Thread: A Boycott on May 1st!

Originally Posted by DcSA

Excuse me, but wasn't April 10th billed as some great "shut down"? Just to be cute, I went to the grocery store almost at closing time on the 11th to ask about any irregularities.

Me: "Oh, didn't you hear there was a work stoppage on Monday? Are the shelves empty because there were disruptions in the shipments?"

Clerk: "Oh, no! Our stockers will come in when the store closes to get the shelves filled back up. We haven't heard anything about any work slowdown."

All they are really doing is showing HOW LITTLE they are needed. They have made a serious overestimation of their importance. They will have to see the truth - YOU ARE ONLY WANTED AT ALL BECAUSE YOU WORK FOR NOTHING - That's ALL! Life will go on seamlessly without you!

I thought the same thing. Business as usual.

May 1 = National American Shopping Day!

May 2 = National Fire An Illegal Who Skipped Work Day!

My first reaction was to not buy anything that day.

If it does cause chaos, our buying that day will only make it look like they are right.

I will, however, take into consideration that you guys know more about things like that than I do - so May 1st - it is. Although, I don't know of any large purchases I have to make.. I may buy a chicken - although I am not sure I could eat chicken again - ever.

This is insane cause mexicans in mexico are going stop to buy american stuff in mexico to support the latin people even many are going to stop to eat american food like Mc. Donalds and the other ones franchises foods in here, that´s what i heard in here.

In May 01 mexico celebrates Labor Day and everybody do/es not work in that day, in my opinion that sucks and i would prefer to work every day of my entire life cause i am not lazy as everybody in here i fact i am a workaholic ( A person who works too hard, even when they are meant to be on vacation) cause i like it and i get well paid for that and i enjoy my life in here. Hope everybody be like me LOL.
so then May 1 i am going to call Boycott Stop Labor Day.

In the other hand i am neutral and i am going to live my life as ever i lived (normally) and doing whatever i want cause i am a free person and nobody tell me what i can do and what i can not. LOL

Lou Dobbs had a segment on May Day ... showed people outside a port in Ca ... don’t remember the port ... the guy was rather ranting and said they would shut down the port on May Day to show how much power they had. Dobbs talked to the port operators about it and they were not aware of the shutdown they said they would have the High Way Patrol out in numbers to keep it open, what ever it takes ...This could cause some big altercation.

If you want to know here is all the info on this:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/artic ... E_ID=49530

http://www.nohr4437.org/

list of endrosers of this day:

As of April 11, 2006

(Lists in formulation)

