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150,000 in Chicago
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BY ERNEST MAILHOT
CHICAGO, May 1—A thunderous roar bounced off the downtown skyscrapers here today as more than 150,000 people marched to demand legalization of undocumented immigrants and an end to raids and deportations.
A raid by heavily armed federal immigration agents of the predominantly Latino neighborhood La Villita (Little Village) on April 25 sparked outrage among working people in the area, who turned out for the May Day mobilization in numbers much higher than expected. Click to read rest of article.
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Salt Lake Tribune/Francisco Kjolseth (top)
Top: More than 2,000 march in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May Day. Bottom: Los Angeles cops fire rubber bullets to disperse protesters at McArthur Park at end of May Day rally there.
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L.A. cops attack rally
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BY ARLENE RUBINSTEIN
LOS ANGELES, May 1—Some 30,000 people, mostly workers, marched downtown here during the day to demand legalization of all immigrants. The rally was called by the March 25 Coalition.
About 5,000 also rallied later in the day at MacArthur Park. Los Angeles cops brutally attacked that rally after participants moved off the sidewalk. The police allege that marchers threw plastic bottles at them. To teach them a lesson, phalanxes of heavily armed riot police began firing rubber bullets into the crowd and clubbing demonstrators. The park was littered with these bullets. Click to read rest of article.
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