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<LI><STRONG><FONT size=3>Occupy Wall Street, not the ballot box</FONT></STRONG></LI>
<LI><STRONG><FONT size=3>Applying the Successful Strategy of the Civil Rights<BR>Movement to a National "We are the 99%" Movement</FONT></STRONG></LI>
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<LI><STRONG><FONT size=3>How Do We Build an Inclusive Movement for the 99 Percent?</FONT></STRONG></LI>
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As a proud member of the 99<BR>percent, I wish to give my reply to such arguments:<BR> <BR>We already tried doing what you suggest. It didn't<BR>work.<BR> <BR>In 2008, the Democratic Party scored its greatest<BR>electoral victory in over 30 years. A supposedly<BR>liberal president got elected to the White House, while<BR>the Democrats swept through the U.S. House of<BR>Representatives and won a super-majority in the Senate.<BR>If your strategy for change is to vote for liberal<BR>candidates, you could not possibly dream of a better<BR>outcome than in 2008. I remember people eagerly<BR>speculating what the new liberal era might hold. Would<BR>Barack Obama be a new Franklin Roosevelt? Would there<BR>be a new New Deal, with bold new infrastructure<BR>programs - perhaps high-speed rail - to create jobs and<BR>revive the economy? Would the government bailout<BR>working families and stop foreclosures? Would they<BR>repeal George W. Bush's tax cuts for the rich? Would<BR>there be universal health care? Would there be a carbon<BR>tax or a cap-and-trade scheme to fight climate change?<BR>Would the Employee Free Choice Act be passed to defend<BR>unions? Would Obama close Guantanamo, stop throwing<BR>people in prison without charges or end the wars?<BR> <BR>As it turns out, the answer was none of the above. Not<BR>a single one. The Democrats spent two years in control<BR>of every branch of government, and could not pass even<BR>one of the policies demanded by the people who<BR>campaigned for them and voted them into office. The<BR>best they could do was to pass a pathetic excuse for<BR>health care reform, which made things only slightly<BR>better and was actually more conservative than the<BR>health care reforms once proposed by Richard Nixon. To<BR>defend this amazing record of inaction, the Democrats<BR>kept blaming the Republicans for being "the party of<BR>no" and continually trying to obstruct their<BR>legislation. I'm sorry, but if you can't get your<BR>legislation passed even when you control all branches<BR>of government by wide margins, then you have got to be<BR>the most incompetent political party in the history of<BR>this planet. So why should we once again pin our hopes<BR>and dreams on people who basically admit they are<BR>useless?<BR> <BR>The Occupy movement arose precisely because mainstream<BR>politics failed the working people of this country.<BR>There are only two political parties to vote for: one<BR>of them is insane, the other is useless, and they are<BR>both receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from<BR>corporations and banks. Trying to enact change through<BR>the ballot box has clearly become little more than a<BR>waste of time. Nearly all politicians rely on lavish<BR>donations from the top 1 percent to get into office, so<BR>they will naturally do the bidding of the 1 percent<BR>once they get there. It may be possible to elect one or<BR>two congressmen or senators without relying on<BR>corporate sponsors - that does happen every now and<BR>then - but what can a few good people do inside a<BR>government where everyone else has been bought and paid<BR>for? And how long could they stick to their principles<BR>when Wall Street starts making them offers they can't<BR>refuse? Also, let's not forget that the media is<BR>dominated by a few corporations owned by the 1 percent.<BR>Any elected politicians who really threatened the<BR>interests of the rich would have all major TV stations,<BR>newspapers and high-traffic websites turn against them.<BR> <BR>That is why we cannot win from within the political<BR>system. So we have no choice but to go outside it. When<BR>the rules of the game are stacked against you, you have<BR>got to change the game. The Occupy movement does not<BR>and must not get involved in electoral politics,<BR>because campaigning for candidates who promise hope and<BR>change is a waste of time and energy. As Bush so<BR>eloquently put it, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me<BR>twice, shame on ... well, you can't get fooled again."<BR> <BR>But, one might ask, what else is there to do other than<BR>trying to get candidates elected? There is plenty to<BR>do. Corrupt politicians will not listen to the people<BR>when we give them what little money we have or campaign<BR>for them, but they will listen when they fear what<BR>might happen if they don't. They will listen when<BR>workers across an entire city or state go on a general<BR>strike. They will listen when tens of thousands of<BR>people march peacefully in the streets in defiance of<BR>orders to go home. They will listen when those same<BR>people occupy parks and keep coming back in spite of<BR>police brutality.<BR> <BR>The purpose of the Occupy movement is to deliver a<BR>simple message to the 1 percent and their paid<BR>spokesmen in government. That message is this: You rule<BR>because we allow you to rule. Your government, your<BR>corporations and your banks exist because we give our<BR>consent for them to exist. If you will not listen to<BR>us, we will withdraw that consent.<BR> <BR>Mike Tudoreanu is a Collegian contributor. He can be<BR>reached at <A href="mailto:mtudorea@econs.umass.edu">mtudorea@econs.umass.edu</A>.<BR>
