up****t the Campaign for the "Right Not to Emigrate"
Sacramento Declaration -- April 23, 2008
We -- the undersigned trade unionists, youth and immigrants' rights
activists -- came together in Sacramento, Calif., on April 23
following a press conference on the steps of the State Capitol during
which we issued an open invitation to participate in the May Day
protest actions in Sacramento, Oakland and San Francisco.
Participants in our meeting included representatives from the Front of
Mexicans Living Abroad [Frente de Mexicanos en el Exterior/FME],
Coalici=F3n C=EDvica Primero de Mayo, LULAC of West Sacramento, the
Sacramento chapter of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
(LCLAA), Coalici=F3n Aguila Azteca, and the Spanish-language El
Organizador newspaper. The purpose of our meeting was to promote
across the state of California and nationwide the Continental Campaign
for the Right Not to Emigrate.
This Continental Campaign was launched April 6, 2008, in Mexico City
by the 283 trade union, political, and youth activists from 16
countries in the Americas who came together in the Second Continental
Conference Against NAFTA and Privatizations. This Conference took
place at a moment when the peoples of the hemisphere have said, "We've
Had Enough of the Free Trade Agreements!" that are destroying the
material bases of the sovereignty and unity of the nations of the
Americas, eviscerating the rights of workers and peoples -- and
pu****ng millions on the road to emigration in search of a means to
sustain their families.
This Continental Campaign was proposed to the Mexico City Conference
by the Front of Mexicans Living Abroad (FME), the Coalici=F3n C=EDvica
Primero de Mayo, Coalici=F3n Aguila Azteca, and El Organizador
newspaper.
Full:
http://veryleft.blogspot.com/
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