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RESIST THE RAIDS!

Saturday, 05 September 2009
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

RESIST THE RAIDS!
LABOR DAY WEEKEND DIRECT ACTION
SATURDAY - SEPT. 5, 2009 - 2PM
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In solidarity with Immigrant Rights groups and Workers Unions across the nation, RESIST THE RAIDS! is organizing a Direct Action during Labor Day weekend, to bring attention to the recent spikes of Racism, Repression, and Discrimination against our communities of color.

We want to raise awareness of the dehumanizing impacts the US Immigration System places on immigrants, refugees, and people of color. We refuse to be silent while serious issues related to Raids, Detention, Deportations, and Migrant Workers continue to go unnoticed!

WHEN
SATURDAY, SEPT. 5th @ 2PM
Participants will gather at Quincy Market (near Haymarket T stop).

WHERE
The procession will start at Quincy Market, and end in Copley Square. Along the way, we will make stops at key-locations to disseminate flyers and informational handouts, educate passer-byers, and reach out to others who would like to join the demonstration. We will also use this time to outreach for RESIST THE RAIDS!' Labor Day BBQ event.

"Key locations" are areas known to have a high level of foot-traffic during the day.
These areas include...
- Quincy Market
- Fanuiel Hall
- Government Center
- Downtown Crossing
- Boston Commons
- The State House
- Copley Square

WHY
2.7 MILLION families have been torn apart by I.C.E. since 1997.

According to Amnesty International, more than 400,00 men, women, and children are detained by US immigration authorities each year. The majority of Immigration Detainees are held by state and county jails under agreements with the federal agency. They include asylum seekers, torture survivors, victims of human trafficking, longtime lawful permanent residents, parents of US citizens, and "criminal aliens" who have committed minor crimes.

The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate and prison population in the world. Incarceration rates continue to rise, and private detention centers make profit housing "Criminal Aliens."

Peoples in detention are refused their most basic human rights. Among many other violations, detainees have reported that there is a lack of access to bathrooms; unhealthy food and dirty water; difficulties in receiving visits from lawyers and family members; the disposal of personal belongings and legal documents by Immigration Authorities; no access medical treatment; malnourishment; rape and physical abuse from detention guards and officials.

International human rights law mandates that all workers have basic rights that should be protected, including undocumented as well as documented workers. In the United States however, immigrant workers find that while their work is accepted, their rights are not.

The real-life consequences of workers’ immigration status spilled into every area investigated by Human Rights Watch – health and safety, workers’ compensation, and workers’ organizing rights. One Smithfield Foods worker told Human Rights Watch, “In the packing department everything is fast, fast (rapido, rapido). I was sick a lot from the cold and the damp. I never wanted to make a claim against the company because they fire people and they might call Immigration.”

WHO
RESIST THE RAIDS! Network, community members, activists, and YOU!
We will start gathering at 2PM near Haymarket T-Stop on the orange line.
JOIN US! Come equipped with protest signs, your voices, and hearts.

For more information please contact DE at deguerrilla@gmail.com

Peace and Solidarity.

- Labor Day Committee of RESIST THE RAIDS!

Location:
The procession will start at Quincy Market, and end in Copley Square. Along the way, we will make stops at key-locations to disseminate flyers and informational handouts, educate passer-byers, and reach out to others who would like to join the demonstrati