IMA Statement for International Migrants Day 2011
by
pault on November 22, 2011
November 21, 2011
Dear friends in the IMA,
Warm solidarity greetings from HK!
As the weather in most of our destination countries grows colder, the issues that confront us especially with the
Here in Hong Kong, the issue of the Right of Abode (permanent residence) for foreign domestic workers remains the hottest item. Most government officials and political parties have used scare tactics and anti-migrant hysteria to create animosity among local people against us. Nonetheless, we respond to such with our continuous efforts and campaigns together with IMA members here and fellow local supporters.
December 18, International Migrants Day. With that, I hope that all of you are now preparing for the upcoming International Migrants Day on December 18. We have less than a month to prepare for this and it will be crucial then for us to coordinate with one another about our respective initiatives and plans for the upcoming occasion.
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Letter From Oaxaca
by
pault on October 26, 2011
David Bacon
The Investigative Fund, a project of The Nation Institute, 10/24/11
http://www.theinvestigativefund.org/blog/1569/letter_from_oaxaca/
If there’s one experience that Mexicans have in common more than any other, more even than hatred and repudiation of the mutual violence of the narcos and the government, it’s migration. In Oaxaca, 18% of its 3.7 million people have left for other parts of Mexico, and especially for the U.S. Almost half its towns have shrunk, and migration has become part of the daily experience for almost every family.
I just spent three days listening to indigenous people here talk about it, in a unique organization that brings together people from both sides of the border, the Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations (FIOB).
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IMA to Declare OCCUPY QUEENS
by
pault on October 22, 2011
PRESS RELEASE
WHAT: IMA LAUNCH TO DECLARE OCCUPY QUEENS IN SOLIDARITY WITH OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT
WHERE: BAYANIHAN COMMUNITY CENTER
40-21 69TH St. Jackson Heights, Queens (#7 to 69th St.)
MARCH TO PARK ON 82ND & ROOSEVELT
WHEN: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23rd 5:00PM
THE INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS ALLIANCE AND OTHER IMMIGRANT & WORKERS RIGHTS GROUPS TO MARCH SUNDAY OCTOBER 23 IN QUEENS IN SOLIDARITY WITH OCCUPY WALL STREET
March to proceed the U.S. launching of IMA (International Migrant Alliance)
IMA Event in NYC
by
pault on October 19, 2011
On October 16, the International Migrant Alliance held its first New York City meeting to discuss a campaign to make New York a Deportation Free Zone.
Several immigrant rights organizations including the May 1st Coalition participated in this event. On October 23 the national launching of IMA will take place also in NYC.
