Public Option or Bust: My Resolution for Labor Day Weekend

My President, Dems who have drawn a line on the sand, and the millions of people who have done the same, I say unto you: "hold that line, for the Cavalry is on it's way."

Ooooh, I have a dream that millions of the real people march to demand that the bargain we made last year, is honored.

I pretty much decided to march in support of a robust Public Option, I'll do it on Labor day, Sept. 7 in San Francisco, from the Embarcadero's Justin Herman Plaza, to the Federal Building where Nacy Pelosi has her office, no, it is not my idea, it is all over, I keep hearing, where are the people who made magic in the 2008 election? I don't know where the rest of us are, but I do know where one of them is, right here and itching for action because I had it, as Popeye would say: "That's all that I can take, I can't take no more"

As to the location where the march ends, why not? It is a fact that many Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, have drawn a line on the sand for Public Option, no doubt that The President whom we helped elect and who promised us health reform which would include Government-administered health services in competition with the Insurance Companies, needs to hear from us, didn't we agree that it was up to us? That we, as always, are the ones who have to carry the heavy load, it is up to us, we have to make it happen.

Why on Monday? Why not? Other people may choose to march on Sunday, or on Saturday, while some of us may even march on these three days if there are corresponding actions, Sunday seems a good day for church-going people, worship in the morning and then take action for the Health Reform that each of us, and the nation's economy, desperately need, now is the time, Saturday may sound good to people who simply just like to march on Saturdays, Monday may look appealing for people who still believe in fighting for the rights of all workers and who still live by the principle that "An injury to one, is an injury to all", of one thing all of us can be sure, people are getting hurt and dying due to the expensive and deadly nightmare that the Health Care System has turned into, did I say Health Care System? Ha, ha, ha... I laugh to avoid crying, if it is a system at all, it is a 'fleece-the-consumer-system and get obscenely wealthy while doing it.

Oh yeah, I do have a dream, Labor Day Weekend 2009, a weekend of Actions, a historic time in the USA where once more the people made History and forced passage of a Health Care Plan which works for the people, where the interest of patients is placed before profits and not the other way around, as has been the case forever and the long struggle of trying to change the status quo for... how many? 60, 90 years?

I have not mentioned one of the issues that compel me to march is that WE ARE NOT BEING HEARD, or we are being ignored by many Democrats who forgot that we elected them to take care of a few matters, chief among them is Health Reform, I though we had a bargain because, in addition to being not only our Representatives, they are our employees, we pay their salaries, they were elected to serve the people who put them there and instead they are serving the powers who fought hard to prevent many of them from getting into office, we won that battle and sent them to Washington with overwhelming majorities and with a mandate. WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.

Last time I checked, the Democratic Party's Platform lists Universal Health Care and yet, some Democrats are shitting on it.

What is up with that?

No, there are not thousands of people also marching, nor hundreds, not even dozens, there is only one friend I talked over with about this issue who said: "I'll also march with you, I have to do something about this"

So, there are two of us so far.

Do Something, I don't think there is one pro public option person who isn't saying to him/herself: "I've got to do something"

There are many ideas, proposals, a Boycott or Something, in the meantime... time goes bye bye, drip, drip the bleeding continues, the lies get more abundant, widespread and established.

What I say is: let's not complicate what it is in essence a set of simple issues which have complex problems with huge repercussions, we want a choice, we want true competition on the Health Insurance Market Place, we will settle for a Robust Public Option, we do know that Medicare and the VA systems work better than the private systems, so we should be given the opportunity to compete, yes, we, WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT, WE ARE THE SHAREHOLDERS WITH A FRANCHISE ON THIS ENTERPRISE WHICH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

Curious that the Health Insurance Industry is spending ungodly amounts of money to defeat it, it seems to me that if they are against something, undoubtedly, it has to be good for us. They don't want competition because it would be... GASP!!! Unfair?

Hey you blood suckers, isn't this a Capitalist System? This is what you keep telling us and you do not want competition? How stupid do you really think we are?

In everytown USA, people make their own resolution, organize and take action, we invite family, friends, co-workers, colleagues, the small business / organizations who serve us, we have a Church or some other venue where we attend; all of us have a stake on this struggle, more aptly to call it a war, it is a very old war and we have to put an end to it with a clear objective: Health Care Reform with A Robust Public Option - LET THE COMPETITION COMMENCE AND LET THE BEST PROVIDER OF HEALTH SERVICES WIN.

