Time is flying and in less than 2 months we will converge at
the US/Mexico border in ambos Nogales for our 3rd SOA Watch Border Encuentro
this November 16-18: Dismantle Border Imperialism! Struggle, Create, Power to
the People!
As we continue planning for this year's 3rd Encuentro, we
want to share important updates with you, including our promotional video
created by Olmeca, the weekend schedule of events and ways to support our
largest annual gathering. We are excited to share our demands for this year,
and invite you to join us in generating the biggest possible impact alongside
other coalition groups and allies by endorsing this year's Encuentro.
More information at:
Join the Sanctuary Caravan
The New Sanctuary Coalition is resolved to choose the side
of liberty and equality. We are resolved to sacrifice in solidarity with those
leaders of liberty and pioneers of equality who are nonviolently asserting
their right to migrate by moving their caravan of brave souls across the
U.S./Mexican border. We are resolved to form a U.S. Caravan of supporters who
will meet the Central American Caravan in Mexico, witness their movement, and
accompany them into the U.S. At the border, we will assist those seeking entry
with their demands to enter the US without losing their liberty.[…]
More information at:
"Resistance at Tule Lake" is Now Available on DVD
& iTunes!
The documentary on resistance to the wartime incarceration
of Japanese Americans has screened in
The film is now available on DVD and iTunes! Demand for the
film has been so high on the Netflix queue that they also jumped on board and
are now offering the film for disc rental.
More information at:
The
Cross-Border Farmworker Rebellion
Workers
in the berry fields of the United States and Mexico have the same transnational
employers. Now, farmworker unions in those two nations have begun to work
together.
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| The union card. Photo: David Bacon |
By
David Bacon, The American Prospect
October
31, 2018
Surrounded by
blueberry and alfalfa fields near Sumas, Washington, just a few miles from the
Canadian border, a group of workers last week stood in a circle behind a
trailer, itemizing a long list of complaints about the grower they work for.
Lorenzo Sanchez, the oldest, pointed to the trailer his family rents for $800 a
month. On one side, the wooden steps and porch have rotted through. “The toilet
backs up,” he said. “Water leaks in when it rains. The stove doesn't work.”[…]
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