<DIV class="SandboxScopeClass ExternalClass PlainTextMessageBody" id=mpf0_MsgContainer><PRE><FONT face=Tahoma></FONT> </PRE><PRE><FONT face=Tahoma>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@<BR><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt" size=4>Applying the Successful Strategy of the Civil Rights<BR>Movement to a National "We are the 99%" Movement<BR></FONT></STRONG> <BR>A TDS Strategy Memo:<BR>The Civil Rights Movement's success was based on a<BR>coordinated three-prong strategy of civil disobedience,<BR>grass-roots organizing and mass boycotts. To achieve similar<BR>victories, a national "We are the 99%" movement must adopt<BR>and apply that same approach.<BR> <BR>by Andrew Levison<BR>A TDS Strategy Memo<BR> <BR>The Democratic Strategist<BR>November 17, 2011<BR> <BR></FONT><A href="http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/" target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0068cf>http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Tahoma> <BR>In the coming days the Occupy Wall Street movement faces an<BR>extremely complex and difficult series of decisions about<BR>its strategy and tactics. It cannot simply repeat the<BR>initial tactic of occupying public spaces that it has<BR>employed up to now but it has not yet developed any clear<BR>alternative strategy for the future.<BR> <BR>In debating their next steps the protesters - and the<BR>massive numbers of Americans who support them - will turn<BR>again and again to the history and example of the civil<BR>rights movement for guidance. Martin Luther King's closest<BR>advisors including Jessie Jackson and Andrew Young have<BR>noted the clear historical parallels that exist between the<BR>two protest movements and both activists and observers will<BR>urgently seek to find lessons in the struggles of the past.<BR> <BR>The discussion, however, will be hindered by the profoundly<BR>oversimplified vision that many people today have of how the<BR>victories of the civil rights movement were actually<BR>achieved. Most Americans have little more than a series of<BR>impressionistic images of the civil rights movement - police<BR>dogs and fire hoses unleashed against the demonstrators in<BR>Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, dramatic marches attacked by<BR>police in Selma, Alabama in 1965 and, across the south, sit-<BR>ins and freedom rides that rocked the region in the early<BR>years of the decade. In this vision, dramatic confrontations<BR>with the authorities appear to have been, in effect, the<BR>movement's entire "strategy."<BR> <BR>But, in fact, behind every major campaign of the civil<BR>rights movement there was actually a very organized and<BR>coherent three-pronged strategy. To seriously seek guidance<BR>for the present in the struggles of the past, it is<BR>absolutely indispensable to understand the basic socio-<BR>political strategy that the movement employed.<BR> <BR>The civil rights movement's three-pronged strategy combined:<BR>1. Civil disobedience 2. Grass-roots organizing and voter<BR>registration 3. Boycotts and economic withdrawal<BR> <BR>In every single major campaign of the civil rights movement<BR>- Montgomery, Birmingham, Selma - these three elements of<BR>the overall strategy were employed in a coherent, mutually<BR>supporting and reinforcing way. In contrast, no part of this<BR>coordinated approach was ever successful in isolation.<BR> <BR>Seen in this light, there are indeed reasonable comparisons<BR>between the civil rights movement and the initial phase of<BR>Occupy Wall Street. OWS represents a modern application of<BR>civil disobedience, the first component of the civil rights<BR>movement's three-pronged strategy. The essence of civil<BR>disobedience (also called "nonviolent direct action") is the<BR>use of dramatic protests that disrupt normal activities and<BR>usually violate the law. They are designed to call attention<BR>to the existence of injustice and win public sympathy<BR>through the demonstrators willingness to risk danger and<BR>injury and to go to jail for their cause.<BR> <BR>In the early phase of the civil rights movement the most<BR>extensive applications of civil disobedience were the<BR>freedom rides and the sit-in's, actions that directly<BR>violated the morally unjust laws enforcing segregation. As<BR>the movement's objectives turned to social and economic<BR>issues in the latter part of the 60's, the targets of civil<BR>disobedience became more abstract and symbolic, culminating<BR>in the establishment of a tent city on the national mall<BR>during the Poor People's Campaign.