Many Right Wingers and many in what passes as the Republican Party, are saying that they want their country back, eh? Hellooooo? We are the majority, we won the elections, isn't this still a Democracy? C'mon, who is really in danger of losing the Country? I don't really mean losing our Country, but hey! I'm told that elections matter and as the gullible and idealistic soul that I am, I believed it, I opened my meager check account, gave tons of my time, a lot of it from my sleeping time to help elect Barack Obama and to give the Democrats a majority, candidate Obama said that I could own a piece of the campaign, President Obama confirmed that I do own a piece of it - I'll march.

I want to tell my President, to my Representatives who are sticking for our best interests, you are not alone, I may be only one, but I'm with you and I'll say it by making contact with the soles of my shoes to the street's pavement on Labor Day Weekend, Monday for sure, but I'd love to also March on Saturday and on Sunday no matter how long my tired 60 year old bones take to recover.

Target: Labor Day Weekend, plenty of time to ask other people if they want to do the same, time for them to, in turn, ask others if they want to do the same, time for them to also ask others if they want to do the same, and so forth, and so on.

If many more would make their own commitment and resolve to also do something, it would be magic all over again.

"WE ARE THE ONES WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR"

YES WE CAN, SI SE PUEDE!

MAY DAY 2009: "No swine flu, nor rain, intimidated or cowed us. WE MARCHED!!!"

Ni la lluvia ni el temor nos intimidaron o acobardaron y la Influenza Porcina nos hizo lo que el Viento a Juárez - MARCHAMOS!!!

First of all, I like to thank you for your help in carrying out this project of tracking the numbers in our May Day 2009 Mobilizations in the US.

This is an incomplete report on the nationwide number of sisters and brothers who marched on May Day 2009, below you will find some numbers.

I take the opportunity to ask you to look at the list of the events which have no data and if you know the numbers for any of those or, if you know of an event which is not listed, please let me know. (Marta Zarate mentions San Bernardino and Perris, I didn't hear of those before, I heard there was an action in Utah but I have not been able to get numbers - Videos have been also hard to come by, I found some that I'm sharing with you and that you can view on the sidebar's FLV Video Player, I know of a couple more that will be added with the ones that I find in the coming days)

On one side, it has been very difficult to compile the numbers, on the other, it has been a very rewarding and fulfilling project, thanks to the opportunity to talk to so many people all across the country coupled to the emails I've received, they have rewarded and re-invigorated me.

A common view and feeling was that, albeit lower turnouts than in previous years, the fact of the matter is that, incomplete as the numbers are, tens of thousands of us marched, rallied or had a vigil for a just and humane cause, that is so much needed for the good of the country and society as a whole, that we had to deal with a Swine Flu [AH1N1] 'campaign of panic' waged in and by the corporatist media, the rain that fell on our heads, a workday and for many, a payday, we did good and if I might add, we've only just began, furthermore on a personal level, the wonderful people I talked to so far, planted in my mind the idea that what we did elevated our actions to subliminal heights.

The rain felt good and energizing, in San Francisco it was a beautiful day, it was raining but it wasn't cold and there was no wind, we had a lot of fun marching, we had a good number of people to start with and along the way more people joined in, while some people were kind of disappointed that many of us left at the conclusion of the March, I didn't, we had a Rally at Dolores Park and a great March, the latter was the main reason why we came out and it was to march, according to the people who were leaving too, it felt good how we braved the misinformation they fed us and the paranoia on the AH1N1 OUTBREAK they attempted to implant on us, in spite of all that, we didn't buy their crap.

Seriously, the numbers on the cases that they give us, do not match the alarming message they send out, plus let's not forget that in the United States alone, 35,000 people a year die of common flu related causes.

Take heart, with 31 events that I have numbers for, I get this nationwide total estimates, a Low of 48,213 and a High of 54,808.
I'd like to remind you that we had aprox. 99 events nationwide and about two thirds have not reported numbers yet.

Thank you all.

I know that I'm not the only one who feels the frustration at the lack of readily available information on our actions, I looked for videos and photos which contained panoramic views of the gatherings to have a chance of counts by averaging grids, much as I searched, there is little of it out there this time - in terms of videos, I got the impression that the regressive anti-immigrant types did take more video than we did.

Therefore, it seems to me that we need to do a better job at covering our events, in the past there have been controversies on the numbers that the police gives and the media releases, we all know that they regularly deflate the numbers and I have to admit that some of us inflate them on occasion.

