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Tag: Mexico

Protest At Calexico Gets Ugly As Border Patrol Charges Peaceful Demonstrators — Batons Swing & Rubber Bullets Fired

 Staff  November 13, 2007  2 Comments on Protest At Calexico Gets Ugly As Border Patrol Charges Peaceful Demonstrators — Batons Swing & Rubber Bullets Fired

We don’t have to go to Pakistan to see citizens beaten by law enforcement authorities. You just had to be…

Continue Reading Protest At Calexico Gets Ugly As Border Patrol Charges Peaceful Demonstrators — Batons Swing & Rubber Bullets Fired
 Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Organizing  Tagged: Border Issues, Mexico

Mike Davis: the un-told story of how immigrants were affected is “the central human tragedy of the recent fires”

 Frank Gormlie  November 2, 2007  1 Comment on Mike Davis: the un-told story of how immigrants were affected is “the central human tragedy of the recent fires”

By the time we arrived at Mike Davis’ talk at the City Heights Rec Center on Landis Street, it was…

Continue Reading Mike Davis: the un-told story of how immigrants were affected is “the central human tragedy of the recent fires”
 Posted in: Media, Organizing, San Diego  Tagged: Border Issues, Mexico

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