Sal Reza

Cesar Chavez Dinner Protested by Sal Reza, Barrio Defense Committees

Videographer Dennis Gilman's account of the protest outside the Sheraton on Thursday Here's something you don't see everyday: A local Latino group protesting a Cesar Chavez Dinner. See also: -Joe Arpaio Cozies Up to Latino Pastors, Prensa Hispana, and Michael Nowakowski Days Before Employer Raid ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Prayed Over by Latinos, and Michael Nowakowski Doubles-Down

Despite protests and calls for him to apologize, Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski defended himself on Tuesday for brokering a meeting between scores of Latino pastors and Sheriff Joe Arpaio just days before Arpaio's anti-immigrant raid on a Tempe apparel company, his 71st such operation to ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Cozies Up to Latino Pastors, Prensa Hispana, and Michael Nowakowski Days Before Employer Raid

Days prior to his agency's immigration raid on a Tempe clothing company, Sheriff Joe Arpaio was meeting with scores of Latino pastors in a get-together brokered by Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski. See also: -Bill Montgomery Is No Immigration Moderate -Prensa Hispana Blows MCSO Deputy Chi ... More >>

Arizona Deserves No Peace From Pro-Immigrant Forces

Arpaio Awaits Justice as Election Looms

The Feds Proved Themselves a Cage of Cowardly Lions in the Arpaio Investigation

DREAMers Score a Win with Obama's Immigration Initiative, But the War Is Far from Over

Russell Pearce, Crybaby Loser, Can't Yet "Forgive" Jerry Lewis For Whuppin' Him

Pearce: Still not man enough to call Lewis and formally concede after a 12 point lossIn a grotesque mix of Freudian projection, denial, all-out hubris and crass hypocrisy, ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce has told the Arizona Capitol Times that he's trying to "forgive" Jerry Lewis, the man w ... More >>

Russell Pearce Lobbyist Shindig Crashed by Citizens for a Better Arizona

Pearce, keeping a low profile at a fundraising event in his honorFour hundred clams. That's what some lobbyists may have paid to attend a fundraiser held for embattled state Senate President Russell Pearce Wednesday night at Alexi's Grill in Phoenix.By my estimation, there were about 30 or 40 attend ... More >>

Jackie Robinson's Daughter To Wear Somos America's White-Ribbon

Somos America's white-ribbon campaign has garnered the support of Jackie Robinson's daughter.​Somos America, a Phoenix-based pro-immigrant group, has gained the first high-profile name for its white-ribbon campaign, which encourages players and fans to don a symbol of opposition to Senat ... More >>

Vicente Fernandez Protested at Phoenix Concert by Puente

  Vicente Fernandez, a Mexican ranchero singer, angered some in Arizona's Latino community when he decided to not only perform in an anti-immigrant state, but also because he is being sponsored by Budweiser.Scores of people showed up at US Airways Center Friday evening to show their disdain fo ... More >>

Zack de la Rocha, Sound Strike, and Puente's April 23 Anti-SB 1070March

VotoLatino is sponsoring a talk with Javier Gonzalez of Sound Strike on Twitter today at 4 p.m. Pacific TimeThere continues to be a lot of kvetching from the local music "scene" here in Sand Land about Sound Strike, the ongoing boycott of Arizona by numerous acts over Senate Bill 1070.But like it or ... More >>

Phoenix Turns Into a Hurricane of Civil Disobedience After SB 1070 Smack-Down, and the MCSO's Police State Tactics on Parade

Mary Jane Smokewear: Making Phoenix Dope One Toker at a Time

See more pics like this one at Mary Jane Smokewear's Facebook pageAs Jack Nicholson's character writes over and over again in The Shining, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."Which is why I decided to take a break last night from immigration, Sheriff Joe, and all the drama here in Mari-Kafk ... More >>

Zack de la Rocha Announces July Concerts Protesting SB 1070

No Johnny-come-lately: de la Rocha at a February 2009 anti-Arpaio march in PhoenixDid Zack de la Rocha, like, read my mind?Or maybe he just read my blog back in June about Los Lobos boycotting Arizona over SB 1070. There I suggested that de la Rocha and all the other great acts avoiding Sand Land li ... More >>

Jesse Jackson Speaks of the Shared Struggle of Blacks and Hispanics to Puente's Sandra Castro

