"The Greatest Mobilization Since The Days Of Cesar Chavez"...
The Washington Post John Pomfret and Sonya Geis March 27, 2006 at 11:34 PM
On Feb. 1, Arturo Hernandez went to his church on the east side of Los Angeles and watched the first PowerPoint presentation of his life. The illegal immigrant from a Mexican village on the Sea of Cortez learned about a bill that had passed the House that would turn him -- and the church that helps his family with child care, his employers in the tony Brentwood section of Los Angeles and the hospitals that treat his family -- into felons.
In subsequent weeks, Hernandez listened to public service announcements on L.A.'s Spanish-language radio stations in which disc jockeys and other celebrities said they wanted him and others like him to let the Senate, which is meeting this week to hammer out its own legislation, know what they think about the proposal. At the same time, his church, the hotel worker's union that represents his wife and the leadership of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles continued to tell him the legislation was, in the words of Cardinal Roger M. Mahony who spoke against the proposed law on March 1 -- Ash Wednesday -- a "blameful, vicious" bill.
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Blow To Frist: Republicans Split Over Immigration, Senate Committee Passes Dem Bill...
The Denver Post Anne C. Mulkern March 27, 2006 at 11:24 PM
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The Senate Judiciary Committee approved an immigration-reform package Monday that would allow an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants to stay in the country and seek citizenship.
On a day filled with protests by immigrant-rights activists across the country, senators by a 12-6 vote approved the bill, which also would create a guest-worker program for immigrants.
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posted by Kangaroo Brisbane Australia at 4:52 AM
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Emotions and social bonds might play an important if disguised role in political mobilization and in silence as well. Moral values involve emotions and bonds that are mostly hidden from view. The tyranny of the Bush regime has come about, in large part, through manipulating emotions, especially fear and anger, and the silence of the public. A counter movement could also be based in the emotional/relational world. Emotions brought into the open deliver a “moral shock” that can help break the silence. This idea is illustrated by the experiences of visitors to an Iraq War memorial. There may be a need for individual and collective rituals that deal directly with the emotional/relational bases of moral shock. Not just grief work in mourning, but also fear work and shame work. These processes may be important parts of apologies and of restorative justice. A mantra for a 9/11 apology is proposed to illustrate these ideas.
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