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The Zapatista’s New Year
6 January 2007 | Zapatistas, Manassas City, Prince William County | 7 Comments
According to this IndyMedia article, representatives from Mexicanos Sin Fronteras, the Woodbridge Worker’s Committee and a couple of other local Virginia front groups for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation travelled down to Mexico in order to ring in the new year Zapatista-style. These little shindigs involve plenty of speeches reminiscent of Chairman Mao […]
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MJM Sells Out To Mexicanos Sin Fronteras
21 December 2006 | Zapatistas, Manassas City, Prince William County | 24 Comments
The Manassas Journal-Messenger published another article on the Section 287(g) program, this time focusing on the interest in the program expressed by jail superintendant Charles Land. Col. Land has reccomended to the Board of County Supervisors that jail personnel get training under the program, but the MJM had to flesh out all the potential […]
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Zapatista Update
13 November 2006 | Zapatistas, Illegal Aliens | 12 Comments
Mexicanos Sin Fronteras leader Ricardo Juarez led a little demostration along with the Mexican Solidarity Network in DC last week in protest of a visit by Filipe Calderon, the new president of Mexico. (see video) In the above photo, he’s the one with the dark shirt and jeans standing next to the person […]
Zapatistas In Prince William Update
1 November 2006 | Zapatistas, Illegal Aliens | 17 Comments
Representatives of Mexicanos Sin Fronteras, parent organization of the Woodbridge Workers Committee, went down to Tijuana on October 19th to meet with “Commandante Zero” of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) and participate in joint protests and coordinate future actions. The event drew wide participation from organizations allied with the Zapatista and Aztlan movements […]
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Mexicanos Sin Fronteras On The March
25 October 2006 | Zapatistas, Jeanette Rishell, 50th HOD District | 6 Comments
I ran across this sign while canvassing in my precinct this weekend. I’m used to seeing various yard signs, but evidence of Mexicanos Sin Fronteras (Mexicans Without Borders) organizing in my neighborhood came as quite a shock.
We’ve seen Mexicanos Sin Fronteras demand amnesty for illegal aliens, coordinate with the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), […]
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Who Can We Expect To Protest?
11 October 2006 | Zapatistas, Manassas City, Prince William County | 3 Comments
Several localities are considering participation in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Section 287(g) Program, including Manassas and Prince William County. Within the next several weeks I expect to see staff reccomendations and public hearings on the matter, and inevitably there will be participation in the debate by some organizations which are devoted to protecting the […]
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Jeanette Rishell, Unity in the Community and the EZLN
20 September 2006 | Zapatistas, Jeanette Rishell, 50th HOD District | 5 Comments
John Steinbach, former Unity In The Community Chairman, with Mexicanos Sin Fronteras activists at Manassas City Hall protest
On January 9th, an assortment of activist groups descended on Manassas City Hall to protest an overcrowding ordinance. There has never been an account of how all of these organizations came together, and the degree to which they […]
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We Should Wait No Longer
16 September 2006 | Zapatistas, Manassas City, Prince William County | 1 Comment
In January, a group of illegal immigrant activists descended on the Manassas City Hall and protested a proposed overcrowding ordinance. Under that pressure, and pressure from the ACLU the Manassas City Council relented and rescinded the ordinance. And now, concerned about the impact of the ACLU bringing litigation and the scrutiny of the US Department […]
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THE ZAPATISTA CONNECTION
20 July 2006 | Zapatistas, Manassas City, 50th HOD District | Comments Off
image: MSF/BRUU demonstration at Manassas City Hall
It would appear that the Woodbridge Worker’s Committee, which joined with the Bull Run Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Committee to protest overcrowding restrictions in Manassas early this year, is strengthening it’s ties with the radical Zapatista movement in the metropolitan Washington area. The Committee of Indigenous Solidarity/DC Zapatistas is […]
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COMMUNISTS, ILLEGALS, AND RECONQUISTA, OH MY!
28 June 2006 | Zapatistas, 50th HOD District | 10 Comments
As part of her membership on the Social Justice Committee at the Bull Run Universalist Unitarians, the Democtratic nominee for the 50th District of the House of Delegates Jeanette Rishell organized a “Split the Plate” fundraiser that donated $370 to the Woodbridge Worker’s Committee in November, 2005. This relationship between the BRUU Social Justice Committee […]
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