In Springfield, Missouri, the Ozarks Minutemen suggest that “illegal aliens” can be identified by their “use of shopping carts to transport goods or carrying groceries long distances, store to home.” Other identifiers include walking to work, walking with your head … Continued
By Jesse Sanes This weekend youth from around the country are converging in Washington for the 3rd annual Powershift conference. Over the course of the next few days, students, other young people and allies will participate in movement building workshops, … Continued
Last weekend, The Civil Liberties & Public Policy program (CLPP) had the 30th anniversary of its annual conference. CLPP is a national reproductive rights and justice organization dedicated to educating, mentoring, and inspiring new generations of advocates, leaders, and supporters. … Continued
Next month, another advertisement will run in E Magazine by anti-immigrant group Negative Population Growth (NPG). This one is unique in its toned down message, but the tactic is not new. It is a part of an attempt to reach … Continued
The Center for New Community just released a map titled, “The Anti-Immigrant Movement & Environmentalism.” This map tracks the anti-immigrant movement’s attempts to inject itself into discussions on population and the environment. The map folds out and is a tool … Continued
Mark Krikorian, executive director of anti-immigrant think-tank Center for Immigration Studies, has made a series of comments indicating that his xenophobia also manifests as homophobia. Most recently, Krikorian defended the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), a group that spearheads national … Continued
That Lou Dobbs and Meg Whitman—immigrant bashers extraordinaire—were both outed within a few days of each other for allegedly employing undocumented workers was amazingly… unsurprising. The ever testy Dobbs, not unexpectedly, seethed at the allegations. Whitman, having declared the Latino … Continued
Many of the organizations affiliated with John Tanton and the Tanton Network claim to be either environmental groups or groups that have strong environmental policies. One thing heard over and over again from these anti-immigrant organizations is the phrase “you … Continued
July brought another advertisement in the Washington Times by anti-immigrant group Negative Population Growth (NPG). NPG attacks immigrants in order to tap into the urgency of the environmental movement around the BP oil spill. This is just one more attempt … Continued
Next time you log onto the Huffington Post be aware that it is hosting anti-immigrant nativists posing as “Progressives for Immigration Reform” (PFIR), a front group spun out by the white nationalist Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), designated a … Continued