<BR> <BR>But civil disobedience was only tip of the iceberg of the<BR>civil rights movements' struggle against segregation. Behind<BR>the dramatic actions that captured the headlines was a<BR>massive grass-roots organizing effort across the South that<BR>involved thousands of passionate young organizers. For every<BR>one sit-in demonstrator there were a hundred grass-roots<BR>civil rights activists who spent months and years traveling<BR>around the South to conduct "freedom schools" in church<BR>basements, restaurants, barber shops and meeting halls,<BR>gatherings that were held in even the smallest towns and<BR>rural areas. These freedom schools patiently built support<BR>for voter registration efforts and laid the foundations for<BR>later political campaigns by African- American candidates.<BR>King and his lieutenants were always absolutely clear in<BR>saying that the only long-range solution to segregation lay<BR>in Black Americans winning effective political<BR>representation.<BR> <BR>Today it is the "We Are Ohio" movement and the Wisconsin<BR>recall campaigns, rather than Occupy Wall Street, that<BR>represent the modern equivalents of the civil rights<BR>movement's grass-roots organizing campaigns. During these<BR>recent campaigns against laws designed to eliminate the<BR>right to union representation hundreds of thousands of<BR>petitions were signed and thousands of volunteers engaged in<BR>door to door canvassing, literature distribution, the<BR>manning of tables in shopping centers and the operation of<BR>phone banks - the hard, grueling, unsung work that is<BR>indispensable for successful grass-roots campaigns. The one-<BR>on-one, face-to-face organizing techniques of the Ohio and<BR>Wisconsin movements actually displayed substantial<BR>similarities with the techniques of traditional trade union<BR>organizing as well as with the civil rights movement.<BR> <BR>In short, comparisons between the movements of today and the<BR>civil rights movement cannot be limited to Occupy Wall<BR>Street. The "We Are Ohio" and Wisconsin recall campaigns<BR>have an equally valid claim to kinship with the earlier<BR>struggles of the civil rights era.<BR> <BR>The third prong of the civil rights movement's strategy was<BR>boycott and economic withdrawal. In the Montgomery campaign<BR>the bus system was boycotted, in Birmingham, it was all<BR>downtown merchants. In view of King and his associates it<BR>was economic withdrawal that was actually the most powerful<BR>single weapon in the nonviolent arsenal. It was the bus<BR>boycott that won King's first victory in Montgomery and the<BR>boycott of downtown stores that ultimately forced the<BR>business and political establishment of Birmingham to<BR>negotiate.<BR> <BR>King himself referred to boycotts as "campaigns of economic<BR>withdrawal" and described them as "nonviolence at peak of<BR>its power". Here is how he expressed it in 1967:1<BR> <BR>In the past six months simply by refusing to<BR>purchase products from companies which do not hire<BR>Negroes in meaningful numbers and in all job<BR>categories, the Ministers of Chicago under SCLC's<BR>Operation Breadbasket have increased the income of<BR>the Negro community by more than two million dollars<BR>annually. In Atlanta the Negroes' earning power has<BR>been increased by more than twenty million dollars<BR>annually over the past three years...This is<BR>nonviolence at its peak of power.<BR> <BR>The modern application of this strategy can now be seen in<BR>the "Move Your Money" and related campaigns that call on<BR>people to withdraw funds from the major banks and reinvest<BR>them in credit unions and other more socially conscious<BR>institutions. There are a variety of estimates2 from credit<BR>unions and independent sources that suggest the campaign has<BR>already had a significant and measurable effect, but it is<BR>also clear that this is still the very earliest trial run<BR>for future economic withdrawal campaigns with potentially<BR>powerful consequences.<BR> <BR>Beyond the current campaign aimed at the largest banks, the<BR>tactic of economic withdrawal can be applied to a wide<BR>variety of firms and issues. Such campaigns will all be<BR>united by a simple underlying concept: working people should<BR>not spend or invest their money with firms and institutions<BR>that use those same funds to bankroll conservative<BR>candidates, laws and policies that undermine those same<BR>workers' economic security, standard of living and hopes for<BR>the future.<BR> <BR>Consumer product companies are particularly vulnerable to<BR>campaigns of economic withdrawal because the damage to their<BR>reputation and image can in many cases be more devastating<BR>than the direct economic damage itself. The quite effective<BR>campaign by People of Color to pressure the advertisers of<BR>Glen Beck's TV show in 2009 demonstrated the significant<BR>leverage consumer boycott campaigns can bring to bear in the<BR>internet age.