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Amnesty International

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Amnesty International Local Chapters Host Localpalooza for Human Rights

    Anamieke Quinn and her band Treasurefruit play Localpalooza at The Sail InnEven if you dont' know exactly what Amnesty International does, chances are you jive with the organization's mission. Tempe and Arizona State University Amnesty International chapters are hoping to gain a little more exposure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2010

    Joe Arpaio Allows Shaun Attwood's Hard Time Into Jail Library

    courtesy of Shaun Attwood Attwood in a PR pic for his new book... Here's a little news for those Sand Land haters out there who've dissed Shaun Attwood's book Hard Time: A Brit in America's Toughest Jail, the subject of my most recent Bird column. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the guy At ... More >>

  • News

    August 26, 2010

    Arpaio's Gulags, As Experienced by a Limey; Plus the Media Chumps Out on the Latest Racist Tea Party

    courtesy of Shaun Attwood Attwood in a PR pic for his new book... Here's a little news for those Sand Land haters out there who've dissed Shaun Attwood's book Hard Time: A Brit in America's Toughest Jail, the subject of my most recent Bird column. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the guy At ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Joe Arpaio's Latest Victim, as Documented by Mother Jones' Aura Bogado

    Aura Bogado David de la Fuente's mother, with a photo of her dead son Sheriff Joe just keeps racking up the victims. The latest report comes courtesy of reporter Aura Bogado in Mother Jones magazine. In her article Hazing Arizona, Bogado details the death by pneumonia of David de la Fuente, ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Badlands: For Those Living in the Arizona County That's Ground Zero for Drug and Human Trafficking Along the Border, the Illegal Immigration Crisis Is Personal

    Aura Bogado David de la Fuente's mother, with a photo of her dead son Sheriff Joe just keeps racking up the victims. The latest report comes courtesy of reporter Aura Bogado in Mother Jones magazine. In her article Hazing Arizona, Bogado details the death by pneumonia of David de la Fuente, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Anti-Flag's Political Punk Rocked Hard

    ​The economy sucks... Let's party!Yes, these are the sentiments of Pittsburgh punkers Anti-Flag. If you know anything about the band, these sentiments shouldn't surprise you. The band has made a mark with their strong political views and activism. In fact, The Economy Sucks, Let's Party! tour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Joe Arpaio on Nightline: Mexicans Bring Disease Into the U.S. (Ahem, Not), and Probably Built His House

    Tonight on ABC's Nightline: Joe spouts more bigoted blather Nightline's piece on our corrupt top constable runs tonight -- you know, the one ABC was working on when they sent Nightline talking head Martin Bashir to Phoenix to cover one of Arpaio's anti-immigrant sweeps last ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Zack de la Rocha Returns to Phoenix January 16 to Lead National Day of Action

    by Ernesto Yerena This time, they're protesting Barack The third time's the charm, and according to civil rights leader Salvador Reza of the Puente Movement, the pleasure will be ours January 16 as Rage Against the Machine/One Day as a Lion frontman Zack de la Rocha returns to the Arizona cap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Joe Arpaio Defiant on 287(g), Vows "Nothing Will Change," Threatens to Deport Mexicans Himself

    Joe tells the feds what they can do with their 287(g) authority... If any pro-immigrant activists or lawyers out there labor under the illusion that ICE's denial of street 287(g) authority to Sheriff Joe Arpaio will put a crimp in his office's persecution of the undocumented in Maric ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Joe Arpaio a "Torturer on U.S. Soil," Says NPR Opinion Piece

    Torturer with a badge? You don't have to convince us...​An opinion piece published yesterday on National Public Radio's Web site, written by Hector Sanchez, Director of Policy and Research for the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, calls Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio "a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Zack de la Rocha Talks 287(g); and a Desperate Letter from Inside Estrella Jail

    Zack talks about Arpaio and 287(g) with artist Ernesto Yerena I'll give you two reasons why demonstrators will be marching May 2 in Phoenix from the Wells Fargo building downtown -- where Sheriff Arpaio maintains two floors of pricey executive offices -- to Joe's Estrella Jail, a hellhole that's ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Take the Power Back: The Schedule for This Weekend's Anti-Arpaio Activities

    courtesy of lafronteratimes.comReady to rage against Arpaio? Boy, are you in luck.Below is the schedule for this weekend's anti-Arpaio/anti-287(g) activities just released by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. Several high-ranking NDLON staff members have re-confirmed that Rage Against the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2008

    One stop shopping for Joe Arpaio foes: Joesgottogo.com.

    courtesy of lafronteratimes.comReady to rage against Arpaio? Boy, are you in luck.Below is the schedule for this weekend's anti-Arpaio/anti-287(g) activities just released by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. Several high-ranking NDLON staff members have re-confirmed that Rage Against the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

    Tucson radio wing nut "Jon Justice" gets panties in twist over Joe Arpaio pinata.

