Defend Immigrants Rights & Fight the anti immigrant Right

 Dear friend,

Whether you are a DSA member of not, you may find North Star's anti ultra-right work deserving of your attention.  We are preparing for DSA's 2023 convention by drafting a resolution about confronting the ultra-right. 

We propose to form a broad front against the US ultra-right which includes MAGA. neo confederates, Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, ALEC, militias, too many Republicans, and numerous reactionary super PACs, foundations, and think tanks.  The resolution also proposes improving cooperation among DSA and its sister organizations that is necessary in order to organize the broad front.a-right.

This is the proposed resolution. If you are a DSA member please sign it..
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSQ3iEV2vljCf-Veh3bMDBni_S7_Vowr5TejBQ5fBpxox6ZIJcA1f5hqt2Qhi9C5Mn7rgZpHGRFc-N-/pub

I am reaching out to ask for your support for 3 proposals to this years 2023 DSA Convention.

1.    Unite Against the Ultra Right

2.    On the Defense of Immigrants and Refugees

3.    Big Tent amendment to bylaws

The first resolution is about confronting the ultra-right. It calls to form a broad front against the US ultra-right which includes MAGA, neo confederates, Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, ALEC, militias, too many Republicans, and numerous reactionary super PACs, foundations, and think tanks.  

The second resolution I co-authored along with several members of the Immigrants' Rights Working Group on the Defense of Immigrants and Refugees.

The final proposal is an amendment to the DSA bylaws. To damp down the urge to purge, substituting "principles and policies" with DSA Constitution Article II Purpose.

 

More information

 

https://www.dsanorthstar.org/blog/sign-the-resolution-unite-against-the-right

 

 

The White Republic

 Bob Wing on the White Republic and strategy for building a democratic society.

https://convergencemag.com/articles/the-white-republic-and-the-struggle-for-racial-justice/?link_id=1&can_id=46b5b7df047b9c10d893d10978767bb4&source=email-orgup-is-hiring-growing&email_referrer=email_1162310&email_subject=the-white-republic-and-the-struggle-for-racial-justice

Texas Republicans At It Again

 

This month, Texas Republican legislators introduced a bill to create a new vigilante force (armed with immunity from prosecution) that will supposedly be tasked with hunting down immigrants. This same bill includes new penalties against asylum seekers: including life in prison sentences for some immigrant families. This is unacceptable and we’ll do everything we can to fight back.

We know history is on the side of human rights. I’ll continue to advocate for an efficient and just immigration system that upholds our values as Americans. I would love to have your help in that fight.

 For far too long, politicians have used immigrants and asylum seekers as pawns in a political game. They’ve put in place cruel policies and targeted families seeking a better life—and done nothing to fix the underlying problem for decades.

Thank you,

Farmworkers Union Seeks A California Revival

  

 

Farmworkers Union, a ’60s Liberal Icon, Seeks a California Revival

Decades after Cesar Chavez made the union a power, it has lost much of its clout. Membership dropped precipitously, from 60,000 to 5,500. It hopes a new law will turn the tide.

By Kurtis Lee and Liliana Michelena

This article was reported across several cities in the Central Valley of California.

Veronica Mota marched under the sweltering sun, hoisting a cloth banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe above her head for miles.

“Sí, se puede,” she chanted in unison with dozens of other farmworkers, who waved U.S. and Mexican flags as they walked along two-lane roads lined by dense orange groves in the Central Valley of California.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/11/business/economy/farmworkers-ufw-california.html

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