<BR> <BR>There are already a variety of informal linkages developing<BR>between the three social movements above -- the "Occupy Wall<BR>Street", "We are Ohio/Wisconsin recall" and "Move Your<BR>Money" campaigns. Organizations including MoveOn.org, Van<BR>Jones' American Dream Movement and the AFL-CIO/Working<BR>America federations have played a significant "behind the<BR>scenes" role in supporting the OWS, "We are Ohio" and Move<BR>Your Money" actions and also in popularizing and promoting<BR>the broader "We are the 99%" political movement and<BR>perspective around the country.<BR> <BR>But the critical historical lesson that can be drawn from<BR>the civil rights movement is the vital need for the three<BR>prongs of the movements' strategy - civil disobedience,<BR>grass- roots organizing/political mobilization and<BR>boycott/economic withdrawal - to be employed in a<BR>coordinated way as part of a single integrated approach. The<BR>movement's key victories in Montgomery, Birmingham and Selma<BR>all depended on this coordination.<BR> <BR>There is currently no single leader with the immense stature<BR>of a Martin Luther King or grass-roots organizations like<BR>SCLC and SNCC to provide such coordination for a national<BR>"We Are the 99%" social movement. In the modern internet-<BR>connected world, however, more diversified and decentralized<BR>forms of organization are more likely to develop and are<BR>more likely to be effective as well.<BR> <BR>But for a "We Are the 99%" movement to achieve substantial<BR>victories, coordination must be achieved. Neither Occupy<BR>Wall Street nor the Ohio and Wisconsin campaigns nor<BR>campaigns of economic withdrawal like "Move Your Money" can,<BR>in isolation, produce transformational victories of the<BR>scope and significance of the victories of the civil rights<BR>movement.<BR> <BR>In coordination, on the other hand, these three tactics are<BR>immensely powerful. It was the combination of these three<BR>approaches, employed in a coherent overall strategy, that<BR>broke the back of the system of Southern segregation within<BR>a single decade and that same three-pronged strategy can<BR>profoundly transform America once again today.<BR> <BR>1.<BR></FONT><A href="http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1426" target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0068cf>http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1426</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Tahoma> <BR>2. </FONT><A href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/11/1035479/-Ten-stories-of-people-moving-their-money,-despite-bankefforts-to-stopthem?detail=hide" target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0068cf>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/11/1035479/-Ten-stories-of-people-moving-their-money,-despite-bankefforts-to-stopthem?detail=hide</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Tahoma> <BR>[Andrew Levison was for many years a research assistant to<BR>Mrs. Coretta Scott King, Andrew Young and other participants<BR>in the civil rights movement. 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On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Natalie Foster, Rebuild The Dream <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:moveon-help@list.moveon.org"><FONT color=#0068cf>moveon-help@list.moveon.org</FONT></A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR><BR>
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Dear friend,<BR>
I wanted to make sure you saw my email below about the mandatory Social Security cuts the congressional Super Committee could propose next Wednesday. <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Already, more than 100,000 people have signed the petition demanding that Congress reject cuts to Social Security and tax the 1% instead. So we've extended the deadline for petition signatures until Monday.</SPAN> <BR><BR>
The pressure is building, and not just online. Yesterday was the single biggest day of action in the streets across the country since the beginning of the Occupy movement. And right now a courageous group is marching through the cold from Occupy Wall Street in New York City to Washington, DC, to bring the energy of the 99% directly to Congress.<BR>
<P style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">This is a crucial moment for us all to raise our voices.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></SPAN><A href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=267709&id=33019-9051688-_7bZ1fx&t=1" target=_blank><FONT color=#0068cf><B>Please, take a moment to sign this petition before Monday and please ask your friends, family and neighbors to sign</B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">.</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN> <BR><BR>
–Natalie <BR><BR>
