the Painting Activist

I was surprised to hear on an NPR program yesterday that LA Times reporter, Gustavo Arellano, thought this year’s May Day marches were subdued in contrast to 2006 “because there’s no need. La lucha — the struggle — is almost over.”  Wow!  We may be making progress, but I’m not sure I would go that far.  I was especially surprised to find that Arellano himself is the son of an illegal immigrant who crossed the border in the trunk of a Chevy.

The reporter did list successes on the immigration front, but feels confident that immigration raids did not keep protesters at home, nor was it simply an impossible feat to reenact lat year’s tremendous demonstration.

Here are Arellano’s fleshed-out thoughts in his LA Times article, “Many migrant marchers have moved on.  If you’re like me, you’d rather listen (so you can multi-task) than read, so here is the NPR interview with Arellano.

What do you think?  Have changes been made?