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PROTESTING THE MINUTEMAN PROJECT--Groups Firm Up Plans, Meet With Police
Plans continue for a counter protest to the MINUTEMAN PROJECT meeting at the HOLIDAY INN CRYSTAL LAKE on Saturday, August 25 from 12:30 to 4 pm. Joining the McHENRY COUNTY PEACE GROUP will be a sizable contingent of members and supporters of the CARPENTERSVILLE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE (CCA) and the LATINO COALITION.
The CCA is an ( Read more... ) -
FOR MAY DAY--"Becoming American" Part 2--The Notes
[i] Irish, Germans, Italians, French, Jews, Scandinavians, Poles, Bohemians.
[ii] The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
[iii] Free men subject to militia call.
[iv] Catholics.
[v] Tower in Genesis struck down by Yahweh scattering the builders across the earth with mutually unintelligible languages.
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Immigration: Let's Hear it for Benign Neglect
Finally, someone said it. I was beginning to think I was alone in my reservations. Last week TRUTHOUT.ORG, ran a special perspective piece by David Bacon, “No Immigration Bill is Better”. In the piece Bacon quotes some immigration activists who have concluded that the supposedly “liberal” Senate bill is nearly as damaging at the House version- ( Read more... ) -
The Hits Just Keep on Comin'
The Bush maladministration, the misgovernment of the United States, continues to plunge from outrage to catastrophe. Poll numbers sink to the point that if this were some Eastern European state, millions of citizens would be surrounding the White House and Capital, filling the National Mall day after day in some sort of People’s Democratic ( Read more... ) -
Immigration Marching Comes to McHenry County
A rally in support of comprehensive immigration reform will be held on May 7, 2006, beginning at 2 pm on the historic Woodstock Square. Supporters will gather from 2 pm until 3 pm before marching from the Square to a rally at the McHenry County Government Center.
In announcing the upcoming action, Carlos Acosta, Executive Director of the ( Read more... ) -
That Was the Week that Was
Whew! What a week since I last been able to post to this blog. A lot has happened including:
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The United States announced that it would not seek a seat on the new United Nations Human Rights Council. The U.S., with the loyal support of Israel, Marshal Islands and Palau had voted against the creation of the new body, a replacement for the ( Read more... )
