Im/migrants and Refugees

Voices of oppressed ring out in New York’s Union SquareVoices of oppressed ring out in New York’s Union Square

Voices of oppressed ring out in New York’s Union Square

Union Square, New York City — Since a migrant upsurge in 2006 revived May Day in the United States, Union…

May 7, 2014
All out for May Day!All out for May Day!

All out for May Day!

Teresa Gutierrez, right, co-coordinator of the May 1 Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights, with other coalition activists at an…

April 29, 2014

All labor should support LEGALIZATION!

As progressives and workers march once again on May Day, it is important to reflect on the workers’ movement in…

April 23, 2014
National actions say ‘Not one more deportation!’National actions say ‘Not one more deportation!’

National actions say ‘Not one more deportation!’

More than 80 events were held across the U.S. around the theme of “Not 1 More Deportation!” on April 5,…

April 7, 2014
Immigrant workers strike against repressionImmigrant workers strike against repression

Immigrant workers strike against repression

Tacoma, Wash. — Immigrant workers imprisoned in the Northwest Detention Center here launched a hunger strike on March 6. As…

March 21, 2014
Protest at Georgia detention centerProtest at Georgia detention center

Protest at Georgia detention center

Lumpkin, Ga. -- For the seventh year, hundreds of protesters gathered Nov. 22 in Lumpkin, Ga., to march to the…

December 6, 2013
‘No detentions, deportations of migrants’‘No detentions, deportations of migrants’

‘No detentions, deportations of migrants’

On Nov. 19, in a bold action directed at the detention and deportation practices of the Obama administration, 15 undocumented…

December 2, 2013

Protest at Georgia detention center

Lumpkin, Ga. -- For the seventh year, hundreds of protesters gathered Nov. 22 in Lumpkin, Ga., to march to the…

November 30, 2013