photo by Dennis GilmanWhat separates these guys from Klan members circa 1950? Hoods, maybe?It was a beautiful celebration of the 6th Anniversary of the Macehualli Work Center in North Phoenix, with music, carne asada, Native American dancing and rituals, and children playing in the confines of the open-air facility, a facility dedicated to giving day-laborers a place to congregate and wait for job offers. Well, that's to say it was beautiful as soon as the pack of about 20 nativists fromorganiza
Zack de la Rocha addresses the crowd at the end of Saturday's Walk for RespectBefore today's successful march of thousands from the Wells Fargo building in downtown Phoenix to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's gulags, many in the Phoenix activist community tried to dissuade civil rights leader and march organizer Salvador Reza from taking on Arpaio in such a bold, uncompromising way. They feared violence. They feared a backlash from the public. They feared the worst.
Arpaio, looking deflated and moroseBut
Rev. Sharpton at Pilgrim Rest, early Friday morning
Today the Reverend Al Sharpton achieved what no one else has achieved before in Arizona's civil rights struggle for the undocumented: the bringing together of African Americans and Latinos on the issues of racial profiling, immigration reform and the 287(g) program.
After meeting with those who've suffered racial profiling at the hands of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's deputies, Sharpton addressed a crowd of several hundred at Pilgrim Rest Bap
