Now is a time to hear from other organizations.
The Washington-based group Natiional Council de La Raza, says it
and two associated groups will ask other organizations to suspend their Arizona
boycotts.
La Raza says the boycott spurred political
results in Arizona. That included an increase in Latino voters and defeat of a
measure that would have changed how U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants
are granted citizenship.
Right wing activists in Arizona are playing their usual role:
Race-bait and attack immigrants and the poor to justify cutting taxes
for the rich and the corporations. Push laws that disenfranchise young voters.
Block legislation so that people come to expect nothing from their government
except grief. Demand arrests of the undocumented and new fences at the border. Shift the economic crisis to the
states to crack down on
health services for women who can't otherwise afford care and to families who
can’t afford to feed their own children.
Blame teachers and unions for
failures in education caused by childhood poverty. Ignore the foreclosure crisis and the jobs
crisis.
It
is long past time for the various progressive forces in the U.S. , each of which is being crushed by
casino capitalism, to work together to defend democracy. This requires unions,
teachers, academics, Democratic Party activists and others to recognize that
what they have in common is the need for a powerful united front to defend
against the right wing, nut case, onslaughts.
“ You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. ”– César Chávez, UFW
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