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‘NO WALL’ at US Social Forum 07
The Continental Campaign for NO WALL was present at the recent US Social
Forum that took place in Atlanta, Georgia from June 27 to July 1, 2007. The first US
Social Forum was a great success. The success of the USSF is based on the
participation of over 12,000 delegates and 20,000 people present from all colors,
ages, sizes, ability challenged, genders, sexual orientation and geography.
The NO WALL session at the US social Forum in Atlanta
Methodology
The workshop session opened with introductions of who was present. The
workshop was facilitated by Southwest Workers Union (SWU) and a group of
panelists. Each panelist had 5 minutes to focus on the theme of the NO WALL
campaign. After the panelist presented the body broke up into four (4) small
groups to do work. Each group had 50 minutes to come up with a proponed plan of
action for the Campaign against the WALL.
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Panel
Facilitator: Ruben Solis, SWU
Javier Rodriguez- Movimiento Nacional 1 de Mayo
Cipriana Jurado Herrera, Centro de Investigación y Solidaridad Obrera (CISO)
Benjamín Prado, Coalition Pro Raza Rights y Unión del Barrio
Araceli Herrera, Fuerza Unida
José Pepe Jaques Medina, Congreso de México
Javier Perez, Unión de Trabajadores Agrícolas Fronterizos
Small Group Work
The NO WALL workshop broke up into tour (4) working groups and took up
defining the actual situation on the border and solutions and alternatives. Each of
the small working groups reported back their agreements to the larger body. All
of the results of the four small working groups have been summarized in the
following set of agreements.
Small groups worked at the USSF to develop a plan of action to fight the USMexico Border WALL of Death
ASSEMBLY Agreement
Resolution to the Peoples’ Movement Assembly (PMA) at the USSF
WE THE ASSEMBLY AT THE USSF SAYS NO TO THE US-MEXICO
BORDER WALL OF DEATH BECAUSE…
• Because, historically the border between US & Mexico, an illegitimate
border, because it was imposed by a military invasion, war and occupation
resulting in the seizure of half of the northern territory of Mexico (Aztlan). The War
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against Mexico was part of a foreign policy based on expansionism and
imperialism,
• Because politically border divide nations, families, regions, and created
national chauvinism and nationalism the bases for conflicts and wars between
nations,
• Because the WALL on the border causes death to innocent migrants with
7,500 victims to date since 1994,
• Because the international concept of ‘community of nations’ is based on
friendship and cooperation between nations leading to peace and stability,
• Because the US proposes to extend the existing Border WALL of DEATH an
additional 700 miles along the US-Mexico borders, fulfilling Bush & Cheney wish to
‘seal’ the border physically,
• Because the WALL will have a disastrous impact on the environment plants,
animals and Humans. The WALL will push several animals to extinction,
• Because the WALL is part of a larger plan to MILITARIZE the US-Mexico
border,
• Because a WALL is in violation of Peoples Human Rights and the universal
right to free transit,
• Because the WALL represents a ‘racist’ and ‘imperialist’ US politic (Ugly
American) towards the global south countries and people, AND
• Because the WALL is a SHAME,
Then be it resolved by this Assembly that…
1. We absolutely OPPOSE the WALL on the US-Mexico Border and make a call to
all to oppose the WALL of DEATH,
2. Organize a Continental Campaign to STOP and TEAR DOWN the US-Mexico
Border WALL of DEATH,
3. Organize a Bi-National and International Assembly on the NO WALL Continental
Campaign,
4. Educate the public and create a favorable opinion against the Border WALL of
DEATH on the US-Mexico borders,
5. Organize a Border Alliance to STOP and TEAR DOWN the WALL of DEATH on
the US-México borders,
6. Designate October 11-12-13 as ‘Days of Action’ against the WALL of DEATH on
the US-México borders,
7. Organize protest marches and actions at the International Bridges on the USMexico borders to say NO WALL of DEATH on US-Mexico borders,
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8. Organize actions and a day of ‘boycott in US and Mexico of US products and
Kimberly Clark owned by Sensenbrenner, Western Union and other targeted
globalization companies,
9. Organize campaigns to organize and educate Congress, Federal, State and
local governments to look for alternatives and say NO WALL,
10. Present a ‘complaint’ before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
of the Organization of American States (OEA) against the Human Rights
violation by the WALL of DEATH on the US-Mexico borders,
Small group representatives’ report back on the Plan of Action developed against
the WALL of DEATH on the US-Mexico borders
Results:
o SWU organized the NO WALL workshop at the US Social Forum with 150
participants
o Organized the Assembly to develop an agreement and resolution to the
Peoples’ Movement Assembly ay USSF
o Organized the small groups and came out with a PLAN OF ACTION to STOP
and TEAR DOWN the WALL of DEATH
o Produced a directory of contacts
o Organized a Week of Action on NO WALL for October 10-14, 2007
o An Bi-National (US-Mexico) Assembly was proponed on NO WALL
o It was proposed to take this resolution to ALL social forums in the future for
adoption particularly the ‘Foro Social de las Américas’ in October 2008 and
the World Social Forum in 2009.
