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10,000 People Fill The Streets of Watsonville on May Day

by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
On Monday, May 1st, International Workers Day, an estimated 10,000 people marched through the streets of Watsonville to support the rights of immigrants and all people. From the Watsonville Plaza, people marched over the bridge to Pajaro and then up Main Street to Highway 152. The march then went through neighborhoods in the east side of Watsonville beforing returning to the Plaza.
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In the United States, grassroots organizers of May Day 2006 called for a day of, "No Work, No School, No Buying, No Selling" to help illustrate to critical role that migrants play in the United States, and global, economy.

May Day is a global day of action and the 'national boycott' had no borders. In Mexico City, Subcomandante Zero (formaly known as Marcos) spoke at the "Day Without Gringos" rally in solidarity with immigrants struggling inside the United States.

Protests were held all over the US and all over the world.

Here are some links to check out.

1 de mayo
http://vientos.info/cml/?q=node/2902

Great American Boycott Rocks the Central Coast
http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=4541&category_id=60

May Day in the Bay Part of May 1st General Strike in US
http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=4517&category_id=56

US-IMC's May Day 2006 page
http://indymedia.us/en/topic/mayday2006/archive.shtml

Immigrants Rights Mix
http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/9595.php

Roundup of IMC reports of Mayday, 2006
http://deletetheborder.org/node/1059

Accounts from May Day 2006
http://www.infoshop.org/wiki/index.php/Accounts_from_May_Day_2006
§The Borders Crossed Us!
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§Main Street
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§We Are Not Criminals
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§We Also Have A Dream
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§SF
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§Who Is America!?
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§Mexifornia
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§In Memory
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§Jesus
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§Paradise
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§Amexica
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§Pupusas
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§Poder Mujer
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§Watsonville Mayor Manuel Rivas
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§La Banda
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§Surveillance
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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§Love
by ~Bradley (bradley [at] riseup.net)
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