immigrant rights
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‘Minutemen’ aim to divide the working class
On May 21, over 300 demonstrators confronted about 50 members of the racist “Minutemen Project” in downtown Los Angeles. Pro-immigrant…
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U.S. immigration policy founded on racism
Capitalist politicians, far-right organizations and media pundits base their anti-immigrant arguments on the claim that undocumented workers--who they call "illegal…
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El movimiento obrero y el movimiento pro los inmigrantes
Debido a su estallido repentino, un movimiento popular a menudo puede sorprender y sobrepasar al movimiento organizado obrero. Un ejemplo…
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Lessons of the May 1 ‘Day without an Immigrant’
Millions of immigrant workers and their allies marked May 1, 2006—International Workers Day—with strikes, walkouts, and boycotts of U.S.-produced products,…
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Organized labor and immigrant rights
A people’s movement can often surprise or surpass, in its sudden upsurge, the organized workers’ movement. One historic example is…
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New perspectives on the immigration debate
Ron Wilkins is a professor of Africana Studies at California State University, Dominguez Hills. A former member of the Student…
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New mass movement demands immigrant rights
In March, millions of people marched through the streets of Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, Dallas and other cities demanding an…
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Immigrant workers fight for a union contract
On Feb. 28, over 200 service workers at the University of Miami went on strike to win a union contract…
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New racist legislation attacks immigrants
In December 2005, one of the most comprehensive and racist legislative attacks on immigrants was passed by the U.S. House…
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Immigration and the struggle for democratic rights
The following article is adapted from a presentation delivered at a Nov. 12, 2005 Conference on Socialism in Los Angeles,…
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