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Greeley May Day Report

May 23, 2009 by Anonymous

May Day Report
from the Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist Movement- Denver
http://raimd.wordpress.com

Around 700 people demonstrated for an end to attacks on migrant workers on Saturday, May 2, 2009 in Greeley, Colorado. The event was sponsored by a Greeley-based community group, Al Frente de Lucha, which has long been involved in the Mexicano/Chicano community there. Greeley has been a focal point in immigration battles, with ICE raids continuing to affect the local community.

Caravans and groups of individuals from throughout the state converged in the late morning and remained mobilized throughout the afternoon. The march was diverse, comprised mostly of Latino families but also included activists and radicals from around the state and students from the University of Northern Colorado.

Along the parade route, people came out of their homes to photograph, wave, stare or join the march. Almost all of the chants were in Spanish. This was itself a minor victory of the march: vocally opposing Colorado’s nationally-oppressive English-only culture. Singers, speakers, and organizers shared words with the crowd prior to and after the march.

RAIM-Denver was one of the only groups directly agitating amongst the crowd. We passed out around 50 new issues of RAIM-D Global Digest, copies of the J Sakai interview Stolen at Gunpoint, well over a hundred copies of our statement of support for Mexican national liberation and gave away dozens of Deporten a los Pinches Gringos patches as well a few t-shirts. Many people came up to us asking for our literature. The Deporten a los Pinches Gringos image was a big hit, especially with the numerous Mexican kids but also with their parents. Also, we got to bring out our new “Revolucion Sin Fronteras” banner, made with the cooperation of the Mexican National Liberation Movement, which also was popular among the crowd.

A verbal confrontation between RAIM-Denver and the racist, anti-migrant group The Minutemen did occur. RAIMsters and other anti-racists taunted the feeble-looking anti-immigrant racists, who numbered around ten. Ironically, the Minutemen were standing right in front of a Mexican restaurant the whole time.

May Day has re-emerged as a day of marches and rallies within the USA. This important development is spurred forward by the increase in US government attacks on “undocumented” Mexican workers in their occupied homeland, as well as others. In many cities, there were small and not-so-small rallies demanding reforms for the Third World workers in the U.S. This most recent development in the history of May Day is positive and should be supported. However, only through revolutionary struggles for liberation and justice on the part of exploited people can the problems of the Third World, and by extension those of Third World workers within U.S. borders, be resolved.

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maoists

May 23, 2009 by Anonymous, 26 weeks 1 day ago
Comment id: 3574

"RAIM-Denver was one of the only groups directly agitating amongst the crowd."

Yeah, cuz you're a fucking Maoist front group.

May Day is a day for workers, anarchists, and pagans. Keep your authoritarian statism out next year.

"Deporten a los Pinches

May 23, 2009 by Anonymous, 26 weeks 1 day ago
Comment id: 3575

"Deporten a los Pinches Gringos"

What group are they a front for, might I ask? Maoist or not, RAIM-Denver is much more active and colorful than most other Denver activists. If they are Maoists, maybe that's why they always seem to have their shit together.

In any case, great job RAIM-Denver.

awesome report

May 24, 2009 by tina braxton, 26 weeks 1 day ago
Comment id: 3576

Looks like a the march was success. Thanks for sharing with those of us who couldn't be there.

By the way, what is

May 24, 2009 by Anonymous, 26 weeks 13 hours ago
Comment id: 3578

By the way, what is authoritarian statism? And what are pagans doing to protect the rights of migrants? Or can you only talk in buzzwords? You shouldn't talk about things you know nothing about, you sound stupid.

Actually-

May 25, 2009 by Anonymous, 25 weeks 6 days ago
Comment id: 3580

may-day is a big thing in the communist world... although i wouldnt consider Mao, Stalin, etc. rolemodels for building our new world, atleast they are actively participating in important issues, iv participated in blocking minute-men meetings and other actions with these guys and they are on the right side, when it comes down to it however, party communism will have to be confronted and smashed if we ever want to rid ourselves of heirarchy.

Sure

May 25, 2009 by Anonymous, 25 weeks 6 days ago
Comment id: 3581

Sure. But it begs the question, right now what threat against the people's interests is posed by "party communism?"

As for critics of some imaged "authoritarian statism," what significant pole of resistance do they form against current forms of oppression? It sounds like they're more interested in culture politics and criticizing other activists.

RAIM-Denver has constantly initiating, publicly, challenges against the Minutemen racists. A few month's ago, they issued a call-posted right here- to disrupt their meeting. On this basis along, RAIM should be commended.

We should be striving for unity. Fuck sectarianism.

RAIM are cool cats. They are

May 31, 2009 by Anonymous, 25 weeks 1 day ago
Comment id: 3584

RAIM are cool cats. They are always in the thick of it. They got my respect.

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