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First Wise Intelligent, Now Hip Hop pioneer Paradise of X-Clan get arrested on trumped up charges

From Davey D's Hip Hop Corner Yesterday I received several disturbing phone calls from the city of Pittsburgh informing me that Hip Hop pioneer and X-Clan member Paradise Gray the Architect was falsely arrested by a police department that seemed bent on targeting him. The details are still coming in but from what was co… Continue

Added by Amanda Shauger on July 18, 2009 at 3:58am — No Comments

Listen to Civil Rights Pioneer Dr. Bernard LaFayette

KUAZ rebroadcast Laura Markowitz's February interview with Civil Rights Pioneer Dr. Bernard LaFayette. Dr. LaFayette conducted two public lectures while he was in Tucson and a nonviolence training for 180 middle school, high school and college aged youth. Currently, the Tucson Nonviolence Legacy Project is fund raising… Continue

Added by Amanda Shauger on June 19, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Support Tucson Ethnic Studies Department~

Support TUSD Ethnic Studies department! No to SB 1069! Tuesday, June 23rd Rally 5:30 pm TUSD department 1010 E 10th St Tucson, AZ Monday (06/15/09), the AZ Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Anti-Ethnic Studies Bill SB 1069 with a 4-3 vote. The next step in the process is that SB 1069 will now go to the Senate Rules Committee for further review. Please support the ethnic studies department and voice your opposition against SB 1069 during the TUSD board meeting on Tuesday, June 23. We need… Continue

Added by Amanda Shauger on June 17, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

No More Deaths Desert Aid Camp to Open for 6th Consecutive Summer

No More Deaths Desert Aid Camp to Open for 6th Consecutive Summer Sunday, June 7, 4pm - evening Arivaca, Arizona Tucson-based humanitarian aid group No More Deaths invites friends, supporters and media to the opening ceremony of their Arivaca Desert Aid Camp. This will mark the beginning of the sixth summer the grou… Continue

Added by Amanda Shauger on June 6, 2009 at 1:09pm — No Comments

Immigrant rights advocate Walter Staton convicted for littering Arizona desert

Here's a story that I produced today for Free Speech Radio News . A federal jury in Tucson, Arizona has convicted No More Death volunteer Walter Staton for “knowingly littering” when he placed gallon jugs of water along heavily traveled migrant trails. Thousands of migrants have died along the US Mexico border since the 1990s when border… Continue

Added by Amanda Shauger on June 4, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Jury resumes deliberation Wednesday Morning at 9:30 am in Federal Trial against Humanitarian Walt Staton in Tucson

No More Deaths Humanitarian Walt Staton was cited for "knowingly littering" on December 4, 2008 while he and 3 others were putting out water on the Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge. 79 people have died in the desert in the Tucson sector along the US Mexico Border since October 1, 2008 mainly due to dehydration. After a two day trial, the jury went into deliberation Tuesday around 4 p… Continue

Added by Amanda Shauger on June 3, 2009 at 12:02am — No Comments

Federal Trial Against Humanitarian Begins June 1

No More Deaths Volunteer Walt Staton is on trial today for littering. He was placing jugs of water in the desert to help save the lives of migrants. Over 5000 men, women and children have died along the US Mexican Border since 1994. 79 have died in the Tucson sector since October 1, 2008. Federal Trial Against Humanitarian Begins June 1 Who: No More Deaths volunteer Walter St… Continue

Added by Amanda Shauger on June 1, 2009 at 3:10pm — No Comments

Hard Truth Soldiers Tour @ Rialto Theater May 8th in Tucson- Maybe coming to a city near you!

Paris, Talib Kweli, dead prez and others on 2009's Biggest Hip-Hop Tour April 23, 2009, San Francisco, CA - Rapper/activist Paris' Guerrilla Funk Touring and Promotions, LLC officially launches this year's biggest hip-hop concert series, the Hard Truth Soldiers Tour 2009, on May 1st in Eureka, CA. Boasting an impressive 45-city schedule, the tour is not only noteworthy for its scope, but for its lineup of today's most focused and socially aware hardcore hip-hop talent - talent which includes Pa… Continue

Added by Amanda Shauger on April 25, 2009 at 4:34pm — 1 Comment

The Migrant Trail: We Walk for Life May 25- 31, 2009

The Migrant Trail: We Walk for Life May 25- 31, 2009 Join us for the sixth annual 75-mile journey from Sásabe, Sonora to Tucson, Arizona in solidarity with our migrant sisters and brothers who have walked this trail and lost their lives. We bear witness to the lives that are lost,… Continue

Added by Amanda Shauger on April 7, 2009 at 9:43pm — No Comments

Reclaiming Our Rights! ¡Reclamando Nuestros Derechos!

May 1st

March and Rally For Immigrant and Worker Rights! FREE FOOD MUSIC SPEAKERS Friday, May 1, 2009 Rally: 9:00am Southgate Shopping Center (I-10 and 6th Avenue) March: 10:00am to Armory Park (220 S. 5th Avenue) Stop the Raids and Deportations Stop the criminalization of immigr… Continue

Added by Amanda Shauger on April 7, 2009 at 9:24pm — No Comments

ARIZONA JURY FINDS VIGILANTE RANCHER LIABLE FOR ATTACK ON IMMIGRANTS

ARIZONA JURY FINDS VIGILANTE RANCHER LIABLE FOR ATTACK ON IMMIGRANTS MALDEF hails verdict as fair outcome for immigrant plaintiffs TUCSON, AZ - A civil jury held today that a vigilante rancher operating along the Arizona-Mexico border is liable for assaulting and intentionally inflicting emotional distress on a group of immigrants he found on public land. The plaintiffs were resting in a wash in Douglas, Arizona when they were accosted by defendant Roger Barnett who was armed with a gun and a… Continue

Added by Amanda Shauger on February 18, 2009 at 1:49am — No Comments

Judiciary Committee Members Call for Investigation of Sheriff Arpaio's Disregard for Rights of Hispanic Residents

Contact: Jonathan Godfrey (Conyers) 202-226-6888, Pedro Riberio (Lofgren) 202-225-3072, Ilan Kayatsky (Nadler) 212-367-7350, Larry Dillard (Scott) 202-225-8351 Friday, February 13, 2009 Judiciary Committee Members Call for Investigation of Sheriff Arpaio's Disregard for Rights of Hispanic Residents (Washington)-- House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), and Immigration Subcommittee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Constitution Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler… Continue

Added by Amanda Shauger on February 13, 2009 at 9:38pm — No Comments

Keep The Momentum Rolling!

From ACORN: I am writing with great news! Civil rights stalwart John Conyers, the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee in the US Congress, has taken a major step in stopping Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of terror. Responding to concerns raised by Arizona ACORN members through street protests and in meetings with his staff over the past week, Chairman Conyers has issued a request that Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano investigate She… Continue

Added by Amanda Shauger on February 13, 2009 at 9:30pm — 3 Comments

Stop the Circus: Hip-Hop Against Arpaio

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Added by Amanda Shauger on February 9, 2009 at 3:13am — No Comments

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