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Monday, May 01, 2006

May Day immigrant protests roll through the South ...

20,000 in Orlando, thousands more in rest of Florida ...

Poultry giant Perdue shuts down eight facilities in Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia ...

Tennessee Pride shut down ...

550 demonstate in Louisville, Kentucky ...

Thousands at multiple rallies in North Carolina ...

Boycott "being felt" in Richmond, Virginia ...

Rallies in four Arkansas cities ...

300 march in New Orleans ...

Alabama company providing Latino laborers shuts down ...

Thousands rally in Houston and along the Texas/Mexico border ...

And of course, in other countries there are massive May Day demonstrations which the media is describing as "mostly peaceful."
posted by Chris Kromm at 2:49 PM | Email this post | Post a Comment
2 Comments:
Anonymous MIRA said...

You missed Mississippi where 500 marched and rallied in Laurel.

Bill Chandler,
Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (MIRA)

5/12/2006 1:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think they should leave them alone. They are very good hard working people. They also help the economy. all they want to so is support their families like everyone else. They also have the same color blood as everyone else. SO LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE.

11/02/2006 8:47 PM  

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