o Organize a Week of Actions for Border Human Rights, NO WALL, NO NAFTA
Dec. 8-15, 2008
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US-MEXICO BORDER SAYS
NO WALL of DEATH!
October 12-13, 2007
The Continental campaign to STOP and TEAR down the US-Mexico Border Wall got
underway this October 12 and 13, 2007 at several points on the border. The
campaign has been endorsed by over a hundred grassroots organizations,
networks and movements from throughout the Americas. According to Ruben
Solis, SWU coordinator for the Continental Campaign, “the reason for the kick off
on the US-Mexico border is that not only is the WALL here but this is the colliding
line of the global north and the global south”. Southwest Workers Union is taking
the lead in this campaign as part of our border justice work and as part of the
global justice movement.
El Paso-CD Juarez
The Continental campaign against the Border Wall on the US-Mexico border
‘kicked off’ with a great action this Friday, Oct. 12, 2007 in El Paso, Texas and CD
Juarez, Chihuahua in Mexico.
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300 farm workers, students, community residents and movement organizations
marched from Cd. Juarez and met the El Paso, TX contingent in the middle of the
international bridge on the dividing line between US and Mexico and denounced
the border wall that has already claimed over 10,000 lives since 1994. Protestors
are against extending the WALL OF DEATH a proposed 700 miles proposed by
Bush and Congress.
Protestors read a declaration in the middle of the international bridge demanding
to ‘Tear down the Border Wall of Death; Justice for Bracero workers; cease the
militaristic and repressive mass immigrant deportation raids in the US; and justice
for the Colonia ‘Granja Lomas de Poleo’ outside CD Juarez.
Participating organizations included La Via Campesina (Norte Amer.), Southwest
Organizing Project (SWOP), Colonias Unidas, Proyecto Ayuda, Chaparral and
Sunland Park Colonias, Union de Trabajador@s Agrícola Fronterizos (UTAF), Liga
de Unidad Socialista (LUS), Pastoral Obrera, , Kasa Kultural, La Otra (Juarez),
Comite de Braceros and Southwest Workers Union (SWU).
The protesters marched from the international bridge to Don Benito Juarez
Monument Park and held a rally for an hour with various speakers. Carlos
Marentes, UTAF spoke about the meaning of the struggle for justice for Bracero
farm workers and the importance of stopping & tearing down the border wall on
the US-Mexico borders. Veronica Carmona spoke against the mass deportations
and militaristic operations of ICE in the US against immigrant communities whether
documented or undocumented, “It is shear terror” she remarked. Ruben Solis
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spoke for SWU and declared the commitment to organize a continental campaign
to stop and tear down the US-Mexico border wall. “Today and tomorrow
thousands of people will demonstrate against colonialist system of today imposed
by the likes of Bush and Chaney and Homeland security, but the border and
migration problem is a human and economic problem not one of national security
and law enforcement”. Solis continued saying that “The Continental Campaign to
Stop & Tear Down the WALL of Death on the US-Mexico border has been endorsed
by nearly 100 organizations of the social movement and today’s kick off was held in
San Diego, California where protestors organized a 15 miles protest march.
Protests were held in Brownsville, Texas, Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo,
Tamaulipas, Del Rio and CD Acuña, Coahuila, y San Juan, Puerto Rico”.
San Antonio, TXA protest march on Friday October 12th in San Antonio saw several hundred people
denounce the mass immigration raids and deportations, the deportation of Elvira
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Arrellano and against the border wall. Tanya Garduño spoke for SWU at the
protest and was quoted by the Express & News newspaper, as saying, “we oppose
the border wall as we opposed the Berlin wall; it is an ugly symbol of imperialism
and it must come down”.
