Friday, October 06, 2006
SWOP homepageBorder Social Forum Website Up
Only one place to be on the web right now...
forosocialfronterizo.com
10.12.06 - 10.15.06
Juarez/El Paso -
"Where the north meets the south, where neoliberal policies create wealth for a few, and where people and the environment have been devastated by the free trade agenda." Ruben Solis, Southwest Workers Union.
No political event has ever captured a moment better.
- Millions of immigrant workers and their families are mobilizing for human rights in small towns and big cities all across the United States
- Mexico's closely contested elections are disputed with millions of Mexicans hitting the streets in protest
- Oaxaca is in a state of revolution
- The US Congress says they want to build a fence to keep out immigrants
- Media savvy vigilantes use the media to spread hateful, racist propaganda while they patrol the border
- Money and products cross the border freely
- People die every day from violence or trying to cross the border
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