La Bloga: Half Million Immigrant Readers, Voters, Mass in LA

“Saturday, March 25, 2006, I joined 499,999–heck, maybe there were a million of us– other gente in the area around Los Angeles’ City Hall. Our massive reaffirmation of the US Constitution was one of many such manifestations of community, and concern that the nation’s growing repression of people like us requires critical attention.

From Milwaukee to Chicago to Phoenix to LA, one peaceful protest followed another. Friday afternoon, I happened across a high school walkout in Huntington Park, which was a warm-up for the next day’s elation. Undoubtedly, you’ve seen the images in the papers; I hope you’ll enjoy these two QuickTime movies I made of the HP and LA gatherings.”

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