Brownsville-Matamoros
A contingent of Southwest Workers Union staged a protest on Saturday, October
13th by the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas. The protest
counted 20 brave people who got up early for the 5 hour drive to the border.
SWU protestors for NO WALL in Brownsville Gateway International Bridge
Diana Lopez, SWU organizer stated the reason for the protest was because “The
border wall will have very bad environmental impact on the border against plants,
animals and humans”.
Chavel Lopez, SWU founder and veteran movement
organizer coordinated the protest because “We are against the wall because it
divides people and the border which a united bi-national region. The border wall
is a slap to Mexico and the people of the southwestern United States. This border
has been a problem since 1848 when it was set here by the force of war”. Helen
Winslow a school worker leader said, “I came to say a wall is wrong, wrong,
wrong”.
The Rio Grande Valley has seen a lot of activity by two coalitions against the
border wall. One coalition is made up of public officials and chamber of
commerce and the other is a grassroots environmental coalition. Representatives
of the No Border Wall grassroots campaign were present at the NO MURO action in
Brownsville.
Laredo/Nuevo Laredo
In Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo a strong contingent protested Ex-President Fox
appearance in the border city. The protest denounced Fox selling out the Mexican
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people for profits. Protestors pointed to the Border Wall as proof of the wrong
direction the relationship between US and Mexico has taken. Protestors shouted
out “No Fox NO Wall”. According to Jose Carmona, a local leader, “Local leaders
have united across the board against the border wall”.
Del Rio-CD Acuña
Hundreds of protestors marched from both sides of the border to meet at the
center of the international bridge between Del Rio, Texas and CD Acuña, Coahuila.
Marchers met at the center of the dividing line between US-Mexico and held a
traditional indigenous blessing & cleansing ceremony. A declaration was read by
Che Lopez, representing SWU. He stressed that up and down the Texas-Mexico
border, “All communities are united in opposition to the border wall. We are here
to say NO MURO NO WALL”. After several speakers, the marchers walked back to
the main plaza in CD Acuña, and had a great comida.
A bus load of youth and SWU staff left the San Antonio offices early in the morning
to lead the march against the border Wall in Del Rio, Texas and CD Acuña,
Coahuila. The SWU group included Youth Leadership Organization (YLO) youth
and local Del Rio youth and elders. SWU met with City Mayors and Municipal
Presidents and they all agreed NO WALL!. Che Lopez finished by saying, “we
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have kicked off the NO WALL campaign and we will not stop until we see the day it
comes down”.
San Diego, CA
La Union del Barrio, and the Coalition Pro Derechos de la Raza and the San Diego
AFSC Immigration office and other organizations pulled a 15 mile march from San
Isidro on the border to Chicano Park in San Diego city center. The group started
marching at 6 AM and went along all of the border communities along the way.
The purpose according to a local organizer was to “bring together all of the border
communities to stop and tear down the wall of death”. “The wall here in San Diego
went up in 1990 and has taken more than 3,500 lives: explained, Benjamin Prado
and Pedro Rios. At Chicano Park hundreds of people came to show unity and
solidarity with the campaign to stop and tear down the border wall.
March against WALL of DEATH/CAMINATA CONTRA EL
MURO DE LA MUERTE
October 13, 2007
San Ysidro-Barrio Logan
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=8k9OWvbLiwc
We didn’t Cross the Border, The Border Crossed Us!
¡Somos Un Pueblo Sin Fronteras!
And we invite you to join us in our people’s struggle against colonialism by attending the following events
to build our movement for Raza Self-Determination!
¡Que Viva La Raza!
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
In San Juan, Puerto Rico a forum (Women breaking down walls) was organized as
part of the Continental Campaign on NO WALL. “The WALL is everywhere where
exclusion takes place as with the children of Dominican-Haitian nationality. The
situation is here in Puerto Rico too, walls exist” explained Hilda Guerrero, of Grito
de Excluidos in San Juan. The San Juan, Puerto Rico Forum was organized by Hilda
Guerrero of Grito Excluid@s. She has been working on the immigration situation
between Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico. Speaking at the event was
Sonia (Soleín) Pierre, Director ‘Movimiento de Mujeres Dominico-Haitiana’ and a
leader in the campaign for the nationality rights of the children ‘dominico-haitiana’.