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Dear friend,<BR>For four months the congressional "Super Committee" has been meeting behind closed doors to hash out ways to reduce the deficit. <BR><BR>A report in<SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> The New York Times</SPAN> yesterday suggests that<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </SPAN>the committee is close to recommending <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">mandatory cuts to Social Security instead of tax increases for the richest one percent.</SPAN><SUP>1</SUP> <BR><BR>No way we can let this happen. This is a rotten deal that we have to stop. <BR><BR>The committee issues their report to Congress in one week. We are collecting petition signatures that we will deliver this Friday. <SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Our goal is to send a message that cuts to Social Security come with hell to pay from voters. </SPAN><BR><BR><B><A href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=267709&id=33019-9051688-_7bZ1fx&t=3" target=_blank><FONT color=#0068cf>Click here to tell Congress to reject any new cuts to Social Security.</FONT></A></B> <BR><BR>After you sign please take a minute to forward this email to friends, family, and co-workers so they know about the mandatory cuts that could be coming. Ask them to sign too. <BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">We have seven days to put the brakes on the Super Committee's report and kill this proposal. </SPAN>Here is how a news story described the cuts recently: <BR><BR>
<DIV>"Just as 55 million Social Security recipients are about to get their first benefit increase in three years, Congress is looking at reducing future raises by adopting a new measure of inflation that also would increase taxes for most families. Those with low incomes would be hit hardest. <BR><BR>"If adopted across the government, the inflation measure would have widespread ramifications. Increases in veterans' benefits and pensions for federal workers and military personnel would be smaller. And over time, fewer people would qualify for Medicaid, Head Start, food stamps, school lunch programs and home heating assistance than under the current measure."<SUP>2</SUP> <BR><BR></DIV>Conservatives have never liked Social Security. Those monthly checks prove that government can be a force for good in the lives of Americans. <BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">And let's be clear what the anti-tax stuff is all about—the rich and big companies don't want to pay their fair share. </SPAN>They've deployed their lobbyists to push for cuts to Social Security so they don't have to pay more in taxes. <BR><BR>We urgently need to send Congress a message that cuts to Social Security are OFF the table. Please sign and recruit other people to sign. <BR><BR><B><A href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=267709&id=33019-9051688-_7bZ1fx&t=4" target=_blank><FONT color=#0068cf>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=267709&id=33019-9051688-_7bZ1fx&t=4</FONT></A></B> <BR><BR>Thanks for all you do.
–Natalie, Van, Billy, Jim, Ian, Somer, and the rest of the Rebuild the Dream team<BR>
Sources: <BR><BR>1. "Deficit Panel Seeks to Defer Details on Raising Taxes," <I>The New York Times</I>, November 13, 2011 <BR><A href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=267710&id=33019-9051688-_7bZ1fx&t=5" target=_blank><FONT color=#0068cf>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=267710&id=33019-9051688-_7bZ1fx&t=5</FONT></A> <BR><BR>2. "New Social Security formula could cut benefits, raise taxes," <I>USA Today</I>, November 7, 2011 <BR><A href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=267711&id=33019-9051688-_7bZ1fx&t=6" target=_blank><FONT color=#0068cf>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=267711&id=33019-9051688-_7bZ1fx&t=6</FONT></A><A href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=267328&id=33019-9051688-_7bZ1fx&t=7" target=_blank><FONT color=#0068cf> <BR></FONT></A><BR></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><BR>We are in URGENT need of letters of support for Araceli Torres-Ruiz of the Panda Express Workers. Her attorney is requesting deferred action for her case, and we need a strong show of support!</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </SPAN><BR>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN><BR>Please address letters to:</SPAN><BR>Katrina Kane, </SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Field Office Director<BR>U. S. Department of Homeland Security</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">
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<DIV>Office of Detention and Removal Operations <BR><BR>Fax letters to Mo Goldman, Araceli's attorney, at<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> <A target=_blank><FONT color=#0068cf>520.797.1407</FONT></A></SPAN>. </DIV></SPAN><BR><BR></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><B>SAMPLE LETTER:</B><BR><BR>Katrina Kane<BR>Field Office Director<BR>U. S. Department of Homeland Security<BR>Immigration & Customs Enforcement<BR>Office of Detention and Removal Operations<BR><BR>Re: Roselia Torres-Ruiz (DOB 12/30/1982)<BR> Alien Registration # 088-771-840<BR><BR>Dear Officer Kane:<BR><BR> I am writing to you to ask for your consideration in the application of Ms. Torres-Ruiz for termination of removal proceedings pending against her and grant her an extension of deferred action previously ordered. As you may know, she would be eligible for cancellation of removal or a stay of removal under S.279, the DREAM Act, if it were enacted by Congress.