DN!: Hundreds of Thousands March for Immigrant Rights//The Forces Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 14:31:02 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST May 2, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "Voices from the Spanish Civil War" http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/voices_from_the_spanish_civil_war/ note that this news site, Truthdig, allows readers to post comments. Consider posting your own. Also, consider writing your local newspaper and asking for them to carry the column, distributed by King Features. Many papers across the US have done so already. If you see the column in your paper, please mail us a copy of the full page, to Democracy Now! 100 Lafayette St New York, NY 10013 Thank you! = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Immediate Opening: Part-Time TV Director http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml TV News Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * May Day 2007: Hundreds of Thousands March for Immigrant Rights * Hundreds of thousands of immigrants took to the streets on Tuesday in protests in dozens of cities across the country. Calls focused on demanding a path to citizenship for undocumented workers, ending immigrant raids and deportations and rejecting anti-immigrant legislation. We speak with organizers of the day's two largest protests: Los Angeles and Chicago. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/02/1426257 * Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas Into Peaceful LA Immigration March * In Los Angeles, an afternoon immigrant rights march ended when police fired dozens of rubber bullets and tear gas into the peaceful crowd. Families with young children were forced to flee for their safety. Eyewitnesses said police gave little or no warning before firing the rubber bullets. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/02/1427204 * Hundreds of Students Walk Out of Classrooms to Support Immigrant Rights * Students once again played a key role in the May Day protests. In Los Angeles, city officials reported around six hundred students walked out of class to join the march for immigrant rights. Meanwhile in Detroit, dozens of students were arrested for taking part in a walkout that also protested the planned closure of dozens of schools. We speak with two student organizers. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/02/1427210 * A Look at the Forces Behind the Anti-Immigrant Movement * We take a look at the forces behind the anti-immigrant movement with journalist Max Blumenthal of The Nation. Blumenthal says the ideas for the movement "did not come from a vacuum and they're not necessarily a rational response to a crisis. They come from the white nationalist movement, a movement that seeks to maintain what they consider the white character of then United States." Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/02/1427217 * Women Leading Grassroots Movement in Italy to Oppose U.S. Military Base Travel to Washington DC * One of the largest protests against the U.S. military this year wasn't where you'd normally expect it. In February, more than 100,000 people marched against a plan to double the size of a U.S. base in the northern Italian city of Vicenza. A group of women leading the protests have traveled from Italy to bring their case directly to Capitol Hill. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/02/1427223 * Headlines for May 2, 2007 * - Hundreds of Thousands Protest for Immigrant Rights - Bush Vetoes Iraq War Spending Bill - Iraq Cabinet OKs Oil Law - Rupert Murdoch Seeks to Buy Wall Street Journal - Alabama Militia Accused of Plotting to Attack Mexicans - FISA Court Approves Record Number Of Secret Searches - Hundreds of Thousands Protest for Immigrant Rights - Venezuela Seizes Control of Privately-Held Oil Projects - Students Seize Radio Station in Oaxaca - Kent State Massacre Tape: 'Get Set! Point! Fire!' 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