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This tactic relies on the fact that they were brought into the country
as children to many citizens, even those who are taken in by the antiimmigrant
racism, this means they are here by "no fault of their own".
It seems especially heartless to deport them, and so far the
administration has not dared to do so.
These courageous youth are utilising the election results in a clever
way. They are not relying on Obama to “do something” for them and their
communities, nor are they waiting on him.
At the conference some also pointed to the disarray among
Republicans about why they lost so heavily among Latinos and Asians as
indicating they are on the defensive too, and the time is ripe to strike.
By raising the stakes through a campaign to mobilise to fight for
legalisation of the status of all the undocumented workers, these young
people are showing the way forward: independent mass action.
It is to be hoped that Blacks, women, LGBTI people and trade unions
can take a page from this positive example in the months ahead and
emulate it.
[Barry Sheppard was a long-time leader of the US Socialist Workers
Party and the Fourth International. He recounts his experience in the SWP
in a two-volume book, The Party — the Socialist Workers Party
1960-1988, available from Resistance Books. Read more of Sheppard's
articles.]
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Among Trees 100-300 Years Old
The largest living organisms on the planet, the big, old trees that
harbour and sustain countless birds and other wildlife, are dying.