May Day: Occupy General Strike In Over 125 Cities.

While American corporate media has focused on yet another stale election between Wall Street-financed candidates, Occupy has been organizing something extraordinary: the first truly nationwide General Strike in U.S. history. Building on the international celebration of May Day, past General Strikes in U.S. cities like Seattle and Oakland, the recent May 1st Day Without An Immigrant demonstrations, the national general strikes in Spain this year, and the on-going student strike in Quebec, the Occupy Movement has called for A Day Without the 99% on May 1st, 2012. This in and of itself is a tremendous victory. For the first time, workers, students, immigrants, and the unemployed from over 125 U.S. cities will stand together for economic justice.

PRESS RELEASE
General Strike & March in Support of Immigrant & Workers’ Rights on May 1st

On May 1st, 2012 the people of Las Vegas will participate in a day of action in solidarity with immigrants and workers of the world. We will join national efforts to support comprehensive immigration reform and denounce the passage of unjust laws that target the working poor, people of color, women, queer people, transgender people, immigrants and other marginalized communities.

Economically disenfranchised communities continue to be oppressed as a result of the greed of corporations and governments; therefore, we are calling on our communities to take part in a general strike. We ask the community to not participate in the system for one day by abstaining from spending money, buying gas, going to school or work. Instead, come out into the street and march alongside us!

The March will begin at Commercial Center District and end at the Lloyd George Federal Building in downtown Las Vegas. The March will be followed by a rally and vigil at the Federal Building.

WHAT: May 1st Annual Immigrant & Workers’ Rights March, Rally and Vigil
WHEN: Saturday, May 1st 2012 at 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: At the Commercial Center District, 953 East Sahara Avenue, LV 89104

Points of Unity:

Denounce and end the unprecedented number of deportations by the Obama administration
Support Family Reunification.
Close the immigrant detention centers.
End anti-immigrant segregation in education: Support the Dream Act.
No to the wall; no to the militarization of the border.
Support same Sex bi-national couples: Support the Uniting American Families Act.
Stop femicide along the US-Mexico Border.
Stop the abusive, inhumane and genocidal treatment of immigrants.
Support workers’ rights to organize.
End Secure Communities, E-Verify, Arizona’s SB 1070, and Alabama’s HB 56.
Stop using the term “illegal”.
End the criminalization and provide protection for Queer, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender immigrants.

farking occupy morons...

your ingratitude is disgusting. occupy is fighting for you.

your ingratitude is disgusting. occupy is fighting for you.

your ingratitude is disgusting. occupy is fighting for you.

should we start a betting pool on how many people get murdered? how many get raped? how many children get molested? how many store fronts are smashed in and how many cars get burned? how many arrests are made? All that and more seem to be pretty common occurrences at occupy events...

strange, how NOT ONE SINGLE incident took place at any of the Tea Party events, yet the liars and scum bags in the media keep touting the supposed violence, racism, bigotry, etc at the Tea Party events.

Not surprising at all that you're a supporter of these ignorant farks....
Occupy is not fighting for me. Their views and mine don't mesh.

But that's really important.
The important thing here is, that you're the tool who claimed I'm racist.
fark off.

occupy is fighting for you. you're just having your judgement clouded by, among other things, your racism.

let go of your racism, and we can have a more advanced discussion about how occupy is fighting for your side of the socio-economic class line.

occupy is fighting for you. you're just having your judgement clouded by, among other things, your racism.