'mayday' videos 
May Day Immigrants' Rights March in San Jose (2nd set of 2 videos)
San Jose, California (May 1, 2006) – A crowd estimated at 100,000 came out to the streets of San Jose to march for immigrants rights. Each of the two videos is between 10-20 seconds each.
NYC: Mayday Union Square
NYC Union Square migrant rights mobilization - email if you have problems viewing or would like a copy. By Diane Krauthamer
May Day - San Francisco - Market Street
Gran Paro Americano: Up Market St. to City Hall. Three-minute QT movie. 20MB.
LAPD swarm and beat/kick an unarmed protestor.
Perhaps one of the most frightening things I've ever seen, the police storm the protestors again for the second time. Watch closely; you'll see one Hispanic male start to run, and then you'll see the LAPD pick one guy and begin to hail him with clubs and kicks. He falls to the ground, assumes the fetal position, and continues to get beat/kicked for another 10-15 seconds. Watch the LAPD and the sheriffs throw people out of the way who try to come to this guy's aid. He was bleeding quite a bit from his head, but I couldn't get close enough to film that. One of the sheriff's had a billy club pointed at me. The worst part of this video is when the group who are helping the wounded man out of the way. Watch closely and you can see an LAPD officer run in and hit an innocent good samaritan with his/her club. Disgusting.
NYC MAYDAY
by meerkatmedia collective Meerkatmedia Collective's take on the demonstrations in New York City on Mayday 01-05-06.
March for Immigrant's Rights in Santa Cruz, CA
Video clips from the May Day marches in Santa Cruz. For still pics, check out www.keepsantacruzweird.com/mayday/mayday.html. -Kathy
Primero de Mayo (2006)
NYC mayday 2006, march for migrant rights. With Star Spangled Banner in Spanish.
Richmond marchers fill the streets in San Francisco and Richmond!!!!
Richmond marchers fill the streets in San Francisco and Richmond!!!!
LA: Mayday march down Wilshire
This march was so large it is hard to capture in video. But imagine over 4 miles of Wilshire Blvd packed with people shoulder to shoulder as far as the eye can see in both directions.
May Day 2006 NYC
My short video from Union Square, New York City during the Immigrant Reform rally on May 1, 2006
Si Se Puede! Marching for Immigrant Rights
Andy Carvin's four-minute video of the May 1 immigrant rights protests that took place in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts. The video follows a group of 1,000 protesters from their rally at Harvard and along their four-mile march to Boston Common.
Rally at Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio May 1st for Immigrants Rights
This is a short video clip created by Columbus Indymedia covering the rally by students and immigrants rights activists at the Ohio State university. There is footage of a couple of students arguing about the issues and a couple of speakers.
Police advance on protestors for the first time.
Not 60 seconds after I finished shooting the last video, the police ran towards all of us in the crowd. If you watch the first video ("Standoff Between Peaceful Protestors and LAPD"), you can see how close I was to both groups. Actually, I was right in between them. I started running when I saw the LAPD barge towards us with billy clubs in hand. One guy in a white shirt (Miguel, the guy in the end of the video) stood his ground with his hands in the air. He was beat on his legs, back, arms, and stomach 15-20 times. He did not fight back. His message at the end is pretty poignant.
Police Clear 1st and Main
LAPD announce that the gathering of people at 1st and Main is 'illegal.' This is a prelude to them clearing the street. They have 'less lethal' weapons, tear gas guns, etc.
Si Se Puede! Marching for Immigrant Rights
Video from the May 1 immigrant rights protests that took place in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts. The video follows a group of 1,000 protesters from their rally at Harvard and along their four-mile march to Boston Common.
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