Im/migrants and Refugees

Columbus, Ohio, airport sit-in

In Columbus, Ohio, at the John Glenn International Airport, between 600 and 1,000 multinational participants marched a quarter mile to…

February 4, 2017

Airport shutdowns confirm: People Power will bring Trump down!

New York City, Jan. 28 -- Tonight was a vibrant, instant display of People Power. I was among many thousands…

January 29, 2017

J20 Bay Area Counter-Inaugural: 120 hours of direct action

From Martin Luther King Day to Inauguration Day, the San Francisco Bay Area seethed with protests, shutdowns and other actions.…

January 23, 2017

‘The inauguration of the resistance’

Hundreds participated in a Jan. 14 statewide March for Immigrant and Refugee Rights in Milwaukee. Same-day similar actions in over…

January 19, 2017

#J20 mass protests planned: FIGHT TRUMP!

Jan. 1 -- People are organizing all over the United States to go to Washington, D.C., on Friday, Jan. 20,…

January 3, 2017

Humanitarian Crisis at the Tijuana-San Diego Border

On visits from San Diego to Tijuana, Mexico, I was able to learn from Makeda Makossa and Professor Wilner Metelus…

December 31, 2016

Rally in Pennsylvania on International Day for Migrants

December 18 is recognized by the United Nations as International Migrants Day to spotlight the need for safe, orderly and…

December 31, 2016

Pennsylvanians resist anti-immigrant attacks

A march Nov. 21 on the Philadelphia office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement demanded a halt to deportation proceedings for…

December 2, 2016

#Buffalo25 defy ICE

Buffalo, N.Y. - Twenty-five workers were arrested and detained here when federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided four Mexican restaurants…

November 3, 2016

Immigrants demand rights

Supporters gathered Oct. 26 in New York’s Union Square to mark the beginning of a Grassroots Autonomous Movement that demands…

November 1, 2016