<BR><BR> Ms. Torres-Ruiz was brought into the United States when she was 7 years old by her parents. She is now 28 years old and has two U. S. citizen children, one who is six and another who is one year old. Ms. Torres-Ruiz's mother is a lawful permanent resident, and the majority of her family resides in the U. S. The only remaining family member that lives in Mexico is an elderly aunt who resides in Oaxaca.<BR><BR>Ms. Torres-Ruiz attended Craigin Elementary School, Roskruge Middle School and Tucson High School. She obtained her GED, and has continued her studies at Pima Community College in order to get a college degree. Just as many others across the country, she is requesting an opportunity to remain the only country she knows. Her life in Tucson demonstrates that she possesses good moral character. Other than working without the proper documentation, she has absolutely no record of any kind. She has worked tirelessly to support her family, contributing not only to the company but to the community, as well as the Social Security Fund. She has worked for the Panda Express for a number of years now, gaining experience and a promotion.<BR><BR>Because of her good character as well as the significant ties to the community, particularly her two U. S. citizen children, I would respectfully ask that you grant her an extension of her deferred action status. A separation of her family would not serve any interest of our country, and in fact, would serve to damage the community where she lives. She has the support of the larger community and her church, which is further evidence of her character. I ask that you exercise your discretion and allow her to remain in the country she loves. If you have any question, please do not hesitate to call me.<BR> <BR>Sincerely,<BR>Kathryn Rodriguez<BR>Program Director<BR>Coalición de Derechos Humanos<BR><A target=_blank><FONT color=#0068cf>520.770.1373</FONT></A><BR>--------<BR><BR><B>Talking points for letters of support:</B><BR><BR>We need letters from people who are in support of her and can speak about her good moral character. The letter should focus on Araceli as a person-- this is not about making a political statement or comment about how terrible the immigration system is. Please keep it simple and only speak about what a wonderful person Araceli is. Some highlights that can be mentioned include: </SPAN>
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<LI style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">She has been in the U.S. since she was seven years old. </LI>
<LI style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">She was born on December 30, 1982. Therefore, she has been living here for more than 20 years.</LI></UL>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <BR>On March 18, 2008, 11 workers of the Panda Express, a local restaurant in Tucson, Arizona, were arrested. Charged with "Aggravated Identity Theft," the workers were denied bond by Prop 100, and most spent at least five months in jail,separated from their children and families. <BR><BR>To date, eight of the eleven have been returned to their home countries, punished for the crime of working to support themselves and their families. </SPAN><BR></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" align=left>November 18, 2011<BR> <BR>Labor News <BR> <BR>The Informal Sector Rules <BR> <BR>Released this month, the latest numbers from Mexico’s Institute of Geography, Statistics and Informatics(INEGI) showed job creation in the informal sector outpacing that in the formal sector. The Mexican government agency defines formal employment as constituting a job with retirement and other benefits, including enrollment in the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). <BR> <BR>According to INEGI, nearly 13,439,000 workers labored away in the informal sector in September 2011, compared with 13,225,433 people registered in the formal sector during the same time period examined. The number of people making a living without chalking up retirement and other benefits rose more than 500,000 since September 2010, when 12,904, 903 workers were classified as informal. <BR> <BR>The number of workers entering the IMSS system also registered an increase, albeit slower than in the informal sector, growing by 450,719 people between September 2010 and September 2011. <BR> <BR>In Mexico, people working in the informal sector earn a living by doing everything from selling so-called pirate products on the street to entertaining motorists by breathing fire at busy intersections. To put food on the table, they sell food door-to-door, work for tips off the book and hawk dolls on the beach. <BR>While such activities bring in primary or secondary incomes, they do not build up the retirement system or support other programs funded by taxes. <BR> <BR>In its recent compilations of employment trends, INEGI reported both job creation and loss. According to the agency, the overall number of people employed in the Mexican economy grew by 853,778 to reach 46,815,997 workers during the one-year time period in question. Nonetheless, the number of potential workers officially categorized as unemployed also increased from last year to this one, constituting a total of 2,761,703 unemployed persons by the third trimester of 2011. <BR> <BR>In terms of wages, INEGI reported that 35.5 percent of the labor force earned no more than 119.6 pesos per day, or less than ten dollars, while 61.5 percent of workers brought in on a daily basis no more than 179.4 pesos, an amount less than 14 dollars based on current dollar-peso exchange rates. <BR> <BR>Source: La Jornada, November 12, 2011. Article by Roberto Gonzalez Amador. <BR> <BR>Frontera NorteSur: on-line, U.S.-Mexico border news<BR>Center for Latin American and Border Studies<BR>New Mexico State University<BR>Las Cruces, New Mexico<BR><BR>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</DIV>
