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May Day in Praxis: Rallies, Marches, and the Struggle for Immigration Justice ?
April 18, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
FreeShort URL: https://seattledsa.org/?p=6626
Part of our YDSA speaker series, hosted by Seattle University YDSA
132 years after the Haymarket Massacre
128 years after the first International Workers’ Day
97 years after they tried to rename it “Americanization Day”
69 years after they tried again with “Loyalty Day”
60 years after they tried a third time with “Law Day”
12 years after the Great American Boycott
10 years since anti-war dockworkers closed the ports
1 year since the Trump presidency
Why do we still march?
Seattle DSA is proud to welcome Carlos Marentes, organizer with El Comité Pro-Reforma Migratoria y Justicia Social, for this talk on May Day’s place in the larger struggle for immigrant and worker rights! Join us and get excited for May 1st!
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