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May 2008
by Eyewitness Report
May 1: Eyewitness Report of May Day Mêlée
Just before Works In Progress went to press, we were given the following account of the events that followed the downtown Olympia May Day Rally.
Most people know what to expect from May Day in Olympia. Music, dancing, marching (usually without a permit). Food Not Bombs serving from a big tub of soup. A festival, both to celebrate Beltane, and in honor of those who died so we could have a weekend, overtime pay, and an end to child labor. In recent years, this has been complimented with May Day’s additional focus as an immigrant rights . . .
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April 2008
by WIP News Service
For far too long communities of color have been targeted, used as scapegoats, and exploited by those in power, a trend that can currently be seen in the national rhetoric surrounding migrants living in the United States. The dominant culture is one of deep-rooted xenophobia based on a set of irrational falsehoods that are constantly being perpetuated by government and media led propaganda. The result of these prescribed myths has been the creeping militarization of our communities as borders are fortified, and migrants are taken violently, and in secrecy, from their homes by . . .
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