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| 2006-04-03 |
| The coalition that organized an estimated 500,000 marchers in Los Angeles to protest immigration reform announced its next mass action is "an economic and labor boycott that will paralyze the U.S. economy." The radical separatist publication La Voz de Aztlan, the Voice of Aztlan, said the proposed boycott is in response to a "racist" measure in Congress. The House has passed a bill to tighten border security, but President Bush broadly supports rival legislation being debated in the Senate that contains a guest-worker proposal. Coalition member Roberto Reveles of "Unidos en Arizona" said his group will host a "summit meeting" April 8 and 9 in Phoenix to work out details of the boycott. The boycott is scheduled for May 1, the Day of the International Solidarity of Workers, or May 5, the Cinco de Mayo celebration. Armando Navarro, coordinator of the National Alliance for Human Rights, said, "We are living through very dangerous times and we must take advantage of the moment. If we just sit and wait to see what happens, everything we have accomplished so far may go to waste. That is why we must continue the struggle to once and for all defeat that racist (House) proposal." In Phoenix, an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 participated in a march and rally last Saturday. "What occurred on March 24 is a consequence of the people being tired of the treatment we are receiving," Reveles said. "The first step has already been taken, we organized ourselves and have completed the first phase, now we have to prepare for the second." Reveles said the activists "will not rest" until they see the House bill defeated. "We are sure that the preparations we make at the summit will lead us to victory," he said. "We are united and only united will we be victorious." La Voz de Aztlan said the two-day summit will be attended by Mexican-American and other Latino groups from Nevada, Texas, Wisconsin, Washington, New York, Chicago, California and other states. Representatives from Mexico, Central and South America also will attend. Navarro said the "international boycott" counts on the support of the consulates of Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba and Mexico, along with Mexican labor organizations. "We have to demonstrate to the nation, one more time, that its economic stability depends on us," Navarro said. "I am sure that our sister nations of Latin America, who are also tired of the situation, will unite with us. The professor concluded: "That is why we will celebrate May 1, 'Day of the Worker,' with labor strikes, no purchases and go out and march. Soon they will see the impact we will have!" As WorldNetDaily reported, one of the organizers of the L.A. rally was the Mexica Movement, which already has decided it is the "non-indigenous," white, English-speaking U.S. citizens of European descent who have to leave what they call "our continent." Both Rep. James Sensebrenner, R-Wis., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a proponent of tougher border security, and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger were caricatured as Nazis by the group on its posters and banners. The group insists the indigenous people of the continent were the victims of genocide – a campaign of extermination that killed, according to one citation, 95 percent of their population, or 33 million people. Another citation on the same website claims the toll was 70 million to 100 million. The only solution, says the Mexica Movement, is to expel the invaders of the last 500 years, force them to pay reparations and return the continent to its rightful heirs. The platform of the group illustrates the diverse – and sometimes extreme – agendas of those participating in the mass mobilizations that have been seen largely as protests against efforts to curb illegal immigration. The Mexica Movement has big issues with many other equally radical groups participating in the massive, united-front rallies, include the separatist Aztlan Movement. Aztlan, the mythical birthplace of the Aztecs, is regarded in Chicano folklore as an area that includes California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Texas. The movement seeks to create a sovereign, Spanish-speaking state, "Republica del Norte," or the Republic of the North, that would combine the American Southwest with the northern Mexican states and eventually merge with Mexico. La Voz de Aztlan identifies Mexicans in the U.S. as "America's Palestinians." Many Mexicans see themselves as part of a transnational ethnic group known as "La Raza," the race. A May editorial on the website, with a dateline of Los Angeles, Alta California, declares that "both La Raza and the Palestinians have been displaced by invaders that have utilized military means to conquer and occupy our territories." Others in the coalition hope to see a "reconquest" of the American southwest by Mexico. This would not likely take place through military action, they say, but rather through a slow process of migration – both legal and illegal. Since many Mexicans take May 5th off anyway, why do I think this will be the day? It's also one of the biggest days of the year for Mexican restaurants, who aren't going to be too thrilled with shutting down instead of hosting major holiday parties. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #34 People crap; countries crap. Lefties support the influxers; contrarian doormats delight the influxers. The dhimmis have announced their "Koufax Award" for leftist blogging. Good who's who (or who's fucked) material, but the late, great Southpaw, Sandy Koufax, was Jewish and a supporter of Israel. He wouldn't associate with these life-loser, brain-dead, spin-vomiters. What about Maglite Awards for latch-on WOT peasants (the security guard class) who make the lefties look good? http://wampum.wabanaki.net/vault/2006/04/002603.html Some zeros crap through their mouths. How many open-minded, threat-abaters will actually read this thread? Half-dozen? |
