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EVENTS ILLEGAL PEOPLE "HOW GLOBALIZATION CREATES MIGRATION AND CRIMINALIZES IMMIGRANTS" David Bacon This event is sponsored by Jamaica Plain Forum, MIRA, The Institute for Policy Studies, the Center to Support Immigrant Organizing, and Bacon Press The Longest Walk: Boston to New Haven in Solidarity with the Undocumented Jim's walk updates and press coverage
On Monday, August 4th, Jim Harney will begin a walk from Boston to NewHaven via New Bedford, site of the region's largest immigration raid in March 2007 to highlight the plight of immigrants. Planning to be on the road for sixweeks, the 68 year-old Maine activist will be stopping in towns along the way,speaking in churches and schools about the global economy and why migrantscontinue to make the dangerous journey north, risking life and limb.
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