On May 1, 2006, 100,000s rallied across the country to demand immigrant rights and an end to deportations of undocumented workers. The protests, involving trade unions, student groups, church congregations and other defenders of civil rights (perhaps you?), marked the beginning of annual coordinated actions.
Activists at Vanderbilt University are helping to organize a Nashville rally for immigrant rights. If you are interested in any aspect of the planning, or if you want to show your support for immigrants in Nashville and accross the country, please friend us, and spread the word!
(Student speaks at Atlanta Immigrant Rights Rally, Georgia)
(May 1, 2006 Immigrant Rights march in Seattle, Washington)
Who I'd like to meet: activists, interesting people, people for equal rights, immigrants, people who believe that no one is illegal, anyone who shows support
Thank you so much for adding me as your friend. I look forward to getting to know you better and working together to make things right for the immigrants who moved here for the American dream. Let's begin by getting the right person in office, what do you say? Peace and Victory!
Thanks for the add. The solution to the immigrant "crisis" lays with the abolition of state and capital. Solidarity means amnesty for all. Tear down the borders, tear down the walls.
Hey, I will help you with the upcoming rally anyway that I can...grad school keeps me busy...do you have anyone from T.I.R.R.C. helping you with this? peace mel
There are many of us in Students for a Democratic Society who would be eagar to work with you to promote equal rights in the Middle Tennessee area. I for one attended the immigrant rights rallies in Chicago three years ago and have been looking to organize something similar in the Nashville region ever since. How can we work in coalition with you and these Vandy students to make this May Day one that really raises the profile, and necessity, of social justice? Ashley of MTSU-SDS
Thanks for adding me. ¶ Our many problems have a common root: Bullies, liars, thieves, and murderers — particularly those in public office — believe people are motivated only by greed and fear. They want us to share that belief, because they use it to justify themselves and to manipulate us. But you and I have found something better inside ourselves and our friends. It's in everyone, if we can just wake them — we're all one flesh and blood. Spread the word. The outcome to the ideological struggle is not yet determined, so no one can afford to be a spectator. ¶ The Iraq war, like most wars, was based on lies. And now the occupation is making new enemies faster than it can kill them; that's helpful only to arms dealers. The economy is all wrong too: the rich get richer and fewer, everyone else gets screwed, and the ecosystem gets trashed. These problems are not new, but lately they've become so blatant that we've begun to understand them. It's time to end the military-industrial complex and the corporatocracy. We the people must control government, and government must control business, not the other way around. A good start would be transparency in government, public financing of election campaigns, trustbusting the media, and ending corporate personhood. ¶ Question authority. Carry on the struggle. Hold onto hope. Keep singing. Hand in hand, we can heal the world. — Love, Eric
