida

Fighting Racist Hate in Maywood

August 26th saw anti-racist activists taking on the SOS/MMP protest in Maywood California. Aside from their usual assortment of jingoistic signs and flags, they had some telling items behind their line of police protection. First a banner calling for a openly racist Colorado congressperson to run for president. They also held up a placard straight out of National Vanguard white supremacist rhetoric. It reads "five hundred years of European advancement, get over it." Dripping with racism, the sign sums up the real motivations and wrong headed mindset of the SOS/MMP crowd. More on this soon.

Fighting Racist Hate in Maywood

Todd Chretien for Senate!

Todd Chretien is running against warmonger Dianne Feinstein. Quotes like the following show why everyone in California needs to vote for him:

Condemning "both sides" in the Middle East is just like condemning "both sides" in the American Civil War.

Todd Chretien for Senate!

Interview Pamela Style

Interview Pamela Style

August 12 Protest

Los Angeles, California -- Over 1,000 people demonstrated against Israel's ongoing campaign of murder in Lebanon and Gaza on Saturday August 12. A pair of huge (tennis court sized) flags, one Lebanese, on Palestinian, were born along the route. The Downtown march ended in front of the Federal Building and saw protesters chanting a range of slogans including: "From Beirut to Jenin, stop the Israeli war machine," and "Bush!, Olmert!, how many kids did you kill today?"

Reflecting Los Angeles' multi-ethnic composition, the demonstration saw turnout from a range of anti-war and progressive organizations, as well as Arab American organizations and local Mosques being well represented. A group of young Muslim students had travelled from Corona. When asked what they thought of the protest, one of the Hijab clad students remarked "This is so important to protest the killing. We have to stop the killing." She went on to explain she was happy to see broad support for Lebanon.

Speakers pointed out the direct ties between the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the Israeli assaults on Gaza and Lebanon. Many expressed outrage at the billions of dollars in U.S. aid and armaments, and called on an unified anti-war movement doesn't shirk at addressing Palestine. Many people were discussing organizing independently from the two pro-war parties. The fact that Los Angeles' Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, didn't attend wasn't lost on protesters. That the "liberal darling," had found time to show his strong support for Israel's war along with Governor Schwarzenegger late last month further proved to people that an end to wars for oil and empire won't be found by supporting the Democratic Party.

August 12 Protest

Rev. John Hagee's War The Manchurian Clergyman

Rev. John Hagee's War The Manchurian Clergyman

The Aesthetics of Fascism

The Aesthetics of Fascism

The human cost of 'measured responses'

The human cost of 'measured responses'

Ten Days in Venezuela

Ten Days in Venezuela

Is Cheney Betting On Economic Collapse?

Is Cheney Betting On Economic Collapse?

More Direct Ties Between Anti-Immigrant Groups and White Supremacists

Despite their constant specious claims they aren't racist, the anti-immigrant hate mongers are constantly being exposed for their white supremacist connections. The above report conclusively proves the ties between anti-immigrant lobbyiests (suit and tie klan) with major political groups. A quote from the 'repectible' Fred Elbel:

Damned right. I hate 'em all - negroes, wasps, spics, eskimos, jews, honkies, krauts, ruskies, ethopans, pakis, hunkies, pollocks and marxists; there are way too many of them. I'm all for trout, elephants, bacteria, whales, wolves, birds, parrot fish, deciduous foliage and mollusks. Time to rebalance the planet, bleeding heart liberals be damned. [sic]

This Saturday (07/08) at around 17:00 the rabidly racist SOS will be in Hollywood trying to show they aren't discouraged by their string of defeats in trying to frighten hard working day laborers. We need to show up in numbers to remind them that we will not stand for their racism and nativism.

More Direct Ties Between Anti-Immigrant Groups and White Supremacists

Chemistry of Auschwitz

I hadn't known the untalented supremacist twins were code named after an agent of genocide. The anti-immigrant, racist right never cease to surprise.

Chemistry of Auschwitz

Taken for a Ride on the Interstate Highway System

Taken for a Ride on the Interstate Highway System

Revolutionary Radio in Venezuela

Revolutionary Radio in Venezuela

A Market Without Capitalists

Any article that mentions Gramsci in a positive light is good by me. However, global capital will only stand for so much of co-ops. Revolution is the only cure to the scourge that is capital.

A Market Without Capitalists

Three Iraq Myths That Won't Quit

Scott Ritter takes the current round of ruling class propaganda to task.

Three Iraq Myths That Won't Quit

The Hatred Behind 'Hadji Girl'

The Hatred Behind 'Hadji Girl'

May Day!

May Day 2006 saw a historic return of working class solidarity against their oppressors and the right wing minutemen racists that have allowed the ruling class to blame their failures and a handful of working class immigrants.

May Day!

Why Haditha Happened

Bruce Jackson's final quote sums up an utterly brilliant article:

[T]he Haditha killers who, in one family alone gunned down children of 14, 10, 5, 3 and 1: the problem isn't that they weren't sufficiently trained. The problem is that they were trained far too well.

Why Haditha Happened