I believe that it couldn't be too difficult that when we organize an event, much as each of us takes on commitments in groups such as, fundraising, outreach, logistics, program, press, etc., a few organizers could volunteer to learn, or device a way, to count crowds while others would take panoramic-view photos and video in addition to the ones we take to capture the sights and feeling of the crowd.

And, we must absoultely improve our nationwide communications to our networks, that I'm confident will expand, as a matter of fact, it is already happening according to people that I contacted about the numbers of attendees at the events.

If you find strange that Napa CA is listed as CANCELED and you see that 3 people showed up, well, there is a nice and warm story behind it, Marisa Loza, one of the organizers of that action and who provides Immigration Services in that City, was concerned that some people might show up after all, it so happens that during her outreach efforts, she told everybody she talked to, that she'd be there, since it was a last-minute cancellation, she felt that she would feel awful if some people who didn't get the last minute notice, showed up only to find the place empty, it was raining so she dressed accordingly, took her umbrella and went there where she was joined by two people, they waited for almost an hour under the rain until they felt sure nobody else would show up.

Afterwards, they went to a cafe where they found a poetry reading session, they heard this young man, a teenager, recite one of his own powerful pro immigrant poems, Marisa went to talk to him for awhile and, always and activist organizer, asked him if it was O.K. to contact him to be a speaker in the next event they hold, he said yes.

Oh yeah, about the 3 people listed, as I told Marisa, you and two other people were there, therefore, that makes 3 attendees.
(There are other not so uplifting turns and twists to the Napa story, but I should let the people involved tell it themselves and in their own time, all I can tell you is that it is about lack of democratic decision making and communication)

Javier Rodríguez, Coalición 25 De Marzo Director, in an email via my friend Candela A. from Phoenix, shares some info and thoughts with us, some of his numbers do not completely match the ones I have, I just received the email late last night and any corrections and/or incorporations I do, will be updated later on today on the post:

"In San Bernardino we expected a lot more people to join our caravan and we failed, precisely because of the famous flu, the caravan of Perris the same. CHURCHES OUTHERE ANNOUNCED IN their Mass about not going out, not go to where there were many people, ETC, FURTHERMORE, THEY CANCELLED ALL THE MEETINGS OF THE CHURCHES"

--- Rosa Martha Zarate Braceros of The North

Javier gives us a little rundown on what info he has and also gives his analytical rundown on the questions out there and that we all have heard:

Definitely there are several criteria on reading May 1st 2009. In Los Angeles, the approximate combined total for all the protests were around 10,000. Understanding that organizational and political conditions are not accurate for each city or region, not bad if you read the results at the national level. In Texas were 7 to 10 cities and in San Antonio only 300 arrived (Ruben Solis), there is where the first fatality for swine influenza happened. In the past, the movement there has been strong immigrant mobilizations of up to 75,000 protesters. Colorado, which has also raised 75,000 a few came out in Greeley. Chicago, with a pact of unity, according to one of the factions, they reached 15,000 and still no panoramic photos of the event. In San Francisco, the capital of progressive trade unionism and politics in the Southwest, there were hundreds. But the small city of Tucson exploded with 10,000 according to compañeros. In Detroit was not bad either with 5,000 and still we don't have the results of other major metropolis like New York. We don't have the nationwide total either, but the political impact of the process, during the journey on a national level, peeked in various instances and the first indicator after the 1st, emerged with a strong editorial in the NY Times.

I don't know where did Javier got the numbers from SF, the people I asked with the exception of one who said hundreds, said numbers at the very least above 1,500 - Finally, one of the comrades I asked, promised last night to send me a panoramic photo he took so I can have a good look and get a better feel for the SF numbers.

Here are a few things I was told:

Hola Aurora -

We had about 300 in Miami...wish it was bigger, but it was great to unite unions and the struggle for legalization. :)

In Solidarity,
Katherine

I'd say in Memphis there were a good 15 people. Nice turnout for us--first time!!

Take care,
Sally.

Mark from Miami writes:

.Our best guess is between 250 and 300, much smaller than we were
expecting. Still, it was bigger than last year, and in the heart of
downtown Miami, where the right-wing Cubans have run things for so
long.

http://www.miamiherald.com/460/story/1028514.html

A sample of how the media tends to deflate the numbers:

Aurora-

For the event we put on in NJ, AP says 225. FIRM blog has it at 700. Probably more like 300-350.


Lou.