Puente activist Sandra Castro's interview with Rev. Jesse JacksonI want to turn your attention to these two videos by Sandra Castro, an activist in Sal Reza's Puente Movement, which is based here in Phoenix. This footage of the Rev. Jesse Jackson was taken at the big pro-immigration rally in Washing ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, February 25, 2010

Joe Arpaio's Next Headache: Sal Reza Pushes Eric Holder to Take Over MCSO

Sal Reza: Taking it to the streets, and to Eric Holder's deskHot on the heels of news that Wells Fargo wants Joe Arpaio out of his pricey executive suites in the bank's downtown Phoenix tower, human rights activist Salvador Reza is raising the stakes, asking that Attorney General Eric Hold ... More >>

E.J. Montini Earns His Pizza By Kissing Up to Joe Arpaio, Yet Again

courtesy of photosbyjosemunoz.orgMontini argues these and the rest of the 10,000-plus anti-Joe protesters should just zip itAccording to the Rep's E.J. Montini, if you oppose Sheriff Joe Arpaio and you lose at the polls, you should just keep your gob shut.Wow, talk about a mouthpiece for the little ... More >>

Linda Ronstadt, Zack de la Rocha, and Little Joe Blast Joe Arpaio, Raise Dolo for Macehualli/Tonatierra

From left, Zack de la Rocha, Little Joe, and Linda Ronstadt outside El Portal FridayI'm on my way down to Phoenix's Falcon Park, where one of the largest anti-Arpaio marches in history is now gathering, but I would be remiss if I didn't post a short note about the fundraiser at Maricopa County Super ... More >>

E.J. Montini, Take a Powder; Richard Ruelas, Take His Place, Please

from Ernesto YerenaErnesto Yerena: The agit-prop Delacroix of the anti-Joe, pro-immigration reform movementIf the editors over at Phoenix's daily fishwrap had half a brain, they'd relegate their star columnist E.J. "Milksop" Montini to checking typos in the classifieds, and make Richard Ruelas his r ... More >>

MCSO Shackling Pregnant Moms, and Singer Linda Ronstadt Plans to March Against Arpaio

Linda Ronstadt Calls Joe Arpaio "a Sadistic Man," Will Participate in Anti-Arpaio Human Rights March Saturday, January 16

Tucson native Linda Ronstadt joins the fight against Joe this January 16In a conversation this morning via phone, Tucson native and rock legend Linda Ronstadt denounced Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of tyranny in Maricopa County and promised to march alongside thousands of activists planning to converg ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Longtime Foe Mary Rose Wilcox Earns Supporters' Prayers

courtesy of www.PhotosByJoseMunoz.com Mary Rose Wilcox at St. Anthony's in Phoenix this Monday Long before the judges and lawyers got into the act (excepting such stalwarts as Danny Ortega and Antonio Bustamante, who've been active since the beginning), Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose W ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Fundraising Effort Pimped by Sonoran Alliance, as One of SA's Bloggers Peddles Anti-Mexican Prejudice

by Ernesto Yerena Joe should use this for his 2012 re-election campaign, pretty much says it all... The far-right wingnut blog Sonoran Alliance just posted a whiny e-mail from Sheriff Joe begging for campaign contributions, even though his next run for sheriff wouldn't be until 2012. At ... More >>

Salvador Reza Calls for Anti-Joe Arpaio March This Friday, October 16

Sal Reza: On the front lines, as always... In case you haven't noticed, Maricopa County will be coming to a boil this Friday. Not only is it the day of Arpaio's announced anti-immigrant sweep -- his first without 287(g) field authority, but the Rev. Al Sharpton will be back ... More >>

The Anti-Lou Dobbs Effort, and Why I'm Hesitant to Support It

Cool video in favor of the "Basta Dobbs" campaign, even though I can't support it As much as I'd personally like to see CNN's Lou Dobbs put out to pasture, I can't totally get behind this new effort by Latino groups asking CNN to boot him. True, he is an embarrassment for CNN, he's a repulsiv ... More >>