| Posted by: Listen to Dogs 2006-04-03 21:41 |
| #33 Mexicans use the phrase, "Me vale nada," in the same way that we say, "I don't give a shit." If the Aztlanazis use civil war tactics, then a little me vale nada should apply to their lives. |
| Posted by: Listen to Dogs 2006-04-03 19:57 |
| #32 Joe, Have you got any extras? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-04-03 22:12 |
| #31 Barking mad. |
| Posted by: Glosing Hupesh7946 2006-04-03 22:08 |
| #30 Voz de Aztlan is a bunch of Marxist die-hard loons like ANSWER. Like ANSWER it can mobilize a lot of idiots at first, but soon the idiots catch on and stop coming to the rallies. Last time they called a strike, it had zero impact. KFI covered it and it was a joke. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2006-04-03 21:17 |
| #29 although Mulholland did do a number on the Owens Valley ranchers.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-04-03 21:05 |
| #28 like Israel if the Palestinians had retained control.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-04-03 21:03 |
| #27 FrankG, have you ever thought what Southern California would be like if it had stayed part of Mexico? Without a Mulholland to bring rivers from the desert, LA would still be a little port city like Ensenada. Without a Roosevelt to build an aquaduct to support the Pacific Fleet, SD would still be a desert. These people just want the fruits of other peoples vision, capital, and sweat. If the Aztlan idea is so great, why is so much of Mexico a shithole? |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-04-03 20:56 |
| #26 the Aztlanazis are loudmouthed asshole University aides and students. Once tthey're forced into the general world nobody listens to or buys their shit. Only the echo chamber of Academia |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-04-03 20:19 |
| #25 "And...who ended up with the gold?" The gold train made it to its destination. As an aside, Danjou's wooden hand was all that was ever found of him. The body disappeared. |
| Posted by: Fordesque 2006-04-03 19:35 |
| #24 Why don't they just take the whole week off? I think the biggest drawback would be that my neighbors lawns won't get mowed. |
| Posted by: Bob 2006-04-03 18:59 |
| #23 En cinquenta anos, la idioma y la cultural del suroeste cambiara... In fifty anuses? Yeowch! |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-04-03 17:25 |
| #22 In cinquenta anuses, the language and the cultural one of the southwest changed... I still don't understand it. In most countries one is obliged to learn thew national language and speak it to natives. Not to use your "home"language as a weapon. |
| Posted by: jim#6 2006-04-03 17:10 |
| #21 Per the demographic timebomb: the prevalent philosophy of "one man, one vote" will insure the morphing of our political/cultural heritage. En cinquenta anos, la idioma y la cultural del suroeste cambiara... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2006-04-03 16:30 |
| #20 Liberalhawk, a "small group" may grow to dominate a Revolution, be they bolsheviks, national socialists, Robespierrists, or Aztlan. Indeed, I would suggest that the most radical rise to the top in a revolutionary setting. Aztlan might have been a joke at one time, the current demographic time bomb makes it demonstrably less so nowadays... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2006-04-03 16:23 |
| #19 total BS. 1st, plenty of the immigrants, legal and illegal, in the southwest are not hispanic. Certainly LA has plenty of Asian immigrants. second = as my previous comment points out, many hispanics are NOT Mexican. I doubt the Salvadorans or Guatamalans in LA want to be part of Aztlan, or mourn the defeat of 1846. Third, most Mexican-Americans arent too keen on it either. The Aztlan/La Raza people are a small group, trying to take advantage of the whole immigration tussel. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-04-03 15:45 |
| #18 i suspect around here most of the folks who work in Mexican restaurants are Salvadorans, or Guatemalans, so it shouldnt slow down the mixing of margaritas at all.:) |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-04-03 15:41 |
| #17 With all due respect, mojo, you are a fool. Or a provocateur. Hard to tell sometimes. Sixty-five Legionnaires stood off 2,000 Juarists for an entire day, so that a gold train would not fall into the latter's hands. Seven survived. And...who ended up with the gold? |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-04-03 15:11 |
| #16 Sounds like a movie to me. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-04-03 12:57 |
| #15 "We May Die, but Never Will Surrender" - The Battle of Cameron "Disasters have a way of spinning noble myths, as if it benefits the survivors to find something worthwhile in the midst of a catastrophe. Sometimes these magnificent moments, if ever they existed at all, have to be dug out of the rubble, and dusted off. At that point they can be held high for everyone to see and proclaim as significant." "Such incidents fade from memory, pushed off the pages of history books by more monumental occurrences. There is no theme for historians to discuss, and the battle is hardly a watershed as events go. For the Legionnaire there remains a plaque with a few words on it, and a celebration on the anniversary of the battle. Perhaps the Legionnaires understand that such encounters are not usually commemorated outside of the Legion, and therefore people would know very little about Cameron. There is tangible evidence of the day that saw 65 Legionnaires stand off 2,000 Juarists; a relic preserved by the Legion - Danjou's wooden hand found shortly after the battle. It is a reminder of the only theme truly associated with the events of April 29, 1863: courage." |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-04-03 12:54 |
