Legendary Folk Musician and Storyteller Pete Seeger turns 87 today. Seeger has for decades entertained and educated audiencs of all ages with his messages of social justice.
Bruce Springsteen has assembled a group of 18 diverse musicians to record “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions”.
Links to information on Pete Seeger
Protest Songs are making a resurgence, according to The Nation
Listen to Neil Young’s Living With War
Neil Young’s Songs of Impeachment (alternet article)
Listen to Tuberaider’s Pink “Dear Mr. President”
It’s true. I didn’t believe it at first when I heard, but it’s true.
All you folks who religiously use MySpace (and I know many of you!) take note:
News Corp. buys stake in online job site
Internet heading News priorities for past year
Murdoch goes online job hunting
Blog Spot Network Offers Perfect Business Blogging Venue
MYSPACE.com (Rupert Murdock) owns OUR MUSIC…
Rupert Murdoch Having Trouble Playing His Games at MySpace.com
Multitude of problems plague media
Utah Rep Chris Cannon has released this report. My comments in bold.
Cannon Immigration Advisory Committee Releases Final Report
For Immediate Release
May 1, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC— Congressman Chris Cannon (R-UT) today announced that his Immigration Advisory Committee has released the Committee’s final report and recommendations. The Committee is comprised of nineteen members, who represent multiple view points of the immigration debate.
A copy of the full report can be obtained by calling Congressman Cannon’s office at 202-225-7751 or by clicking here.
“With the immigration debate being so divisive and difficult, the Immigration Advisory Committee hopes Congress will adopt comprehensive immigration reform that does not provide amnesty, but does address the root causes of immigration and changes the current incentive structure. A well-thought-out guest worker program accomplishes such a task,” the report reads.
How about a root cause being that capital can freely move but not people? Where is the equity in that?
“Those who are currently living in the United States illegally will have the necessary incentives to come out of the shadows and begin the process towards legality…Such a guest worker program will help solve many of our immigration quandaries,
What “incentives”?
but to have a full solution, we must also fully secure our borders, provide visa reform and vigorously enforce our laws internally.”
Does this mean that the parents and grandparents with children that were born here will only be able to work here for several years and then have to return to their country?”
The report also concluded that illegal immigration will continue to be a problem until Mexico and Latin America are economically empowered to care for their own citizens.
How will that be done? If you read between the lines, does that mean U.S. “intervention” of these countries to “bring them a better economy” (like the U.S. did for Iraq)?
“This is an extremely important report which reflects a consensus view of some of the best minds in Utah on an immensely difficult issue. This report has the weight of well-reasoned stances, and will be invaluable to have on hand as Congress tackles the ongoing immigration debate,” Cannon said.
Best minds? What best minds? I’d like to see the list of best minds.
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Tagged government, immigrant issues, immigration laws, politics, Utah
Last night I posted about my experiences at the Liberty Rally and March.
Today’s local media has articles on the effect of yesterday’s boycott and on the events yeseterday locally and around the nation:
Deseret News
Salt Lake Tribune
KSL Channel 5
ABC Channel 4
KUTV Channel 2
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Tonight I and my fellow radical cheerleaders, along with other activists, participated in the rally for immigrant’s rights and Liberty Walk. The cheerleaders cheered the cheer
¡Adelante! ¡Adelante! ¡Le Lucha es constante!
Here are the photos:
Above: Anti-protestors had to get in their “two cents worth”.
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Read more details at: Salt Lake Tribune
Today is the day that workers all over the U.S., including immigrant workers, are boycotting business by taking the day off and engaging in educational activities and rallies in “A Day Without an Immigrant”.
Here are links to articles about today’s events:
Salt Lake Tribune: Demonstrations, business boycotts spread nationwide over immigration reform
KSL Channel 5: Immigrants Plan Nationwide Day of Protest and Activists Encouraging Latino Community to Work on Monday
ABC Channel 4: ABC 4 NewsViewer Poll results: 88% say people should not get the day off for immigration protests
This weekend will be busy. As part of Pom Poms Not Bomb Bombs, I will be at the noon rally at the City County Building at Washington Square in Salt Lake City this Saturday, April 29, in solidarity with tens of thousands of demonstrations nationwide to demand an end to the Iraq War. The Radical Cheerleaders will be showing up as an uninvited group, but will be sure not to interfere with the planned program, instead demonstrating on the outskirts of the rally. Jen’s Green Journal has more about this at Poms Not Bombs.
Saturday night I will change roles to that of a Co-Coordinator of the Desert Greens Green Party of Utah and orgnaizer of the evening’s political debate, Leaving Iraq: Pros and Cons”, a debate between Utah U.S. Senate Candidates.
Monday, May 1, will find me back into my cheerleading attire and marching in solidarity in a “Walk for Liberty” with the Latino Community in Utah as people around the nation join in a day of boycott – “A Day Without an Immigrant”.
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Next Monday, May 1st, is May Day. This day has a lot of significance. It is the celebrated “Labor Day” by workers all over the world. This is the day that immigrant workers all over the U.S. will walk off their jobs in protest to pending immigration legislation.
In Utah, immigrants are rallying in the largest numbers that protests in Utah have ever seen. Demonstrators will join a nationwide boycott of work, school and businesses on May 1.
Utah’s Latino leaders are calling for undocumented immigrants and their supporters to boycott all businesses for a day. But many are not encouraging people to stay home from work or school. Proyecto Latino de Utah also plans a “Walk for Liberty” at Liberty Park and is encouraging immigrants to show their presence by wearing blue ribbons to work or school on Monday.
It is also anticipated that many non-Latino workers will not be reporting to work that day either, in acts of solidarity.
The Utah Minutemen Project, a group whose mission it is to halt illegal immigration, has planned an oppositional rally, titled “Wake-Up America” rally, for the same day, from 3 to 8 p.m., at the City County Building grounds at Washington Square in SLC.
The Walk from Liberty Park is scheduled for 6pm – this detail is missing from the Deseret News article.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 