Amnesty = let me sell my labor legally!?!

[R_P_A_S]

I was part of the various marches that took place during the whole immigration issues earlier this year. thats how I came to be fmiliar with Socialism and Communism,.
anyhow today in Downtown L.A. there seems to be a rally a march for amnesty. I was cruisin' by and saw about 300 to 500 people outside the L.A. City hall standing around with signs, american flags and other latin american flags.
I would usually stop and join in but I felt different this time. and It's bothering me. Me being Mexican and once "being Illegal" for brief time. I feel for thiose people and I would love for them to have a chance to work and make a living and contribute in this country. BUT at the same time I feel most of this immigrants are misinformed and are looking for things out of this country that they, that I .. that WE should be looking in our own countries. JUSTICE! True Democracy and Socialism! not beg this fucking country to let us sell our labor legally. that the fuck is wrong with my people? I believe we are wasting valuable time and resources trying to win the wrong war, asking for the wrong "rights"

how should we approach this issue and these people. IF you think about it these people are the least radical they are very humble and are under the impression that "they cant act up and raise hell" because they arent "legal"

[bolshevik butcher]

I don't think that they see it as begging but struggeling for the right to be where they want to be. You were part of the protests so I'm sure you know more about it than me but I thought it looked like a fantastic moment of consciousness and struggle of a section of the American working class.

[Severian]

Originally posted by [email protected] 2 2006, 03:58 PM
BUT at the same time I feel most of this immigrants are misinformed and are looking for things out of this country that they, that I .. that WE should be looking in our own countries.
Why? They - and you - and I - are living, working, and engaging in politics in this country. That's where we can have an impact, and the massive rallies did have a considerable impact.

And every attempt to make revolutionary change in the rest of the world, partly depends on developments in the class struggle inside the U.S. At the least, in terms of blocking military intervention...and ultimately, it depends on making a revolution here.


not beg this fucking country to let us sell our labor legally.

What is wrong with demanding that basic democratic right? It's the same thing Black, women, and other workers have demanded - an end to discrimination, equal rights in the labor market. It's a tremendous obstacle to unity of the working class, if we're not all free and equal in that respect.


IF you think about it these people are the least radical they are very humble and are under the impression that "they cant act up and raise hell" because they arent "legal"

Being under threat of deportation does act as a real deterrent that keeps many people from "raising hell" - which is why the ruling class maintains it. And why it's important to end that threat of deportation.

I wouldn't despise anyone for being careful of that threat - ordinary people are often reluctant to risk repression because of a sense of proportion, not because they're cowards.

And yet many undocumented workers are acting up and raising hell. On May 1 they organized the biggest national political strike in the history of this country.

I don't know if that's "radical", but it's sure as hell a big step forward for immigrants' rights and all working people. It's an example for all workers to follow.