DRUM Beat (Winter 2006)
The Winter 2006 issue of Drumbeat (Vol. 3, No. 1), the official organ of the New York-based DRUM (Desis Rising Up & Moving) organization. Articles from the issue focus on issues of immigrant rights, as well as drawing connections between movements in Palestine and along the US-Mexico border.
Photograph of DRUM Action
Photograph of a community march and mela for immigrant rights, and against Special Registrations, detention, and deportations. Members of Nodutdo for Korean Community Development, CAAAV, and other allied organizations marched alongside DRUM in the action.
DRUM Newz (Volume 1, Issue 1)
DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving) newsletter published July 2001. Articles include ‘Race Riots in Britain’, ‘When Rich Bhatia Exploits, Domestic Workers Organize’, and other various articles concerning South Asian news.
"Se los tragó la migra"
Front page of the January 22, 2002 issue of El Diario, entitled "Se los tragó la migra," or “Immigration swallowed them.” The article, written in Spanish, shows protesters demanding to know the whereabouts of their loved ones, who were detained in the immediate aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks. It notes the particular focus of the FBI and INS on men of Pakistani origin.
Photograph of DRUM Community Accountability Forum
Photograph of Zara Khan, a mother of a detainee and DRUM volunteer, at a community forum organized as part of DRUM's "Stop the Disappearances Campaign" in response to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) special registration program.