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Hundreds march to oppose Trump’s proposed wall. Photo: AP/Eric Gay By Nomaan Merchant and John L. Mone, AP via Austin American-Statesman August 12, 2017 MISSION, TX—Hundreds of protesters wearing wh…
For Democratic politicians and pundits this resistance to Trump might at first have seemed like a good thing, but Beinart’s article and the reaction to it suggest that liberals are starting to have s…
Indigenous Oaxacan farm workers win themselves a union in the Pacific Northwest. David Bacon, American Prospect June 26, 2017 Bob's Burgers and Brew, a hamburger joint at the Cook Road freeway ex…
This important new article from David Bacon describes ways unions can move to protect workers from ICE raids—and “silent raids”—at the workplace. By David Bacon, Truthout June 24, 2017 Sanctuary work…
On June 12 a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision upholding a Hawaiian court’s order temporarily halting enforcement of Trump’s travel ban. In contrast to ot…
ICE agents apparently aren't welcome in New York City. They detained a Guyanese man in Queens’ Richmond Hill neighborhood on May 30 as he was heading to Kew Gardens for a court appearance, but t…
A Monthly Review panel at the Left Forum Saturday, June 3,2017, 5:20pm-7:10pm Room 1.73 at John Jay College, 59th St and 10th Ave, New York City Racism, xenophobia, and immigrant-bashing are not new…
The AFL-CIO has produced a useful toolkit to help workers and union officials prepare for immigration raids at the workplace and for I-9 “silent raids.” As the authors point out, the two types of rai…
Moving forward, this movement will have big problems to tackle, and many questions loom large. Our next steps should respond to these key tasks and questions… By Marisa Franco, Truthout May 2, 2017 H…
B&H Workers Protest. Photo: Scott Heins/Gothamist According to news reports, thousands of immigrants and their supporters marked the “Day Without Immigrants” on May 1 with rallies, marches, and…
Photo: David McNew/Getty Images This May Day, Don’t Go to Work, Take to the Streets and Strike A migrant-led insurrection is daring, but hardly shocking…. More surprising, perhaps, is the groundswe…
Protesters support striking detainees. Photo: Tacoma Action Collective Largely ignored by the mainstream media, hunger strikes are continuing among immigrant detainees at the Northwest Detention Cen…
ell Secretary Kelly: Bring DACA-Recipient Juan Back from Mexico! By United We Dream On February 17, Juan Manuel Montes was walking to a taxi stand in his hometown in California when he was approached…
The April 21 protest in support of immigrant workers at Tom Cat Bakery in Queens brought four arrests and extensive coverage in New York media. Of the 31 workers threatened by ICE, 18 are continuing…
During the Obama administration employers and the government used the “silent raid” as a major tool for intimidating undocumented workers. In this scenario a company notifies some of its employees …
Education workers and labor leaders are asking for signatures on pledges to back the planned protests by immigrant workers on May 1. The educators’ pledge calls for a moratorium at universities and …
Supporting the upcoming May 1 protests, strikes and other actions will clearly demonstrate that unions are ready to be a champion of the rising Latino demographic. Conversely, sitting on the sideline…
Immigrant and labor organizers are hoping to mobilize a nationwide strike for immigrant rights on May 1 comparable to the massive “Day Without an Immigrant” on May 1, 2006 , the largest national labo…
A study published last year indicates that many people with anti-immigrant positions will change their attitudes if presented with facts about immigrants—such as immigrants’ share in the overall popu…
Immigrant rights supporters in New York can help fight “silent raids” by marching today with bakery workers that immigration authorities have targeted. The demonstration starts at 1 pm, April 8, 2017…