Sumaya Soler, also presented and is director of the Islamic society in Puerto Rico
and the Caribbean and Carmen Warren, spokesperson for the parents committee
of the class action by special education students against the department of
education. The event culminated in a touch of bomba against exclusion directed
by the musician Pablo Rivera. The event was sponsored by the ‘Comité Pro Niñez
Dominico-Haitiana’, Grito Excluíd@s Puerto Rico chapter, the Commission on
Human Rights of the Law school, the Association of PR University Professors (APPU)
and the Caribbean Project for Peace & Justice.
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BORDER PEOPLE PROTEST BORDER WALL
Background:
Southwest Workers Union, a 19 year old grassroots movement building
organization in San Antonio, Texas launched the ‘Continental Campaign to STOP
and TEAR down the Border WALL OF DEATH in 2006 at the World Social Forum.
The Campaign against the Border Wall of Death had the official launching on
October 10, 2007 with numerous actions organized along the US-Mexico border. A
15 mile march took place in San Diego, California and the international bridges in
El Paso-CD Juarez (Lerdo), and Cd Acuna-Del Rio, TX. were occupied by hundreds
of protestors fighting the WALL of DEATH. Protests were organized in San Antonio
and Brownsville, Texas too.
SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS PROTEST BORDER WALL OF DEATH!
SWU members protesting at the Federal Building in San Antonio
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San Antonio:
Students, Teachers, Grandparents, Leaders, Parents, everyone who attended the
action against the border wall on the border Dec. 10, International Humans Rights
Day, has a connection to someone who has been impacted by the wall of death.
With the constant threat of rain lurking around, 25-30 community leaders stood by
each other to protest the wall of death. The building of the border wall will cause
extensive damage to the diverse ecosystems that exists on the Texas/Mexico
Border. The wall is posed to divide farmers from their ranches, animals from a
source of water and people from their businesses.
In addition to causing environmental damage, the wall is a violation of human
rights. Thousands have died and thousands more have been separated from their
families due to the militarization of the border. This number will only keep growing
if the wall is built. Chalk art was also drawn by the youth in significance to the
number of people who have died in every state bordering Mexico since 1994.
Chalk drawings of 7,500 people killed by Border Wall of Death
SWU also supported an action in McAllen, TX. The 'rally to oppose the border wall'
opened with a 'fighting band' from a local High School. More than 1,000 people
attended the 'oppose the wall' rally. A huge banner was at center stage with
barded wire twisted around a sign reading NO BORDER WALL.
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McALLEN RESIDENTS ANGRY AT HOMELAND SECURITY
AND THE BORDER WALL
SWU and LUPE protestors at Border Wall Hearing’s
McALLEN-
Southwest Workers Union (SWU) held a protest at the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) ‘Environmental Impact Statement’ hearing’s on Tuesday December
11, 2007 in the Rio Grande Valley city of McAllen, Texas. Southwest Workers
Union organizers Che Lopez and Ruben Solis led a group of people to the hall
where the hearings were taking place and took over the stage to protest the gross
violation of Human Rights (December 10th was international Human Rights day).
Solis spoke to the DHS “7,500 innocent human beings have died since 1994
because of the existing border WALL of DEATH.
The EIS hearings were called by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) because
of the pressure brought by the Rio Grande residents that know that the border
WALL of death will kill humans, flora and fauna along the Rio Grande River basin.
The first hearing took place in McAllen and the second hearing in Brownsville,
Texas on Wednesday December 12 (Day of our Lady of Guadalupe).
While the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) held their power point ‘dog &
pony show’ at the McAllen Convention Center, the opposing Texas. Border
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Coalition (Border Mayors & Chambers) held a rally at the same time at the same
place denouncing the border wall.
Opening high school band plays for opening of the NO WALL rally
The ‘rally to oppose the border wall’ opened with a ‘fighting band’ from a local
High School. More than 1,000 people attended the ‘oppose the wall’ rally. A huge
banner was at center stage with barbed wire twisted around a sign reading NO
BORDER WALL. People attending the rally carried poster signs reading ‘stop
terrorism not tourism’ and ‘build bridges not walls’.
Info: www.swunion.org & Valley Monitor Newspaper
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BROWNSVILLE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS SAY
NO TO BORDER WALL
The Virgen of Guadalupe says NO to Border WALL of DEATH
BROWNSVILLE-
On the day of the ‘Virgen de Guadalupe’, Wednesday December 12, 2007
Brownsville community residents came out by the hundreds to PROTEST the
Border WALL of Death that President Bush and DHS head Chertoff want to ‘ram’
down by force the throats of people in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) held the second ‘public hearing’ on
the environmental impact of the proposed Border Wall (…of Death). The ‘dog &
pony show’ was a copy cat of the McAllen public hearing the previous day except
they rented the whole Convention Center to NOT allow the community to rally
inside next door to their hearing.