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Labor contractors recruit workers and sell their services to growers. This is popular because growers claim this system absolves them of responsibility. They can blame any abuse on the contractors who take advantage of people who are desperate for work.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Take what happened to<STRONG> Raul Martinez.</STRONG> Raul wanted to be a good citizen and make sure he was paying his taxes accurately, so he repeatedly asked his labor contractor foreman for his W-2 form. Raul says, that during the 7 years he worked for this contractor, <EM>"I have not been able to obtain my W-2 forms to be able to do my annual income tax returns. Every time I ask for the document, he always comes up with excuses.”</EM></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><STRONG>Finally, this year, Raul pushed too hard, so the contractor fired him. </STRONG>To fire a worker for asking for IRS-required documents is completely illegal. But forcing labor contractors to obey the law is notoriously difficult.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><STRONG>We haven’t yet figured out what this contractor was doing with Raul’s W-2s. But often this problem arises because the contractor is collecting taxes, but not forwarding them to the IRS. </STRONG>That’s why they don’t want to supply W-2s.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">When labor contractors do this, they are stealing the tax money from the workers, not the IRS. If the worker is due a refund, he can't collect it without a W-2. And if the IRS ever comes after him for unpaid income taxes, he'd have no way to prove he paid. Devious and heartless labor contractors are endlessly creative in their efforts to squeeze every penny they can out of people like Raul, to whom every penny matters.</SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><IMG style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px solid; BORDER-TOP: 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 0px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px solid" height=205 alt="" src="http://action.ufw.org/page/-/fr/stweb2.jpg" width=275 align=right></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><STRONG>Pedro Najera Isidro </STRONG>has worked for several labor contractors and each one was as bad as the last. He tells us of one labor contractor who drove workers to a farm 170 miles away with the promise of steady employment. <EM>“We worked for him for one month, but the last week I did not get paid for.</EM> <EM>Later my co-workers investigated an address for the farm labor contractor. There they told us that they did not know anything about our pay or the foreman.”</EM></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">The labor contractors think they hold all the cards, but when you weigh in on the side of the workers, the picture changes. <STRONG><A href="http://action.ufw.org/page/m/3bed9c39/14563619/46a340b5/2b46a7c9/1973227807/VEsC/" target=_blank><FONT color=#0068cf>Your generosity</FONT></A> helps us stand with workers and track down abusive labor contractors </STRONG>and drag them, kicking and screaming, into court. You help workers win compensation for stolen wages and mistreatment.</SPAN><BR>
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><B>Nov. 18, 2011</B></SPAN></SPAN><BR>
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<TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><A href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=0j3weUcMcLUNstnszRSquPl%2BKU%2BQUpyt" target=_blank><IMG title="Senate hearing" alt="Senate hearing" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/super_wp.jpg" border=0></A><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=Q8UXKsgzxyZnnqO9bNDx//l%2BKU%2BQUpyt" target=_blank><FONT color=#0068cf>Senior and young activists told a Senate hearing that the Super Committee must not balance the budget on the backs of the 99 percent</FONT></A>.</SPAN></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">From coast to coast yesterday, working families, jobless workers, community members and Occupy activists joined together in an Infrastructure Investment Day of Action. They marched and rallied at dozens of bridges in desperate need of repair and called on Congress to put millions of Americans back to work rebuilding the nation’s crumbling bridges and roads.</SPAN></SPAN><BR>
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