A very dear friend of mine who is a Mexica Dancer (Aztec), send me her number of the Rally in Hayward and a bit more info:

hi, when we got there around 1:30 there were maybe 100 people around, i'm not good at counting, just sitting there like they were waiting for something. it had been raining all morning.

so i talked to ramon, our contact, and we started; i drummed and we had 3 dancers. there were about 20 kids from tennyson, which is where we practice, so they were excited to see us (though can't ever get those teens to go to practica). much smaller than previous years and they didn't have a mic or anything. i thought there would be people giving speeches or something, but when we left it seemed like they were waiting for something. (we had to leave right away to p/u kids from school).
hope this helps you.
sf

Adel from the Silicon Valley / San Jose March also with a glimpse of what the media does when reporting numbers and why we need to get going and do a better job at documenting our actions ourselves:

Media reported 1K, but I think it was 3K. We walked a very busy street and it only got bigger as we proceeded..

Well done but I'm confident that in the next mobilization we will do waaaay better.

In Fraternal Solidarity,

Aurora Grajeda

SFCA 050609

Table 1 shows the numbers that I got so far, it is sorted first by State and then by City, I believe it lists 31 events out of more than one hundred that took place..

Phoenix, AZ - May 2 Marcha	AZ	2,000	TO	3,000
Tucson, AZ - Marcha y mitin	AZ	10,000	TO	10,000
Fresno, CA Eaton Plaza March	CA	250	TO	250
HAYWARD, CA - March & Rally	CA	100	TO	100
Los Angeles, CA March by MIWON	CA	5,000	TO	5,000
Los Angeles, CA Marcha, Olympic/Broadway	CA	1,500	TO	1,500
NAPA, CA - Vigilia / Vigil	CA	3	TO	3	* CANCELLED
Riverside, CA March	CA	350	TO	350
San Diego, CA - Rally - City College	CA	250	TO	250
San Francisco, CA: March And Rally	CA	3,000	TO	4,000	* ?
San Jose, CA: March	CA	2,800	TO	3,500
Santa Rosa, CA - Marcha	CA	400	TO	500
Greeley, CO, May 2nd Unity March	CO	1,500	TO	2,000
Washington D.C Rally - Malcolm X Park	DC	1,500	TO	2,000
MIAMI, FL Downtown Miami	FL	300	TO	300
Tampa, FL - RALLY	FL	40	TO	40
Chicago, IL MARCH, MARCHA	IL	8,000	TO	10,000
Louisville, KY: May Day Rally	KY	450	TO	500
Boston, MA - March and Rally	MA	500	TO	500
E. Boston, MA Mitin y marcha	MA	1,000	TO	1,000
Detroit, MI - 4th Grand Peaceful March	MI	5,000	TO	5,000
Minneapolis, MNMarch & street festival	MN	500	TO	500
New Hampshire, NH	NH	60	TO	60
Jersey City, NJ ABRIL 29 Rally	NJ	300	TO	350
Newark, New Jersey - Rally	NJ	700	TO	700
Las Vegas, NV: March	NV	1,500	TO	2,000
New York, NY - Rally Union Square	NY	500	TO	500
Memphis, TN -	TN	15	TO	15	* First Time!!!
Austin, TX	TX	300	TO	500
Dallas, Tejas - Marcha	TX	80	TO	90
SAN ANTONIO, TX	TX	300	TO	300

Table 2 gives a Low and a High Estimates (Sorted by State)

EVENTS BY STATE	Events		Low Est.	To	High Est.
Arizona =	2	AZ Total =	12,000	to	13,000
California =	35	CA Total =	13,653	to	15,453
Colorado =	3	CO Total =	1,500	to	2,000
DC =	2	DC Total =	1,500	to	2,000
Florida =	12	FL Total =	340	to	340
Georgia =	1	GA Total =	0	to	0
Illinois =	1	IL Total =	8,000	to	10,000
Indiana =	1	IN Total =	0	to	0
Kansas =	1	KS Total =	0	to	0
Kentucky =	2	KY Total =	450	to	500
Massachusetts =	3	MA Total =	1,500	to	1,500
Michigan =	2	MI Total =	5,000	to	5,000
Minnesota =	1	MN Total =	500	to	500
Nevada =	1	NV Total =	1,500	to	2,000
New Hampshire =	1	NH Total =	60	to	60
New Jersey =	3	NJ Total =	1,000	to	1,050
New Mexico =	2	NM Total =	0	to	0
New York =	3	NY Total =	500	to	500
North Carolina =	2	NC Total =	0	to	0
Oregon =	2	OR Total =	0	to	0
Pennsylvania =	2	PA Total =	0	to	0
Rhode Island =	1	RI Total =	0	to	0
Tennessee =	1	WI Total =	15	to	15
Texas =	6	TX Total =	680	to	890
Vermont =	1	VT Total =	0	to	0
Washington =	5	WA Total =	0	to	0
Wisconsin =	3	TN Total =	15	to	15
Total # of events =	99
			Totals so far =	48,213	54,808

Table 3 is a list of events of which I have not received any data, sorted by City.

