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Links: Singapore Digital Media Festival 2008. Myanmar’s socio-economic history documents. Comparing Thai and Taiwanese protesters. Crop failure in cyclone hit areas of Myanmar.
What: Stop the Raids! Stop ICE! (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
When: Halloween
Where: ICE building, Downtown San Francisco
Almost a thousand protesters, most of them young people, converged at Embarcadero Ferry Plaza. The groups/individuals represent various immigrant groups. The rally was a protest against the inhuman raids conducted by ICE. Despite living in a “sanctuary city,” migrant workers have been arrested in San Francisco. The rallyists want the government to end the raids and the deportation of migrant workers.
My favorite slogans in the rally:
Build schools, not borders!
If capital can cross borders, so can we!
After the rally, I went to the Ferry Building - it’s a city landmark. I took some pictures of the Bay Bridge. It’s different from the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s longer and older than the Golden Gate but it’s less popular. I wonder why. 
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Filipino groups accompanied Cong. Jose De Venecia to the Philippine Embassy where he endorsed the impeachment complaint against Pres. Gloria Arroyo. Since 2005-07, I was a signatory to the impeachment cases. But then Speaker of the House Joe De Venecia had been blocking our initiatives. This year I was not a signatory to the impeachment, but I got to witness De Venecia’s signing of the petition.
Some of the groups which witnessed the signing include Bayan USA, Babae, and the Filipino Community Center.
De Venecia is a very unique politician. He made memorable soundbytes during the event:
“I didn’t sign the impeachment before out of delicacy.”
“I’m proposing that the forces of capitalism and socialism to merge forces to solve the economic crisis.”
“I will not run in 2010.”
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posted by: mongpalatino at November 15, 2008 02:09 |
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