]> http://www.modestofamous.com/taxonomy/term/494/0 en http://www.modestofamous.com/node/4171 <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="flexinode-3-start"><label>Start: </label>May 1 2008 - 8:00am</div></div> <div class="event-nodeapi"><div class="flexinode-3-end"><label>End: </label>May 1 2008 - 12:00pm</div></div> <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-3"><div class="flexinode-checkbox-21"><div class="form-item"> <label>Free:</label><br /> Yes </div> </div></div> 37.609648 -120.996045 immigrants march May Day modesto Politics protest rally rights South Side Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:34:24 -0400 http://www.modestofamous.com/node/276 <p>In America May 1st is May Day, International Workers' Day, a day to celebrate the rights gained by our labor movement. In Modesto this year immigrants took to the streets to protect themselves from becoming felons. They called the day of protesting, 'A Day Without an Immigrant.' The protest here and others like it across the nation, big and small, were made up mostly of Mexican Immigrants. All immigrant shops were to be closed and boycott was raised on buying any goods.</p> <p>In my humble opinion, as the grandson of immigrants myself, I think we should stand by every immigrant. This is a land of immigrants.</p> <p>"Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..."</p> <p>Click on the link below to view my photos:</p> A Day Without an Immigrant Downtown Immigrant May Day Modesto Politics Tue, 02 May 2006 02:47:55 -0400