Berkeley, CA Rally y Marcha - Sproul Plaza al City Hall, 11 AM	CA	No data yet
Cal State Dominguez Hills: Labor and Social Justice Fair Conference	CA	No data yet
Calexico, May 1st Binational immigration symposium Conference - 08:30 AM-08:30 PM	CA	No data yet
Chico, CA Mitin/Marcha - City Hall, 3 - 8 PM	CA	No data yet
Davis, CA Mitin y marcha - UC Davis Campus, 11 – 2 PM	CA	No data yet
Farmersville, CA - Marcha - Parque Memorial 4 PM	CA	No data yet
Fort Bragg, CA - Marcha, Tienda La Bamba 9:00 AM	CA	No data yet
Los Angeles, CA ABRIL 30 Immigrant Rights Teach In - Antioch University 2 PM	CA	No data yet
Los Angeles, CA Marcha - Cinco Puntos a City Hall 11 AM	CA	No data yet
Los Angeles, CA Marcha y Mitin - 3rd/Vermont a McArthur Park 2 – 7 PM	CA	No data yet
Madera, CA - Mitin, 5 PM	CA	No data yet
Martinez, CA - Vigilia y marcha, Martinez Marina 5:30 PM	CA	No data yet
Mendota, CA ABRIL 29 Marcha de los Niños - 10 AM	CA	No data yet
Modesto, CA - Mitin - Hatch Road/Crow Landing, 10 AM	CA	No data yet
Modesto, CA ABRIL 29 Rally-March - Gil’s Plaza 3 PM	CA	No data yet
Mountain View, CA Vigilia - The Worker Center, Calvary Church 5 PM	CA	No data yet
Oakland, CA: Program at Fruitvale Plaza 3:30-4:30pm Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum to State Capitol	CA	No data yet
Oakland, CA: Students/Youth MARCH to City Hall! 10:00 AM-01:00 PM GATHER at High St. and International Blvd.	CA	No data yet
Sacramento, CA - Marcha, Hiram Johnson High School a State Capitol 10 AM	CA	No data yet
Salinas, CA - Cuatro marchas - Constitutional y Laurel, 12 PM – 5 PM	CA	No data yet
San Diego, CA - Marcha - Chicano Park a City Hall, 10 AM	CA	No data yet
San Rafael, CA - Vigilia y marcha - Community Center – Canal, 6 AM – 10 AM	CA	No data yet
Santa Barbara, CA - Begins at 6:30pm in Presidio Springs at 721 Laguna Street	CA	No data yet
Santa Cruz, CA: May 1st March & Rally for Immigrant & Worker Rights	CA	No data yet
SFA 'Dine with Dignity' May 1st Campus actions	CA	No data yet
Vancouver CANADA Marcha, Solidaridad con Inmigrantes, Migrantes e Indocumentados- Clark Park a Grandview Park 6 PM	CAN	No data yet
Denver, CO - 12th & Mariposa Lincoln Park 10 AM, Denver, CO is only a meeting point to drive up together to the Greeley's March	CO	No data yet
Longmont, CO: UNITY MARCH - Detention & Deportation - 11:30 AM-01:30 PM - (Unconfirmed event)	CO	No data yet
Washington D.C. ABRIL 30 100TH DAY ACTION IN DC - Detention & Deportation 10:00 AM-03:00 PM	DC	No data yet
Clearwater, FL. Prayer Vigil - 1366 Lakeview Rd., 9:00 pm	FL	No data yet
Dade City, FL. RALLY - Meridian and Seventh Street, 12:00 pm to 2:00pm	FL	No data yet
Fellsmere, FL. RALLY - at City Hall, 5: pm to 7:pm	FL	No data yet
FORT PIERCE, FL. RALLY - 2200 VIRGINIA AVE.- 5-7 PM	FL	No data yet
FORT PIERCE, FL. RALLY - 2200 VIRGINIA AVE.- 5-7 PM	FL	No data yet
Gainesville, FL: Mayday Demonstration - Kirby Smith Community Center, 620 East University Ave - 04:30 PM-06:30 PM	FL	No data yet
Immokalee, FL, RALLY - Immokalee Community Park at 321 1st Street North, 5:30 – 8:30 PM	FL	No data yet
Orlando, FL. RALLY - 101 N. Rosalind Ave. 4:30 to 6:00pm (32801 Lake Eola Park)	FL	No data yet
