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Nothing gringo on May 1
#5515252 - 04/14/06 09:28 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/14/mexico.boycott.ap/index.html
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- "The Great American Boycott" is spreading south of the border, as activists call for Mexicans to boycott U.S. businesses on May 1.
The protest is timed to coincide with a May 1 boycott of work and shopping in the United States that also has been dubbed "A Day Without Immigrants." The boycott, which grew out of huge pro-migrant marches across the United States, is designed to pressure Congress to legalize millions of undocumented people.
Mexican unions, political and community groups, newspaper columnists and even some Mexican government offices have joined the call in recent days.
"Remember, nothing gringo on May 1," advises one of the many e-mails being circulated among Internet users in Mexico.
"On May 1, people shouldn't buy anything from the interminable list of American businesses in Mexico," reads another. "That means no Dunkin' Donuts, no McDonald's, Burger King, Starbucks, Sears, Krispy Kreme or Wal-Mart."
For some it's a way to express anti-U.S. sentiment, while others see it as part of a cross-border, Mexican-power lobby.
In some cases, advocates incorrectly identified firms as American -- Sears stores in Mexico, for example, have been owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim since 1997.
And ironically, the protest targets the U.S. business community, which is one of the strongest supporters of legalization or guest-worker programs.
"At the end of the day, boycotting would only hurt corporations that are backing what people want done in the immigration bill," said Larry Rubin, CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico. Rubin is encouraging people to write to their legislators instead of boycotting.
Roberto Vigil of the California-based immigrants rights group Hermandad Mexicana said his group has asked some of Mexico's largest labor unions to back the protest. Elias Bermudez, president of the Phoenix-based Immigrants Without Borders, is actively promoting the boycott in interviews with Mexican radio and television stations.
Mexican groups are responding. Pablo Gonzalez, spokesman for one of Mexico's largest labor unions, the Federation of Revolutionary Workers and Farmers, said his organization will support a boycott against "at least four of the most important U.S. firms, among them Wal-Mart," Mexico's largest retailer.
Two other major labor groups -- the telephone workers' and auto workers' unions -- also are expected to join, Vigil said.
Even parts of the Mexican government have signed onto the protest.
"We are not going to be buying any products from the United States on May 1," said Lolita Parkinson, national coordinator for the National Board of State Offices on Attention for Migrants, which represents state government-run migrant aid offices.
For some, the boycott is fueled not just by debate on the immigration bill, but by long-standing resentment over the perceived mistreatment of Mexicans in the United States.
"We want to show the power we have as Mexicans," said Carlos Chavez y Pacho, vice president of the chamber of commerce in Piedras Negras, across from Eagle Pass, Texas. Chavez y Pacho is also urging Mexicans not to shop in U.S. border cities on May 1, in part to protest what he calls arrogant behavior by U.S. customs officials and border officers.
Rafael Ruiz Harrell, who writes a column in the Mexico City newspaper Metro, predicted the boycott could give rise to a broader, pan-Latino movement.
"If we could get all of Latin America, for one day, to leave the U.S. firms without customers, we would be sending the kind of clear message they seem incapable of understanding," he wrote.
Instead of not buying american products, maybe they should just not come to america illegally.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: 1stimer]
#5515474 - 04/14/06 10:35 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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so basically they won't buy anything!?
it's not like anything is actually made in mexico.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: 1stimer]
#5515480 - 04/14/06 10:37 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Instead of not buying american products, maybe they should just not come to america illegally.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: Redstorm]
#5516454 - 04/14/06 04:01 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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We should invade Mexico and annex it to the USA. That way they will all be US citizens.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: 1stimer]
#5516911 - 04/14/06 07:02 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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gringos...
if you want to boycott stuff made by mexicans for a day... don't eat anything.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: 1stimer]
#5517713 - 04/15/06 12:34 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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That does it.
I'm boycotting Taco Bell.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: wilshire]
#5517725 - 04/15/06 12:38 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Brownies.....
how bout they go back to mexico and boycott america from there.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: 1stimer]
#5518189 - 04/15/06 07:30 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Is "Gringo" a derogatory term for Americans?
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: Basilides]
#5518217 - 04/15/06 07:54 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Basilides said: Is "Gringo" a derogatory term for Americans?
I don't know if it is derogatory...but it is a Mexican reference for white people.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: RandalFlagg]
#5518230 - 04/15/06 08:03 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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screw thme beaners south of the border is that way man.. they dont want to support the american industries that are down there.. lets pull all the american business and industries back into the states and give the jobs to people who really need them (people on welfare and such).. and then see how well the mexican economy does.. they will be begging for aid and us to put the businesses back..
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1stimer
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Quote:
Brownies.....
how bout they go back to mexico and boycott america from there.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: 1stimer]
#5519655 - 04/15/06 10:38 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I don't like how they have dubbed this , "A day without immigrants." A deliberate attempt to mislead in my opinion.
I don't know of anybody who has any problems with immigrants; legal, documented immigrants that is.
It is the illegal ones that must be stopped and who are causing so many problems.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: Basilides]
#5519689 - 04/15/06 10:45 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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For any white American.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: bukkake]
#5519774 - 04/15/06 11:08 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Or for any legal immigrant.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: Redstorm]
#5520278 - 04/16/06 05:57 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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i wasnt aware we had any exports other than military.... so what exactly are they going to boycott? american cars? hah.. electronics? hah...
we get all of our shit from china anyways.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: 1stimer]
#5520358 - 04/16/06 07:39 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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They should stop buying from billionaires. Who cares what color/nationality they are?
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: Baby_Hitler]
#5520663 - 04/16/06 11:01 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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i agree. everytime there was a "boycott" day, wouldnt it make more sense to focus not on a boycott, but on setting up a foundation for their own economy. even if that just means they all decide to grow diff types of food and trade / etc.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: kotik]
#5520805 - 04/16/06 11:53 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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As long as there is a perceived chance to escape to the US Mexicans will never clean up their own country.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: trauma47645]
#5521036 - 04/16/06 01:38 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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trauma47645 said: screw thme beaners south of the border is that way man.. they dont want to support the american industries that are down there.. lets pull all the american business and industries back into the states and give the jobs to people who really need them (people on welfare and such).. and then see how well the mexican economy does.. they will be begging for aid and us to put the businesses back..
Many people on welfare don't want jobs, they want handouts.
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Re: Nothing gringo on May 1 [Re: zappaisgod]
#5521081 - 04/16/06 01:53 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said: As long as there is a perceived chance to escape to the US Mexicans will never clean up their own country.
thank you. I'm glad someone said this.
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