MAY DAY 2008
TOMORROW, as we’ve done every may day in the US since 2006, we march for the rights and respect of immigrants living in the US who make life easier for the privileged and get almost nothing in return. This year, for the first time in Santa Rosa, we explicitly march against the so-called “Free Trade” agreements that the rich and powerful make with each other -- not with the workers. These economic systems are designed to make international business easier for the most rich, which leaves millions of poor workers unemployed and many times displaced, as we have seen from the surge in immigration directly related to the passing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). We also march against the violent and deadly militaristic raids on our communities that that often leave children orphaned and tear families apart when one or more head of household is deported. We march against the Sonoma County’s Sheriff department who willingly allows and helps the federal government to enforce arbitrary and racist immigration law on our streets, almost always based on racial profiling, often deporting young latino men who have grown up in the US and know nothing of the place in which they were born. We march FOR a COUNTY OF REFUGE, in support of passing a law that would prohibit local law enforcement from collaborating with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security), so that immigrant residents of Sonoma County will no longer feel the looming threat of deportation for simply stepping outside their homes.

THURSDAY, MAY 1ST - NO WORK, NO SCHOOL
MEET AT SEBASTOPOL RD. AND WEST AVE. (parking lot of what used to be the Albertson’) AT 12PM, MARCH TO JULLIARD PARK AT 1PM.

There will be a rally at Julliard Park with food, music, education, workshops, and more.

The community has been asked to bring 26-cent stamps to help fund a mailing of petitions to the county supervisors.

NO TO FREE TRADE
NO TO THE MILITARISTIC RAIDS ON OUR COMMUNITIES
YES! TO A COUNTY OF REFUGE