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Refugees of the Global Economy: Seattle +10WOA

Submitted by AmazonHilly on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 18:22
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Thursday December 3rd:


Refugees of the Global Economy
 

Should workers who migrate as a result of trade policies be considered economic refugees? This teach-in will address globalization and immigration.
 

When: 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Where: UFCW Local 789 Hall
(266 Hardman Ave. N., South St. Paul, MN 55075)

TCIMC Video: Robert Erickson Punks Tea Party - The Full Story

Submitted by Twin Cities Indymedia on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 02:03
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In this new TC Indymedia video, we give a new look (in HD!) at the now-infamous Robert Erickson Tea Party punk with added footage of crowd reactions and interactions with counter-protesters.  Erickson's speech exposed the hypocrisy of the white supremacist, racist and xenophobic rhetoric of right-wing extremists, who use dangerous imagery to frame the immigration debate.  It also drew attention to the plight of the Dakota people, who currently control .006% of their original land base, which was stolen via fraudulent treaties, genocide and ethnic cleansing.

Video and editing by Twin Cities IMC with additional footage from Bluestem Prairie and I Don't Hate America. (6:06)

Article: Anti-Racists Steal the Show at White Supremacist "Tea Party Against Amnesty" | Robert Erickson Fans on Facebook & Twitter | Youtube | Blip.TV | Related Event: An Evening of Reparations Dec. 6

Anti-Racists Steal the Show at White Supremacist "Tea Party Against Amnesty"

Submitted by TCIMC on Sun, 11/15/2009 - 11:01
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Forty-five anti-immigration activists held a small rally outside the state capitol on Saturday. Counter-protest from members of Anti-Racist Action, Bash Back, the Minnesota Immigrants' Rights Action Coalition and others was frequent, vigorous and hilarious.  ("America is not for Russians!  America is not for Germans!  Europeans go home!")  Update: New TC Indymedia video "The Full Story" at YouTube / Blip.TV / Quicktime

The cheerful crowd of immigrants' rights activists held a banner reading "Stop the raids and deportations".  In conversation with members of Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform, the activists repeatedly pointed out that all non-native people in Minnesota are illegal immigrants--Minnesota was taken by force by whites from the native people who lived here for centuries before white arrival.  One activist, under the name "Robert Erickson," managed to get on the list of speakers and riled the crowd into a frenzy about the theft, murder and disease inflicted by illegal immigrants... from Europe, upon indigenous populations.  In a "Yes Men" moment, the anti-immigrant crowd sat in silence, trying to figure out what just happened. (transcript below) *NEW* TCIMC Video | Video from Bluestem Prairie & I Don't Hate America (1, 2) | Fight Back News: Anti-Immigrant "Tea Party" Confronted | Robert Erickson on Facebook & Twitter

Austin, MN: Counterprotest against Nazi demonstration

Submitted by haloka on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 19:51
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07/11/2009 14:00

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Say no to Racism and Nazis! On July 11 a group of racists will gather in Austin to call for the deportation of immigrants, Blacks, Asians, Latinos, homosexuals and Jews.

Their event is set for 2 p.m. in front of the Mower County courthouse. This group identifies itself as Nazis and calls itself the National Socialist Movement. Join with us in a counterprotest and show them they are not welcome in our community. We will stand up and show that no human is illegal, immigrant rights are workers rights, and we oppose racism in our community.

May 1st March and Rally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 09:58
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Arte Sin Fronteras Performance and Screening of Oaxaca Radio Documentary

Submitted by Frowner on Sun, 04/26/2009 - 15:43
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05/09/2009 17:00

5:00pm -- Performances by Teresa Ortiz, Kyle "Guante" Myhre, Juliana Hu Pegues, Tatiana Ormaza, Grupo Quetzal, AB Capoeira Senavox,  Fire Dancer

Community members call for protest at ICE Headquarters on May 6 - No more raids! No one is illegal!

Submitted by Frowner on Sun, 04/26/2009 - 12:33
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If Obama doesn't shut ICE down, community members will.  Local immigrants' rights activists demands that Obama issue an executive order to stop all immigration raids, detention and deportations by the end of his first hundred days in office.  Failing that, they call for civil disobedience backed by a large legal protest on May 6 at ICE Headquarters in Bloomington.

Mpls City Council Meeting and Press Conference

Submitted by ludditerobot on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 12:33
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04/24/2009 09:30

The MN Immigrant Rights Action Coalition and the May 1st Coalition are planning the 4th Annual March for Immigrant Rights on May 1st, 2009. We have solicited permits for a march down Lake St. and a rally on Nicollett Ave, and they have both been denied.

Just as we did two years ago, we are asking the Minneapolis City Council to pass a resolution to support our march on Lake St. PLEASE CALL today to let your city council member, they mayor and the chief of police that we have right to march for immigrant rights on International Workers Day.

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