Sarasota, FL , Reclaim the Streets PARTY - (Meet at) 5 Ponts Park, 3:00pm - 6:00pm	FL	No data yet
West Palm Beach, FL, Letters to Michelle Obama for Mothers Day - Location & Time (Unconfirmed, TB posted later)	FL	No data yet
Atlanta, GA - Begins at 10AM at the Capitol Building on Washington Street	GA	No data yet
Indianapolis, IN Marcha - 5 – 9 PM	IN	No data yet
Wichita, KS: May Day March - City Hall, 455 N. Main Street - 06:00 PM-08:00 PM	KS	No data yet
Louisville, KY Mitin y marcha - Courthouse a Jefferson Park 5 – 7 PM	KY	No data yet
Chelsea, MA Marcha - City Hall a Central Square 2 – 5 PM	MA	No data yet
Kalamazoo, MI: MayDay March - 5:00 pm, St. Joseph Gymnasium, 930 Lake St.	MI	No data yet
Asheville, NC - Begins at 5:30pm in Pack Square, Downtown Asheville	NC	No data yet
Raleigh, NC Manifestación pasiva - Cámara legislativa	NC	No data yet
Elizabeth, NJ Mitin - Warinanco park 11 AM	NJ	No data yet
Albuquerque, NM - March Starts at 4:30pm at Holy Rosary Church, 5525 Fortuna Road - Tiguex Park 3 – 5 PM	NM	No data yet
Santa Fe, NM - Marcha - Downtown – De Vargas Park 4 – 7 PM	NM	No data yet
New York, NY - APRIL 30 Public Forum (For Publico) on the STRIVE Act - LaGuardia Community College 1 – 2:30 PM	NY	No data yet
New York, NY - MayDay Rally & March for Workers & Immigrant Rights, Union Square 04:00 PM-06:30 PM	NY	No data yet
Portland, OR March & Rally - South Park Blocks, SW Salmon and SW Park, 1pm Posters & Party, 4pm – Speakers & Entertainment	OR	No data yet
Salem, OR: Unity March - Rally and March for Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Oregon State Capitol - 11:00 AM-03:00 PM	OR	No data yet
Philadelphia, PA - Elmwood Park @ South 71st St. and Buist Ave, Southwest Philly NOON TO 2 PM	PA	No data yet
PITTSBURGH, PA: - 4:00 p.m. Vigil at ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL, 2ND AVE - 5:00 p.m. March for Immigrants' Rights	PA	No data yet
Providence, Rhode Island - Rally outside of the USCIS office at 3:30pm	RI	No data yet
El Paso, TX - Gather at the corner of Mills and Walnut at 4:30pm and march to downtown - Placita de los Lagartos	TX	No data yet
McAllen, TX Marcha - Municipal Park 6 PM	TX	No data yet
San Antonio, TX - Mitin y marcha, Plaza del Zacate 12 PM – 7 PM	TX	No data yet
Montpelier, VT: Rally - Vermont Statehouse, 111 State St. - 12:00 PM-03:00 PM	VT	No data yet
Forks, WA - March, Rally, and Potluck, Saturday, May 2 Saturday, May 2 - Saturday, May 2, Starting at noon at Tillicum Park	WA	No data yet
Mt. Vernon, WA Mitin y marcha 11am	WA	No data yet
Olympia, WA BRICK’s 6th Annual May Day Hoe Down (Bust the Banks!) @ SPSCC Gymnasium, 2011 Mottman Rd SW 7pm-Midnight	WA	No data yet
Seattle, WA: 9th Annual May 1st March & Rally - Rally 3:30PM Judkins Playfield (behind St. Marys Church)	WA	No data yet
Yakima, WA Marcha - Miller Park 3:30 PM	WA	No data yet
Madison WI March for the poor, immigrants & workers - 11:00 a.m. Gathering at Brittingham Park	WI	No data yet
Madison WI Marcha y Mitin - Capitolio estatal 12 PM	WI	No data yet
Milwaukee, WI: Statewide Immigrant & Labor Rights March - Depart from 5th and Washington Streets 12:00 PM-02:00 PM	WI	No data yet
Bellingham, WA Mitin - Cornwall Park 12-6	WS	No data yet