    courtesy of lafronteratimes.comReady to rage against Arpaio? Boy, are you in luck.Below is the schedule for this weekend's anti-Arpaio/anti-287(g) activities just released by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. Several high-ranking NDLON staff members have re-confirmed that Rage Against the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2008

    Barnes and Ignoble: Sheriff Joe Arpaio autographs a book for Scott Norberg, suffocated to death June 1, 1996 in one of Joe's gulags.

    courtesy of lafronteratimes.comReady to rage against Arpaio? Boy, are you in luck.Below is the schedule for this weekend's anti-Arpaio/anti-287(g) activities just released by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. Several high-ranking NDLON staff members have re-confirmed that Rage Against the ... More >>

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    Inhumanity Has a Price

    Corpses, a flesh-eating virus, the most-sued sheriff in America. Lawsuits against Joe Arpaio have cost us $41 million, so far

  • News

    June 21, 2007

    Taser Aftershock!

    Turns out much-maligned stun guns are a good thing overall

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2007

    Ankarlo Kisses Arpaio's Ass

    Turns out much-maligned stun guns are a good thing overall

  • News

    December 21, 2006

    Joe Strikes Back

    This vigilant vulture crafts a Christmas card to Sheriff Joe, as the Pinal County Attorney's Office threatens to seek a felony indictment against New Times

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Reality Check

    Let's get this straight: Lots of voters think Janet Napolitano's a closeted lesbian, but she's against Prop 107 and gay marriage?!

  • News

    March 16, 2006

    Death Sentence

    Maricopa County jail personnel handled an unruly prisoner so harshly that he died. So what else is new?

  • Music

    April 14, 2005

    Reindeer Tiger Team

    Reindeer Tiger Team
    (self-released)

  • News

    January 13, 2005

    Letters

    Letters from the week of January 13, 2005

  • News

    August 19, 2004

    Special Treatment

    Is justice for sale? Ask privileged characters like Jerry Colangelo

  • News

    June 24, 2004

    In the Crosshairs

    County lawmen boffing hookers isn't Sheriff Joe's only problem. Fed up with his thuggery, Arpaio's own political party has targeted him for defeat

  • Music

    November 27, 2003

    GFB The Movement

    Undestroyable (Movement Music Records)

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    Dead Men Talking

    The ACLU is fighting a state law that keeps death row inmates off the Web

  • News

    June 27, 2002

    Federal Inquiry

    Justice Department examines conditions at state youth facilities

  • Culture

    December 6, 2001

    Hunger Strike

    Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

  • News

    August 16, 2001

    Shocking Accusations

    Is Scottsdale weapons manufacturer Taser International saving lives or supplying tools for torturers?

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    Letters

    09-21-2000

  • News

    January 6, 2000

    Time Transients

    A new millennium in Phoenix, where the motorist in the next lane is your auld acquaintance

  • Music

    October 14, 1999

    Soul Crusaders

    Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's reunion tour proves that there's still magic in the night

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    No, No, Janet

    Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's reunion tour proves that there's still magic in the night

  • News

    October 22, 1998

    Flashes

    Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's reunion tour proves that there's still magic in the night

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    Letters

    Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's reunion tour proves that there's still magic in the night

  • News

    October 30, 1997

    Joe, Jane & John

    Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's reunion tour proves that there's still magic in the night

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    Iceland 5, Arpaio 0

    Iceland supreme court unanimously opposes grandparents' extradition to county jails

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    Flashes

    Iceland supreme court unanimously opposes grandparents' extradition to county jails

  • News

    September 18, 1997

    Human Plights

    International group urges immediate stop to Arpaio jail practices

  • Dining

    May 22, 1997

    West Stops

    International group urges immediate stop to Arpaio jail practices

  • News

    April 10, 1997

    Flashes

    International group urges immediate stop to Arpaio jail practices

  • Music

    March 6, 1997

    Pop Stops the Traffic

    U2 still hasn't found what it's looking for--but has it given up trying?

  • News

    February 20, 1997

    Letters

    U2 still hasn't found what it's looking for--but has it given up trying?

  • News

    December 5, 1996

    Barbarism As a Public Relations Strategy

    U2 still hasn't found what it's looking for--but has it given up trying?

  • News

    October 3, 1996

    A Quiet Voice Against the Death Penalty

    Amnesty International's Dr. Daniel Georges-Abeyie coolly argues the case against capital punishment in our hang-'em-high state

  • Music

    September 26, 1996

    Bottled Anger

    Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello pours forth the vitriol

  • Culture

    March 30, 1994

    THE BEATEN PATH

    Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello pours forth the vitriol

  • Music

    November 18, 1992

    RIFF AND READ

    Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello pours forth the vitriol

  • News

    July 8, 1992

    MIA: Truth

    Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello pours forth the vitriol

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