Thread: MASSIVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MARCH PLANNED FOR LABOR DAY, SEP

INTELLIGENCE ON THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MARCH PLANNED FOR LABOR DAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH IN MAJOR U.S. CITIES.

The Washington D.C. planning conference of ILLEGAL ALIENS for what is to follow between now and the ELECTION IN NOVEMBER took place in Washington D.C., July 28 -30th. At the bottom of this email you can read what organizations where there and which of their leaders spoke and held “training sessions”.

In addition to that, EFE, a Hispanic newswire service, quoted Nativo Lopez, one of the March 25th Coalition organizers as saying they planned to do another massive demonstration on Labor Day, September 4th in many U.S. Cities.

25 Julio, Nativo López, dirigente de la coalición, dijo a Efe que su organización

On July 25th 2006, Nativo López, march organizar, was quoted by EFE (a Hispanic wire service) as saying the following:

La Coalición 25 de Marzo, integrada por más de 150 organizaciones del sur de California

The March 25 Coalition is composed of more than 150 Southern California organizations

Con ese objetivo, planean realizar masivas movilizaciones, y para ello durante los días 11, 12 y 13 de agosto celebrarán en Chicago una conferencia nacional donde esperan la participación de más de 1.000 organizaciones de base de todo el país

We plan to organize massive demonstrations in various cities of the United Status on Labor Day, September 4th. For that end,
we will hold a conference in Chicago August 11, 12 and 13, where over 1000 organizations from around the country will take place.

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Lists of Participating Organizations
A World Beyond Capitalism
ACLU of Texas
AFSC (Baltimore, MD)
AFSC (Washington, DC)
AFSC Project Voice (Cambridge, MA)
AfterDowningStreet.org
Andy Shallal (Iraqi American activist)
Boston May Day Coalition
CAIR Coalition
Camp Democracy
Campaign For Labor Rights
Carpenters' District Council of Greater Kansas City and Vicinity
Casa Freehold
Code Pink
Detention Project/Asylum Project of Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition
Detention Watch Network
Global Exchange
Greater Boston Stop the Wars Coalition
Guyanese-American Workers United
Hispanic Organizations Leadership Alliance
Industrial Workers of the World
Laborer's International Union of North America
Los Angeles March 25th Coalition
Massachusetts Global Action
MDI-Movimiento por los Derechos de los Inmigrantes
Mission: Middle East
National Asian American Student Conference
National Council of La Raza
National Immigrant Solidarity Network
National Immigration Project
National Interfaith Committee For Worker Justice
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National Organization of Women
Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala
New York May 1st Coalition
North American Alliance for Fair Employment
Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition
Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants
Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign
Queers for Economic Justice
Rescue Community
Rights Working Group
SmartMeme Media Collective
Socialist Workers Party/Young Socialists
Solidarity Committee of Capital District, NY
Student Immigrant Movement
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development
United for a Fair Economy
United Students Against Sweatshops
University Leadership Initiative
Washington Peace Center
Washtenaw County Workers Center
Western Mass Coalition of Immigrant Rights
Western Mass Global Action Coalition
Woodbridge Workers C

Ray YbarraIra Glasser
Racial Justice Fellow
American Civil Liberties Union of TexasWar on Terror Against Immigrants--

The Arabs and Muslim ExperienceArea of Topic: Multi-Ethic OrganizingThe recent wave of anti-immigrant legislation and overall xenophobia is very much a product of the "war on terror". Politicians, the media, and racist groups like the minuteman have used the September terrorist attacks to whip up hysteria against "illegal immigrants". Arab and muslim immigrants were in many ways the first victims of this wave of attacks on immigrants and their rights. While there has been some effort by Arabs and muslims to resist the attack on their rights and the racism accompanying it, more needs to be done to build solidarity with other immigrant communities and organize for immigrant rights.

This workshop will seek to educate others about the situation that arab and muslim immigrants currently face and begin the process of organizing them around this issue.Three speakers interspersed with video clips from the documentary "Brothers and others". If feasible, break out into smaller groups to discuss education and activism.