[Sosfbay-discuss] MAY DAY ACTIONS

[Drew Johnson]

In San Jose, an Immigrants Being Active Participants in Change march will
gather at 4pm in the Mi Pueblo Foods parking lot (Story and King Roads)
and will head down King Road and Santa Clara Street to San José City Hall
(Santa Clara and 5th Streets).

MAY DAY IN OAKLAND:

OAKLAND SIN FRONTERAS

April 25, 2008 For Immediate Release

Contact: Andrea Mercado, Mujeres Unidas y Activas (510) 205 3684,
andreacristina at mujeresunidas.net

Solange Echeverria, SEIU Local 1877 (408) 280 7770 srecheverria at hotmail.com


On May 1 Oakland Families Call for "No War, No Walls, No Raids"
Thursday, May 1, 2008 Rallies, Music and March in Oakland

3:00-4:00pm Rally & Cultural Performances, Fruitvale BART Plaza

4:00-6:00pm March down International Blvd to Oakland City Hall

6:00-7:30pm Rally & Cultural Performances at City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa Plaza

Two years have passed since millions of immigrants took to the streets
demanding human rights and calling for "legalization for all". This year a
coalition of Oakland community based organizations, community clinics,
labor unions, student groups, and anti-war organizations have planned a
multicultural, intergenerational event that focuses on the root causes of
migration: economic displacement, trade policy, war and militarization,
and calls for human rights, social services, sanctuary, peace and unity.

Confirmed Speakers Include:

Cynthia McKinney, Former member of the US House of Representatives
Evelyn Sanchez, Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition
Clarence Thomas, International Longshore & Warehouse Union
Betty Olson- Jones, Oakland Education Association, President
Maria Jimenez, Mujeres Unidas y Activas
Sharon Cornu, Alameda Central Labor Council
Carlos Mares, Lucha Unida, Day Labor Organizer
High school student, Youth Together
Filipino Airport Worker, PAWIS

Cultural Performances:
FUGA (pending confirmation)
Roxana Damas, singer/ songwriter
Danza Cuauhtonal, Aztec Dancers
East Side Arts Alliance performers
Peralta Creek Middle School Spoken Word Poets
La Pena Cultural Center performers

Sponsoring organizations include: Alameda Central Labor Council, AFSCME
Local 3299, Anak Bayan East Bay, Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace &
Justice, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, La Clinica de La Raza, East
Side Arts Alliance, EBASE, Filipinos for Affirmative Action, Huaxtec, ISO,
Just Cause Oakland, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, OEA, Peace and Freedom
Party, SEIU 1877, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, Spanish Speaking
Citizens Foundation, Teamsters, Unite Here 2850, United for Peace and
Justice, and more

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MAY DAY 2008 NO PEACE NO WORK
Labor demands the end to the war of occupation of Iraq.
Labor support respect and justice for immigrants.

The ILWU will shut down the Port to demonstrate its opposition to the Iraq
Occupation.

Immigrants will once again take to the streets with their allies to demand
their rights, respect and justice.

At 10:30 a.m., assemble at Beach & Mason in SF, near the ILWU Local 10
Hall at Fisherman's Wharf, march at 11:00 down Embarcadero to Justin
Herman Plaza (across from the Ferry Building), for a rally at Noon.

To march with immigrants in San Francisco, assemble in Dolores Park at
2:00 p.m. MARCH to Civic Center, where there will be a RALLY at 5:00.

To march with immigrants in the East Bay, assemble at Fruitvale BART in
Oakland at 3:00 p.m. MARCH to Oakland City Hall Plaza for a RALLY 6:00
p.m.

MAY DAY 2008 DEMANDS
(adopted by Oakland Sin Fronteras - Oakland Without Borders)

1. END THE HARASSMENT AND PERSECUTION OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES BY FEDERAL
AGENCIES & LOCAL POLICE

2. MONEY FOR SERVICES, NOT WAR

3. STOP THE UPROOTING AND DISPLACEMENT OF THIRD WORLD COMMUNITIES

4. HALT THE USE OF NO-MATCH LETTERS TO INTIMIDATE WORKER ORGANIZING EFFORTS

5. HOLD ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

for more info: http://maydayilwu.googlepages.com/

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Call your congressperson and senators 1-800-828-0498
Tell them
Don't attack Iran! Bring our troops home now!
No more money for occupation!
Demand the Army accept Lt. Watada’s resignation.
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