After the rally community residents and public officials went in to the convention
center to go and file their complaints to DHS representatives.
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Che Lopez protesting Border WALL of DEATH and even the children came out to
protest!
The community had a protest march from the entrance of the convention center to
the front doors of the center. The community residents had to hold their rally in an
open field outside with winds and threatening rain. Even the Mayor of Brownsville
was ‘thrown-out’ into the street from his own convention center!
San Felipe Church religious community mobilizes against the WALL of DEATH
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Community organizations of the Rio Grande Valley Network display a banner
INVEST in Families NOT on the WALL!
Southwest Workers Union taking the frontal struggle against the
WALL OF DEATH!!!!
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Southwest Workers Union Protests Border Wall hearing in Rio Grande
City, TX
RIO GRANDE CITY-
Southwest Workers Union (SWU) attended the third and last of the ‘Environmental
Impact Statement’ hearings held by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the
impacts of the proposed Border Wall (of DEATH) on Thursday December 13, 2007
in Rio Grande City, Texas.
SOUTHWEST WORKERS UNION PROTEST ‘WALL OF DEATH’
SWU organizers and Rio Grande Valley members stood before the VFW Post in Rio
Grande City with a banner NO BORDER WALL (of Death) and passed out a fact
sheet on the ‘Wall of Death’ and the more than 7,500 victims since 1994.
The Border WALL of Death is going to be extended 700 miles in Arizona and Texas
border with Mexico. At a calculated cost of $7 Billion tax payer dollars, the WALL
of DEATH will ‘shut’ the border physically as part of a plan and policy to
‘militarize’ the borders.
About 100 people attended the DHS public hearing on the EIS of the Border WALL
(of Death) and submitted comments. The DHS continued with the same ‘dog &
pony’ show as in the McAllen and Brownsville hearings. “It was as if DHS was
going through the exercise to fill bureaucratic requirement but NOT to hear and
respond to the people’s voice and will”.
Contact-Southwest Workers Union www.swunion.org (210) 299 2666 office
Rubén Solís at grulla@swunion.org (210) 378 5699 cell
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CONTINENTAL CAMPAIGN TO STOP & TEAR DOWN
BORDER WALL OF DEATH (US-Mexico border)
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Southwest Workers Unión, San Antonio, Texas
Educación para la Paz, A.C. (EDUPAZ)/Chiapas, México
Otros Mundos, A.C. /Chiapas, México
Gustavo Castro Soto, San Cristóbal, Chiapas
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Maria de los Ángeles Loáisiga/Consejo Indígena MONEXICO
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Fundación Nueva Generación, Cali Colombia
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Fuerza Unida, San Antonio, Texas
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Movimiento TOHALLI San Antonio, Texas,
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Comité Pro Rescate y Desarrollo de Vieques
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Raza Rights Coalition, San Diego, CA
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Project South, Atlanta Georgia
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Data Center, Oakland, CA.
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Centro de Investigación y Solidaridad Obrera (CISO) CD Juárez, Chihuahua
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Unión (Centro) de Trabajador@s Agrícolas Fronterizos (UTAF) El Paso, TX
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Movimiento Nacional 1 de Mayo, LA-NYC
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Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) Oakland, CA
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Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, Massachusetts Chapter
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Coalición de Tendencia Clasista Venezuela (CTC)
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Iniciativa Paraguaya de Integración de los Pueblos,
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Organización Pro-Mejoras Emiliano Zapata, Burbank Ca.
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Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano, Puerto Rico
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Border Angels/Ángeles De La Frontera San Diego Gente Unida San Diego
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Javier Rodriguez, Coalición 25 de Marzo, Los Ángeles, CA
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Ismael Guadalupe Ortiz, Vieques Puerto Rico
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Convergencia de las Organizaciones y Movimientos Populares de las
Américas (COMPA)
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Mayagüezanos con Vieques, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
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Coalition in Defense of the the Community, Houston, TX
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Centro de Derechos Humanos Tepeyac del Istmo de Tehuantepec. A.C
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Josefina Castillo, AFSC Austin, Texas
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Centro Presente, Cambridge, MA 02139
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American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Boston, MA 02116
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United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of América (UE)
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Agricultural Missions, Inc, New York, NY
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SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) Alburquerque, NM
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Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, CA
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Federación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos
Desaparecidos (FEDEFAM) Caracas, Venezuela
Comite Popular De Defensa Legal De California.
