Revolution #041, April 2, 2006, posted at revcom.us
A great upsurge is taking place across the United States! Hundreds
of thousands of immigrants are stepping out of the shadows, into the
sun. In Chicago, up to a half million filled Daley Plaza, shutting down the city, chanting “¡se siente, se siente, el inmigrante esta presente!” ( The immigrants are here, you can feel it!)
In Milwaukee(home of Congressman Sensenbrenner, author of the cruel
bill that set off the protests(25,000 marched. Tens of thousands went
into the streets in Washington DC. In Phoenix, over 20,000
demonstrators marched to the office of Republican Senator Jon Kyl,
co-sponsor of a bill that would give illegal immigrants up to five
years to leave the country. In Georgia, tens of thousands of immigrants
stayed away from work in protest against a new state law there that
would deny state services to adults living in the U.S. illegally and
impose a 5 percent surcharge on wire transfers from illegal immigrants.
As we go to press, students have walked out of schools throughout
Southern California, and hundreds of thousands are filling the streets
of Los Angeles. [read more]