United for a Sovereign America's Racist Anti-Obama Images, and Its Plan to Terrorize Kids at Today's Children's March

from immigrationbuzz.com The full anti-Obama poster on U.S.A.'s Web site​ from immigrationbuzz.com The latest evidence of U.S.A.'s blatant racism...​The KKK-wannabes over at ex-KIA dealer Rusty Childress' United for a Sovereign America have really outdone themselves this time. Not ... More >>

Zack de la Rocha Signs Hundreds of Autographs at Fundraisers for Tonatierra, Macehualli

Zack de la Rocha Friday night, just before signing hundreds of autographs to benefit Tonatierra and the Macehualli Day Labor Center Apologies for leading with my stomach (something I do in real life, physically), but the mole sauce at Garibaldi's Real Mexican Grill -- the site of a fundra ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Panics Over May 2 March; Activists and Law Enforcement Fear Violence from Provocateurs Infilatrating Protesters' Ranks

Arpaio sticks it to the prisoners, while rumors of provocateurs in tomorrow's march aboundSheriff Joe Arpaio is officially freaking out over the May 2 anti-Arpaio Walk for Respect, which will begin at 9 a.m. tomorrow at the Wells Fargo building downtown (100 West Washington Street) and continue on ... More >>

The Bird Marches with Zack de la Rocha and Laughs at the Latest Arpaio "Death Threat"

Zack de la Rocha Endorses Anti-Arpaio Rally and May Be at Phoenix March, According to Activists

from WikimediaCommons De La Rocha: "Some of those that work forces/Are the same that burn crosses." Sound like anyone we know? In what appears to be a major coup for the activists organizing the anti-Arpaio action the weekend of February 28, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network has ann ... More >>

Joe Crummey, KTAR's L.A. Wing-Nut, and What the MCSO and Al-Qaeda Have in Common

www.ktar.com KTAR's Joe Crummey (in what must be a very old photo), still phoning it in after all these years... Is there a lip-flapper at the Mormon Church-owned, right-wing talk radio station KTAR 92.3 FM that doesn't have his lips surgically connected to Joe Arpaio's flaccid penis? Excludi ... More >>

Anti-Joe Arpaio Action Scheduled for This February 28 in Phoenix

Time to get pissed by this clown, and to march... Looks like February will be going out like a lion, with a massive anti-Joe protest scheduled for the 28th demanding the termination of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 287(g) agreement. Some 70 activist groups will march by the Arizona ICE office, the Well ... More >>

Barack Obama's Promise, and Ciria Lopez-Pacheco's Removal to Mexico

The nativists can howl at the moon in victory. As of today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement took custody of Ciria Lopez-Pacheco, the mother torn from her children January 9 by a ski-masked MCSO deputy as part of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's latest anti-immigrant sweep. ICE spokesman Vinnie Picard c ... More >>

Mother's Day: My Visit with Ciria Lopez-Pacheco in Maricopa County's Estrella Jail

Already, Lopez-Pacheco looks a few pounds lighter than in this January 9, MCSO mugshot.Ciria Lopez-Pacheco looks longingly at children in the Estrella Jail visitation room who have been brought in to see their mothers. The activist I'm with, Lydia Guzman of the human rights organization Respect/Resp ... More >>

Huffington Post Picks Up on Plight of Immigrant Mom Torn from Children by Joe Arpaio's Goons

When, I wonder, will Ciria Lopez-Pacheco finally be reunited with her children? The extremely well-read site Huffington Post just picked up on the plight of undocumented mom Ciria Lopez-Pacheco, who was torn from her children the evening of January 9, during Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio' ... More >>

The Bird Dogs Joe Arpaio About Conan O’Brien and His Actions in the West Valley

Sheriff Joe Offers Hispanics an Olive Branch, Kinda-Sorta, on Barriozona.com.

Day of Outrage: The Supes' Lockdown, MCSA's Walkout, and Guadalupe's Shame

Sheriff Joe Arpaio wusses out, stays in Phoenix, far away from Mesa Police Chief George Gascon.

The Vinlanders Social Club pays a visit to members of Rusty Childress' United for a Sovereign America (w/update on Buffalo Rick Galeener's public urination case)

Phoenix city prosecutor switches nativist Buffalo Rick Galeener's charge from "indecent exposure" to "public urination."

The Bird exposes Sheriff Joe's racist ties, delves into the Israel Correa madness, and reveals Napolitano as the real Judas

Letters from the issue of Thursday, March 27, 2008