Action Center For Justice (Charlotte, NC)
Action LA Coalition (Los Angeles, CA)
African American Holiday Assoc (Washington, DC)
Aliados Hispanos (Phoenix, AZ)
All Peoples Congress (Baltimore, MD)
Almighty Latin Kings & Queens Nation - Sun Chapter
Anti-Racist Action-LA/People Against Racist Terror (Culver City, CA)
Asociacion Internacional De Descendencia De JoaQuin Murrieta (Los Angeles, CA)
Axis of Justice (Los Angeles, CA)
BAMN (San Francisco, CA)
Berkeley May 1st Mobilization Committee (Berkeley, CA)
BlueLatinos.org
Bob McCloskey - Democratic Candidate 29th Congressional District (Monterey Park, CA)*
Brazilian Immigrant Center (Allston, MA)
Call To Action (Chicago, IL)
Capital Terminus Collective (Atlanta, GA)
Carlos Magana - LULAC (Allen, TX)
Catherine Minhoto Justice Coordinator Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (Rome, Italy)
Church of Stop Shopping (Brooklyn, NY)
Clearinghouse: Denver Biodiese (Denver, CO)
Coalition of United Students (Los Angeles, CA)
Communist League
Communist Party USA Wisconsin section (Green Bay, WI)
Communist Party, USA Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Susan Morucci, Doctors of the World - Greek Delegation (Athens, Greece)*
DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving (Kackson Heights, NY)
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant (Berkeley, CA)
ENLACE Comunitario
ERSEY CITY PEACE MOVEMENT (Jersey City, NJ)
Fedration des femmes du Quebec (Quebec Women's Federation) (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)*
Familias Unidas: Centro Latino de Recursos (Evertt, WA)
Family Rescue (Chicago, IL)
Federacion Baja California (Downey, CA)
Federacion de Clubes de Aguascalientes (South Gate, CA)
Federacion Yucateca de California Inc (Eagle Rock, CA)
Fellowship of Reconciliation (Los Angeles, CA)
Feminism Without Borders (College Park, MD)
Fight Imperialism Stand Together (San Diego, CA)
FMLN - Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Forrest Hill - Green Party (Oakland, CA)
Four Women, Inc. (Attleboro, MA)
Freedom Socialist Party (Seattle, WA)
Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales (Los Angeles, CA)
GROW - Grass Roots Organizing Works (Amherst, MA)
Harlem Tenants Council, Inc. (New York, NY)
Hermandad Mexicana (Oxnard, CA)
Hispano America Immigration (Fullerton, CA)
Hitec Aztec Communications (Santa Maria, CA)
Idaho Progressive Student Alliance (Boise, ID)
Immigrant Students in Action (Providence , RI)
Industrial Workers of the World (Cincinnati, OH)
Iniciativa Mexicana Contra la Guerra (Mexico City, Mexico)
International Action Center (New York, NY)
International Socialist Organization (Los Angeles, CA)
Justicia for Migrant Farm Workers (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Kanadian Posi Kidz (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada)
La Causa Amherst College (Amherst. , MA)
La Collectiva del Troqueros del Puerto (Port of Los Angeles, CA)
La Voz Hispana of Virginia (Richmond, VA)
Labor/Community Strategy Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Larry Cafiero - CA Insurance Commissioner Candidate Green Party (Ben Lomond, CA)*
Latin American Defense Organization (Chicago, IL)
Latin American Student Organization (Montclair, NJ)
Latinoamericanos Unidos de California (Van Nuys, CA)
LatinoTop10.com (Woodside, NY)
Liars of America (Middletown, CA)
Malcolm Marts - Past President UAW Local 1976 (Brighton, MI)
March 25 Coalition (Los Angeles, CA)
May Day Boston (Boston, MA)
MEChA de USC (Los Angeles, CA)
Mexican National Liberation Movementÿ (Evans , CO)
Mexican Political Association (Moreno Valley, CA)
Michael Hargis-Secretary, Chicago IWW (Chicago, IL)
Migrant Head Start (La Junta, CO)
National Immigrant Solidarity Network
New York City May 1 Coalition (New York, NY)
New York Solidarity Coalition With Katrina/Rita Supporters; NCBL (Brooklyn, NY)
North Star Fund (New York, NY)
Peace & Freedom Party of Orange County (Anaheim, CA)
Laura Robeson, Peace Kitchen (Columbus, OH)*
Peace No War Education Network
Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants for Immigrants' Rights (Pittsburgh, PA)
Prisoners Defense Committee (Antonio, TX)
Progressive Alliance
Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains (Woodland Hills, CA)
Project Islamic HOPE (Los Angeles, CA)
Puerto Rican Alliance Of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Queers For Peace And Justice (New York, NY)
Responsable de la mobilisation Fedration des femmes du Quebec (Montreal, QC Canada)
Revolutionary Workers Party of Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Rio Grande Valley Students United (Edinburg, TX)
Santa Barbara Food Not Bombs (Santa Barbara, CA)
Sexual Minorities Archives (Florence, MA)
Speak Out - Institute for Democratic Education and Culture (Emeryville, CA)
The Real America Press (Charlottesville, VA)
The Rebel Voice News (Montgomery, NY)
The United People of Color Caucus of the National Lawyers Guild (San Francisco, CA)
Third Way Peace and Justice Fellowship (San Francisco, CA)
US Cuba-Labor Exchange (Jersey City, NJ)
US-Mexico Border Actions Project (Los Angeles, CA)
We Are America
Welfare Rights Union of Washtenaw County, Michigan
Western NY Peace Center (Buffalo, NY)
WNY Sweatshop Awareness Project (Buffalo, NY)
Workers Solidarity Alliance
Working People's Voice - Voz Obrera (New York, NY)

Geeze its not like we're saying we hate mexicans or anything. Just because their illegal buddies are having a hard time dosen't mean they should bully us into letting them in for free? Where is their American dignity?

MAY 1st BOYCOTT!!! I saw that coming long ago, even mentioned it in a post!
How can leaders of this country or even the FBI not thought of that possiblity of having all these illegals strike at once nationwide to bring this country to a complete STOP!!!
Another reason to defeat illegal immigration amesty bill!!!!!!!
They're all over!

It's going to affect more than Texas. I am told the port workers and truck drivers who are predominately Latino won't be working in LA county that day and it is to have HUGE ramifications. I'm just at a loss at this point. I think they should immediately hire AMERICAN citizens at that time but we know they won't. All they care about is cheap labor.

This may 1st thing is funny..
mexicans and mex wanna be's not working for a day.
What about all the holidays on the calender that almost everyone has off from work?? I am sure more Americans will be off on the 4th of July than the amount of mexicans that even have jobs here to stay home from.
I think they would do better by holding their breath untill they got their way.
Or hunger strike, yea hold their breath and dont eat ....... Thats what they shoud do..

This is insane cause mexicans in mexico are going stop to buy american stuff in mexico to support the latin people even many are going to stop to eat american food like Mc. Donalds and the other ones franchises foods in here, that´s what i heard in here.

Beto, What an excellent idea!! Please encourage your friends to Boycott Mcdonalds on May 1st. Mickey D is a big supporter of La Raza, so by boycotting McD, your friends will be showing how eager they are to bite the hand that feeds them here in the US. Yes, I LOVE the idea!

Our next month's boycott target may very well be McDonald's. So THANK YOU, THANK YOU for helping us to kick off the month's boycott with the support of Mexico!