action alert - counter-demonstration against the Minutemen in Seattle
Dear Friends,
The Seattle Times carried an article a few days ago saying that the anti-immigrant, vigilante Minutemen may harass day laborers in Seattle this weekend. In response to this, Casa Latina has developed a plan to defend the day laborers (see below) should the bigots turn up. If the Minutemen make their move, we plan to mobilize forces to support the Casa Latina demonstration. If you would like to be on a phone tree to be alerted of the action, let us know via email or phone.
Below is the action alert issued by Casa Latina.
In struggle,
Luma
Action Alert
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The Minutemen are coming!
Let’s show them that we don’t tolerate hate groups in our community!
Here’s how you can help:
Join us for a counterdemonstration.
When: April 1, 2006
7:00 am -11:00 am — first shift — 10:00 am - 1:00 pm - shift two
Where: CASA Latina Day Workers’ Center
2330 Western Ave (Western and Battery in Belltown, Seattle)
How to dress:Â Dress in work clothes to show your solidarity with day laborers.
We expect them to go to a Home Depot in the Seattle area between 7:00 am and noon next Saturday April 1st. Come to the CASA Latina Day Workers’ Center to breakfast on Mexican sweet breads and coffee, to receive an orientation and to wait for word on where they show up. Once they show up at a site, we will all drive out there to show our solidarity with day laborers and our intolerance of hate groups in our community.
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Be a legal observer: Help insure that everyone’s rights are respected. Legal observers will receive special training before Saturday. Contact Sarah Leyrer if you want to be a legal observer leyrers@seattleu.edu
On April 1, 2006 the Minutemen are planning to intimidate day laborers and their employers by taking photos of them and putting them up on their web site, www.operationshameonyou.org   They make the assumption that all Latino men are undocumented and that a picture of someone hiring a Latino man is enough evidence that an employer is doing something illegal. This assumption is racist and hateful.  Being a Latino man looking for work is not evidence of crime!
For more information contact CASA Latina at 206 956-0779 or info@casa-latina.org
