STRIKE OUT SB1070 AND HB2281!!
Protest against AZ Laws!
Our picket is an informational picket to "Strike Out the AZ Law" in solidarity with the baseball players (30% of whom are Latino) and the MLB Players Union- who are against the AZ Law.
On 4/22/10, Arizona brought Jim Crow-style racism back to the US- amongst other things, laws 1070 & 2281:
- gives police the power to detain anyone they have a "reasonable suspicion" of being undocumented.
- legalizes racial profiling and makes it illegal to not carry proper documentation of citizenship status
- bans all ethnic studies classes and programs at all public schools in Arizona
- in response to the racist laws, there's a nationwide campaign, supported by AFL-CIO, the Boston city Council and many more, to boycott all companies in Arizona until the laws are repealed.
- The Diamondbacks franchise is a major funder of the Republican party, the main force behind these laws
- in 2010, the Diamondbacks gave $121,600 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the 3rd highest contributor. They also gave $129,500 to the Republican Party Committee.
- The owners Ken Kendrick and family have made $1,023,527 in contributions to the Republicans.
- Anti immigrant policies are already passing through Congress with the recent passage by the state Senate of the hateful budget amendment that attacks undocumented people in our liberal state.
In this time of strong opposition against undocumented people, it is *CRUCIAL* all folks-undocumented and citizen allies both, from all walks of activist circles- stand in solidarity against immigrant/worker rights injustice to defeat these attacks. Civil rights activists had their time, it is now OUR time to shine, to shout, "LET MY PEOPLE GO! STOP ATTACKS ON UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE NOW!"
Sponsoring Organizations include New Sanctuary Movement (NSM), Student Immigrant Movement (SIM), LULACMetrowest, Latinos Unidos en Massachusetts (LUMA), Brazilian Women's Group (BWG), Centro Presente, American Friends Service Committee, Project Voice, Dominican Development Center, Jobs with Justice, MataHari: Eye of the Day, ANSWER Coalition, The Party for Socialism and Liberation
If your organization is interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Peter at plowber@hotmail.com by 5pm Mon. June 7th.
Picket Arizona Diamondbacks - Strike Out SB1070 and HB2281!
Submitted by ujpadmin on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 2:23pm.
When: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 6:00 pm
to 7:00 pm
Where: Fenway Park • Lansdowne St. • Boston
2010 Jun 15 - 6:00pm
2010 Jun 15 - 7:00pm
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