| #14 "Only the Frogs would celebrate being on the wrong end of a massacre" With all due respect, mojo, you are a fool. It was not a massacre. It was a battle. Sixty-five Legionnaires stood off 2,000 Juarists for an entire day, so that a gold train would not fall into the latter's hands. Seven survived. The French do not celebrate Cameron. The French Foreign Legion does. There is a difference. They do not celebrate being defeated; they celebrate that the legionnaires died doing their duty. |
| Posted by: Fordesque 2006-04-03 12:27 |
| #13 There's a DVD out called A Day Without a Mexican. Check it out, it's pretty funny. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2006-04-03 12:01 |
| #12 The Alamo maybe mojo? |
| Posted by: Hupineque Glerelet1305 2006-04-03 11:47 |
| #11 Only the Frogs would celebrate being on the wrong end of a massacre: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/legion/ecameron.htm |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-04-03 11:37 |
| #10 IF they decide to "strike" on May 5, then I really hope that they are looking for a new job on May 6. You can tell this is being pushed by Gringo-Mexicans because May 5 is not a big deal south of the border. I mean really what country hasn't beaten the Phrench in a battle? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-04-03 11:25 |
| #9 We have to demonstrate to the nation, one more time, that its economic stability depends on us The lesson they will learn is that everyone is replaceable. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-04-03 11:19 |
| #8 On the radio in Phoenix, it sounds like the moderates are trying to assert control. For the next protests, they are telling the protestors to get rid of the Mexican flags, no signs in Spanish, enough of the Aztlan bulldada (which is mostly an L.A. thing), and behave themselves. There were also some traffic problems last time, so they are now coordinating with the police. There are a lot of conservative Mexican-Americans in Phoenix, who are established and prosperous, agree that the flow across the border has to be severely restricted, but are very concerned that they are being singled out for harassment not because they are illegal, but because of their ethnic group. The thing that really set them off was the suggestion that 11 million people be deported. That would be as violent as trying to force all Mormons out of the US. And there is no way to put a reasonable face on it. Fortunately, it will not happen, no way. The vast majority are de facto American citizens, whether other American citizens like it or not. Any arguments about keeping an open border shows the only real split among them. Half want an open border, the other half don't. Locally, the Mexicans are still agitated because of an insane and illegal "roundup" that went on in the Metro Phoenix city of Chandler some years ago. Hundreds of local police, INS, and other federal law enforcement did a sweep of the whole city, stopping people on the street to demand papers. They entered homes and conducted searches without search warrants because a Mexican had been seen in their backyard, usually a gardener. They entered businesses and forced every brown-skinned person out on the street to check their identities. Some people were stopped multiple times. Anyone found without papers was detained for hours at best, or loaded on buses and driven to the border. I knew an Irish guy with red hair and a tan who was deported to South Nogales after being held at gunpoint with an M-16, and had to call his father to bring his wallet down so he could get back into the country. He had been picking oranges with some Mexicans when the INS arrived. The resulting $35M lawsuit was settled for $400K with the agreement of the city of Chandler to totally retrain its police department, and to change all city policies to explicitly follow constitutional procedures in the future. And yes, out of a city of several hundred thousand people, they did find about 400 illegals. Most of these were clustered in a few public sites, hoping to work as day laborers, as they do every day. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-04-03 11:13 |
| #7 That's fine. My gardener's Vietnamese. |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-04-03 10:43 |
| #6 I agree with the Mexica movement. We should turn the land over to its original residents.....and all start speaking Apache, Tohono O'odham, or another Native American language. Oops, sorry, I guess they didn't mean FBI's (full-blooded Indians). My bad! |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2006-04-03 08:18 |
| #5 "Freedom Wraps", and "Sunrise Beer, a new dawn". No more tacos and Corona! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2006-04-03 05:56 |
| #4 Don't fergot about GORBACHEV, whom in TIME.com and other news blogs seems surprised that Fascist = Half-a-Communist/Totalitarian Russia is regressing back into "dictatorship", that somehow a Commie-controlled/domin national Govt.- Bureaucracy is not still a Commie govt!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-04-03 02:45 |
| #3 These people are in the same alternate reality that sees the reestablishment of the Caliphate. Why is it that the people with the least power talk the loudest? |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-04-03 01:29 |
| #2 Illegal Immigration Still time to write: One stop link for your House, Senate, Prez, State Gov, Local Gov etc. Link Here |
| Posted by: RD 2006-04-03 01:18 |
| #1 Oh gee darn. I guess I won't go to La Feista on the 5th. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-04-03 00:20 |