The anti-immigrant Minute-men had trouble living up to their name yesterday. After announcing in the press earlier in the week that they were planning a rally to oppose day-laborers at local Home Depots, the only people who showed up were the over 200 immigrant-friendly counter-protesters.The picture on the left shows the front edge of the crowd that was hastily assembled at Casa Latina after news broke that the "we-forgot-to-set-our-alarm-clocks" men were coming.
After a few hours of rallying and training, starting at 7am, we spread out to 5 local Home Depot and Lowe's Hardware stores. The event was extremely well organized, including a tactical shift or two as it became increasingly evident that the manana-men had taken a sick day.
Another rally is being planned for April 10th at Monday, April 10 at St. Mary's Church
611 20th Ave S. at 3:30 pm to protest the anti-immigrant legegislation workng it's way through congress. Looks like the birth of a new movement!
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