This is awesome. I hope that this upcoming march is huge and safe.

It makes me wonder if there are any good cops in L.A. if maybe they would join in as allies. We don't have to be at war with each other. It's their choice. Everyone has a choice to be a decent person, don't they?

true, DI. a hopeful thought. i'm sure this time they will be chill, either way, knowing how many eyes will be trained on them. if that's what it takes to keep them in line, that's fine. i hope it is huge and safe, too.

Hearing this brings a smile to my heart. It also shows the strength of a people not willing to be bullied.

I can't wait to see the coverage for this march. :D

well i hope the cops are chill this time because it looks like i'll be going to this one.

Oh man, take a camera. 24 hrs NezNews is launched!

jeje! i'll definitely capture some stuff if i can!

Dead Inside- that is a brilliant idea, if off duty cops march with the marchers that would show some real disgust at the riot squad mobs attack. It is their chance to show real commitment to stop being the blackshirt thugs, show they can be human too, it's not all orders, loyalty, code of silence bullshit.

Well I'll commit right now to posting/mirroring any stuff you get, best I can offer as I am some few thousand miles away across a big watery thing, plus until habeas corpus is restored I ain't going near the US (and I have a kind of intelligent boycott of American produce- ie if it isn't engaged in work against the wrongs of the empire I don't support it with my meagre cash or patronage).

No estare en cuerpo...pero estare en espiritu....

Oh and this piece of disturbing news (thanks in part to Clipmarks)

http://www.alternet.org/rights/51663/

* The arrest and indictment of six members of the Alabama Free Militia who, according to federal authorities, were allegedly preparing to attack Mexican immigrants near Birmingham, Ala. with grenades, semi-automatic weapons and 2,500 rounds of ammunition confiscated during a recent raid by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

* Washington, D.C., area police arrested Tyler J. Froatz Jr., a 24 year-old man wielding a gun as he allegedly attacked marchers at a local immigration rally last Tuesday. U.S. Park police say Froatz had two knives, a hammer, a flare gun, a taser stun gun and pepper spray when they captured him. A subsequent police search of Froatz's apartment yielded 15 guns, a Molotov cocktail, a grenade and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, according to authorities.

* An early morning fire last Thursday at Casa de Maryland, a day-labor center near Gaithersburg, Md. was declared an arson incident by Montgomery County fire investigators. Representatives of Casa de Maryland, which received regular hate phone calls and emails prior to the incident, were reported in The Washington Post as calling the incident a hate crime and a "natural consequence to the ongoing debate over immigration." County executive Isaiah Leggett called it "shameful and despicable."

indeed...i was up in the bronx the other day, and i had Rage on blast...i was getting such smiles from the kids. i really want to believe that there is a growing energy and resolve. i'll be watching and praying from the east coast...

"Hey, I've said it before: Mexicans (and Mexican Americans) stand up for what is right."

Not only Mexicans and Mexican Americans, I will be there, too.

you are right, carmen. when you hear that sentence from me, i am just pushing back against those filthy anti-mexican tropes and memes we keep underground, floating in our movies, books, politics, laws.

of course we have allies and friends and there are many in this land who believe in standing for what is right. i am glad to know you. i am glad to know you are one. see you there...maybe not, but i'll feel ya!

that is certainly something, hermano, gracias para la solidaridad, por supuesto.

Representatives of Casa de Maryland, which received regular hate phone calls and emails prior to the incident, were reported in The Washington Post as calling the incident a hate crime and a "natural consequence to the ongoing debate over immigration."

"natural consequence"??????

You know..I thought the same thing myself Nez. I was like "Natural?" But then I had to rethink it. Is it possible that after centuries of hate, ignorance and greed that maybe somehow it has become the very core of some peoples DNA. Now this is in no way a justification, just an example of how deep and embedded the hate has gotten. For some it becomes as easy as blinking an eye.
And of course the media itself is responsible by the very fact that they in turn report it as "natural", knowing very well that weak minded & corupt individuals would only regard it as a reinforement of their very nature, to deny responsibility and accept it as "this is the way nature intended it, therefore I am not to blame". Some people actually regard thier nature, whatever it may be, as God given.

Where can I get information on the march? I'm in the Greater LA area, and I would love to bring my video camera down to the march.