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Hilda Guerrero, Comité Pro Niñez Dominico-Haitiana
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Grito Excluidas/os-capítulo de Puerto Rico
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Mujeres por Coahuila, CD Acuña, Coahuila
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Pastoral Obrera de la Diócesis de Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua
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Labor Council for Latin American Advancement- AFL-CIO, San Antonio,
Texas Chapter,
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The Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice, Jaime P. Martinez,
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Texas Immigration Chair, Labor Council for Latin American AdvancementAFL-CIO,
Hiram José Irizarry Osorio; Columbus, OH
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Centro Presente Cambridge, MA 02139
Coodinador Nacional Agrario de Colombia CNA.
Comité Fronterizo Obrer@, Piedras Negras, Coahuila México
Comisíón de Solidaridad y Defensa de los Derechos Humanos A.C.
(Cosyddhac), Chihuahua, México
Morada De Mujeres Del Milenio, Rosa Acosta, San Pablo, CA
Movimiento la Peña del Bronx, NY, NY. Víctor Toro Ramirez
Pineros y Campesinos Unión del Noroeste (PCUN), Oregon
Comité Pro Rescate y Desarrollo de Vieques, Robert Rabin & Nilda Medina,
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales (FIOB) México/Estados
Unidos
Proyecto Caribeño de Justicia y Paz, Puerto Rico
Comite de Vivienda San Pedro, San Francisco, California
Farmworker Association of Florida
Patrick Cuninghame, Researcher, Ciudad Juárez
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, LA, CA
Hermandad Mexicana-Latinoamericana, San Pedro, CA
Unión del Barrio, San Diego, CA
US/México Border Program - AFSC - San Diego
Víctor M. Quintana S., diputado local por el PRD, Chihuahua
Oportunidades Económicas Para Todos En La Tierra-Maribel Gómez,
Pórtland, OR
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Oakland, CA
HOLA/National Latino Farmers & Ranchers Trade Association Washington,
DC 20004
Coalición 25 de Marzo, Los Ángeles, CA
Latinos contra la Guerra, Los Angeles, CA
Centro de Atención a la Mujer Trabajadora de Chihuahua
Asociación Nuestra América, Argentina
Iniciativa Paraguaya de Integración de los Pueblos, Paraguay
Fe, Economía y Sociedad, CLAI, Puerto Rico
Gerardo Cajamarca, Coca-Cola labor Union SINALTRAINAL, Colombia
Peoples Institute for Survival & Beyond, Atlanta
Colonias Development Council, Las Cruces, NM
Vecinos Unidos de Chaparral, NM
Vecinos en Acción de Sunland Park, NM
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Centro Obrero, Detroit, MI
Movimiento Tohalli de Manta, Ecuador
Guyanese American Workers United {Chuck Mohan, President} NY office
Nithia Castoreña Sáenz Grupo en Defensa del Agua, Chihuahua, Chih.
Minister Irene
Hna. Maria Teresa Téllez, Religiosa de la Asunción, Sta. Teresa, Edo. de NM
CTC-COMPA-JS (Maglio Vargas)) Venezuela
Movimiento Social Nicaraguense Otro Mundo es Posible, Nicaragua
Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), Ohio
Laguna Acoma Coalition for a Safe Environment, NM
Dip. Fed. Jose Jacques Medina, México DF
Fernando Villegas, San Antonio, TX
Labor/ Community Strategy Center, Los Angeles, CA
Esperanza Unida, Inc., Milwaukee, WI
Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala, NISGUA
United Students against Sweatshops (USAS)
Alba Mota, NYC
Movimiento de Liberación Nacional Mexicano (CO., NM, CA)
Troops Out Now Coalition, NYC
International Action Center, NYC
Women In Black, SEEDS (Social Ecology Education Demonstration School),
Vashon Island, WA swaneagle harijan,
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, NYC, NY
Domestic Workers Union, NYC
Indigenous Environmental Network, US
Jobs with Justice, Washington DC
Community Voices Heard (CVH) NYC, NY
Padres Con Poder, Pasadena, TX
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