What democracy looks like
Posted by Vox on 1 May 2007
Associated Press: Louis Ayala, 2, holds a sign as people gather at Union Park before an immigration rights march in Chicago.
CNN: A crowd is gathered for an immigration rally in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday.
Associated Press: Wrapped in an American flag, Juan Pablo Garcia Otero, 14, a first generation Mexican-American, waits at Lincoln Park for the start of a march through downtown Denver.
Associated Press: An unidentified woman draped in an American flag arrives at Union Park before an immigration rights march in Chicago.
Associated Press: Five year-old Grace Bandercan holds up a sign at the start of an immigration march on Saturday.
In solidarity (and with wishes that I could be out there, too).
EDIT: And now I have to run, but Sylvia is on a hot streak with the May Day posts over at The Anti-Essentialist Conundrum. So is Nicola at Standing FIRM, and BFP over at Women of Color Blog, and Nezua at The Unapologetic Mexican, and XicanoPwr at ¡Para Justicia y Libertad! is liveblogging it.
1 May 2007 at 11:07
That is a great picture of the little girl. Where did you find it?
1 May 2007 at 11:13
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1 May 2007 at 14:23
I found her on Yahoo News; I was looking for pics so I did a search for “immigration” under News Photos. Thanks. It really is a great photo. :-)
1 May 2007 at 16:31
Yeah, it is, I just had to use it.