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Topic: Chicago shut down by immigrant march
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rici
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posted 11 March 2006 06:20 PM
A show of strength: Workers, students unite in opposition to toughening the law.I hope the link works without registration; some of the photos are really amazing. (Photo gallery) quote:
n a show of strength that surprised even organizers, tens of thousand of immigrants poured into the Loop Friday, bringing their calls for immigration reform to the heart of the city's economic and political power.What started as a word-of-mouth campaign, then spread through the foreign language media, grabbed the attention of the entire city by midday, as a throng 2 miles long marched from Union Park on the Near West Side to Federal Plaza. ... As they transformed the Loop with their presence, immigrants made a powerful statement elsewhere by their absence. Without his immigrant employees, a Northwest Side body shop owner gave up and closed for the day. An Italian restaurant in Downers Grove relied on temps to cook and managers to bus tables. High school students walked out en masse.
News coverage seems limited, except in Chicago and Mexico.
From: Lima, Perú | Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 11 March 2006 10:13 PM
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Originally posted by goyanamasu:
Some of you who trip so on symbols will be turned off by all the US flags.
I thought the use of US flags in that context was totally appropriate, even radical. They are people who live in the US, work in the US, want to be part of the US, maybe even believe in the US (as a country). That's totally different from wrapping yourself in the US flag in Canada (or in Mexico, for that matter). The symbolism is completely different. I have no trouble with believing in a country, with the sort of patriotism that says "my country is a great place". The kind of nationalism I have a problem with is the kind which goes on to say "... and we're better than everyone else" or "... and this is the only country that matters". I think the US has some serious issues to deal with (but then don't we all) but I'm not anti-US; however, there are a lot of things that the US government does that I really don't like. If they didn't affect me personally, that would be just theoretical, but their governments have had a long history of taking over other countries, either by force or by economic bullying, and of sabotaging international instruments of governance. That affects me, my friends, and indeed the whole world. But I know that many US citizens (and would-be citizens) have similar values to me. I could go on in the vein for some time, but it would be even more thread drift. They are cool photos, aren't they? I hope the message gets through.
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