<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><h1><font size="2">May Day on the Boston Common -- May 1, 12:00 Noon</font></h1><p><font size="2"><img src="http://bostonmayday.org/images/mayday_2010.JPG" align="left" border="1" vspace="4" hspace="10">On May 1, 2010, the
Boston May DayCommittee is organizing a march and rally starting on
Boston Common at 12 noon. It will be joined by a procession from
Boston’s North End featuring large cut-out images of the 8 immigrant
workers known as the May Day martyrs.
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<br>In the Common, we are proud to announce a special performance of the
famous radical theater group <b>Bread and Puppets</b> and a series of
speakers that will address the major demands for May Day.
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<br>The 1:00 p.m. March from the Common will focus on local anti-worker
employers and the federal Immigration & Customs Enforcement agency.
<br>May Day organizers are concerned that:
<br></font></p><ul><font size="2"><li> The Obama Administration deported
388,000 immigrants in 2009 (5% up from Bush’s last year)
<br></li><li> Nearly 20% of the workforce is unemployed or underemployed
<br></li><li> The Obama Administration is escalating the wars in the
Middle East with record casualties in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
<br></li><li> Obama has supported the immigration proposal of Schumer
(D) - Graham (R), which we flatly reject as repressive and guest worker
oriented.
<br></li><li> Across the globe and in the United States governments are
cutting back on services while bailing out banks and real estate
interests</li></font></ul>
<font size="2"><br>Our action’s slogans are:
<br></font><ul><font size="2"><li> Good Jobs Now!
<br></li><li> Full Rights & Citizenship for the Undocumented!
<br></li><li> Tax the Rich! Fund Schools, Clinics & Communities!
<br></li><li> Fund Human Needs Not War & Occupation!
<br></li><li> Bail Out Workers, Not Wall Street!
<br></li><li> Solidarity Across Borders, Down with Washington’s Orders!</li></font></ul>
<font size="2"><br>Our endorsers include:
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<br>ANSWER Coalition, Boston Anti Authoritarian Movement, Boston Rosa
Parks Human Rights Day Committee, Greater Boston Stop the Wars
Coalition, Harvard No-Layoffs Campaign, Industrial Workers of the World,
Latinos for Social Change, Mass Global Action, Sacco & Vanzetti
Commemoration Society, Socialist Alternative, Socialist Party of Boston,
Socialist Workers Party, Student Labor Action Movement, USW Local 8751 -
Boston School Bus Drivers Union, Worcester Immigrant Coalition</font><br><br>More info: http://www.bostonmayday.org<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------<br><br>Sign the on-line petitions demanding that the U.S. sign the UN Convention on Migrant Workers Rights<br><br>http://www.bostonmayday.org</td></tr></table><br>