Amnesty International

Rise Against's Tim McIlrath on SB 1070 and MTV

It's been three years since Rise Against last performed in Arizona thanks to the band's participation in The Sound Strike. The terms of the boycott have changed, so Rise Against is making its triumphant return to the valley. The line-up couldn't get much better, as Rise Against is paired with long ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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

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

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

Taser Aftershock!

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

Ankarlo Kisses Arpaio's Ass

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?!

Death Sentence

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

Reindeer Tiger Team

Reindeer Tiger Team
(self-released)

Letters

Letters from the week of January 13, 2005

Special Treatment

Is justice for sale? Ask privileged characters like Jerry Colangelo

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

GFB The Movement

Undestroyable (Movement Music Records)

Dead Men Talking

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

Federal Inquiry

Justice Department examines conditions at state youth facilities

Hunger Strike

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

Shocking Accusations

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

Letters

09-21-2000

Time Transients

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

Soul Crusaders

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

No, No, Janet

Flashes

Letters

Joe, Jane & John

Iceland 5, Arpaio 0

Iceland supreme court unanimously opposes grandparents' extradition to county jails

Flashes

Human Plights

International group urges immediate stop to Arpaio jail practices

West Stops

Flashes

Pop Stops the Traffic

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

Letters

Barbarism As a Public Relations Strategy

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

Bottled Anger

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello pours forth the vitriol

THE BEATEN PATH

RIFF AND READ

MIA: Truth