Phoenix Getting into Phoenix on Wednesday morning, we went by the big church rally with Rev. Al Sharpton where many groups announced their pledges of opposition to the anti-immigrant, racial profiling bill, SB 1070. By the end of that evening 10000 had marched to the State Capitol in protest. This is an everyday event here. …
Category: Protests
Frances Gomez, Foreclosure Exception or Rule
Phoenix I spent most of the day in meeting with Frances Gomez, her brother, and Teresa Castro, talking about her case and what could be done to resist foreclosures and win real relief for tens of thousands of homeowners facing this catastrophe because of federal and banking inaction here where this problem is ground zero …
Alto Arizona
New Orleans Alto Arizona is the Spanish. STOP ARIZONA is the English. We need to join together to try and stop Arizona from trying its darnedest to enact the most repressive, terroristic, anti-immigrant legislation in the country. If Governor Brewer signs this legislation, it turns racial profiling from a tendency to an legal obligation in …