Vol. 72/No. 39      October 6, 2008

Questions were quick to come from the mostly Mexican workers assembled: “How can we help?” asked one. “We can’t vote here.”

Kennedy responded, “You can find other workers and solidarize with their struggles. And you can come out and campaign with us.”

One worker asked, “What can we do to build a movement?”

“We need to continue the example for all working people of the mobilizations for legalization on May 1. And we need to protest the raids and deportations,” Kennedy said.

During her tour of northern New Jersey, Kennedy addressed a meeting of Casa Freehold September 16. The meeting was attended by some 50 workers, most of them day laborers who have fought there for several years for the right to assemble and organize free of harassment from the police. “Our campaign is looking for fighters like you,” Kennedy said. “What you are doing here sets a real example for all working people.”
 
 
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