On Tue, 2 May 2006, Seth Ackerman wrote:
>> will these immigrants be like those of the earliest 20th century who
>> brought radical politics with them and shook up the natives' torpor?
>
> What are the politics of the immigrants at the demos?
David Bacon had a pretty interesting article almost a year ago on how immigrant communities that had been radicalized over a long process in Mexico and Guatemala had reconstituted themselves whole over here and brought their politics with them. If you have a Nation subscription, it's available in the archives here:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051024/bacon
If not, available from me offline. It's too long to post.
Michael