Tacoma, Wash. — Demonstrators protested migrant detention and deportations on Nov. 1, the Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos — the Latino/a counterpart to Halloween — in Tacoma. The four-day occupation outside the NW (immigrant) Detention Center was greeted by news from inside that 200 prisoners had just gone on hunger strike to protest brutal conditions.
The prisoners’ organization, Colectivo de Detenidos, had called the strike. These prisoners are continuing a struggle they have waged all year with numerous hunger strikes. Prisoners have been tortured by means of lack of medical care, along with other abuses.
NWDC Resistance/Resistencia organized the solidarity action in front of the prison. It included a Day of the Dead procession with demonstrators carrying coffins marked with the name of the prison private contractor, Geo. There was a House of Horrors the same size as a solitary confinement cell.
During the protest, there were family- friendly activities for families and other loved ones visiting prisoners those days.
The student uprising that began at Columbia University in New York City on April 17…
Let’s make it clear from the top that it is perfectly legal, normal and excellent…
In celebration of May Day, hundreds of home attendants and others held a rally in…
1 de mayo de 2024 – Si alguien se hace ilusiones de que Estados Unidos…
Anyone who thinks that the U.S. policy of continued arming and fully supporting the Israeli…
This appeal was sent to Workers World by Marcia De Campos Pereira in Brazil, former…