Tucson:
March: 8:00am
Southgate Shopping Center
(I-10 and 6th Avenue)Rally: 11:30am
Armory Park
(220 S. 5th Avenue)Stop the Raids and Deportations
Legalization for All
Stop the Border Deaths
Stop the War
Education, Healthcare, Housing and Jobs for All,
Stop the Prison Building
Stop the Free Trade Agreements
Stop the Militarization of our Society
More venues across the country at Vivir Latino
This week, participants young and old have been working with master mariachi instructors to perfect their playing. Starting this evening, the performances begin, which are a real treat to the area.
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Participant Showcase
Thursday April 24, 2008 – TCC Arena – 7:00pm – $10 Admission, under 16 free
Schedule of Performers
7:00 – 7:13 Mariachi Aguilitas de Davis
7:13 – 7:26 Mariachi Los Charritos
7:26 – 7:39 Mariachi Puno de Oro
7:39 – 7:52 Mariachi Los Potrillos
7:52 – 8:05 Mariachi Pumas
8:05 – 8:18 Mariachi Tesoro de Tucson
8:18 – 8:31 Ballet Folklórico Tapatio
8:31 – 8:44 Mariachi Cesar Chavez
8:44 – 8:57 Mariachi Anacatlan
8:57 -9 :10 Mariachi Mixteco
9:10 – 9:23 Mariachi Juvenil de San Diego
9:23 – 9:36 Mariachi Aztlan de Pueblo H.S.
9:36 – 9:49 Mariachi Chula Vista
9:49 – 10:02 Mariachi A.S.U.
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Serenata y Cena
Friday, April 25, 2008 – Tucson Convention Center – 5:00pm – $40 Admission – Pre-Registration Required
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Espectacular Concert
Friday, April 25, 2008 – TCC Arena – 7:30pm – Admission Varies
This year’s headliner is Lucero, returning to Tucson after an 8 year hiatus. Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan, Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano and Mariachi Los Arrieros join her in what will be a star-studded Espectacular Concert.
Tickets range in price from $46 – $86 and can be purchased from the TCC Box Office, or by calling TicketMaster at (520) 321-1000 or by completing the ticket order form and mailing in with payment.
Click here to view the arena seating chart.
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Mariachi Mass
Saturday, April 26, 2008 – St. Augustine’s Cathedral – 9:00am – Featuring Los Camperos de Nati Cano
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Fiesta de Garibaldi
Saturday, April 26, 2008 – 10am to 10pm – Reid Park – $5 Admission
Lots of food, arts & crafts, and of course:
Schedule of Performers
11:00 Mariachi Herencia de Mexico
11:30 Mariachi Aguilitas de Davis
noon Mariachi Puno de Oro
12:30 Mariachi Anacatlan
1:00 Mariachi Mixteco
1:30 Mariachi Diablos del Sol
2:00 Mariachi Brillante
2:30 Mariachi Cesar Chavez
3:00 Mariachi Los Potrillos
3:30 Mariachi Pumas
4:00 Mariachi Los Charritos
4:30 Mariachi Juvenil de San Diego
5:00 Mariachi Tesoro de Tucson
5:30 Ballet Folklorico Tapatio
6:00 Mariachi Los Changuitos Feos
6:30 Mariachi Aztlan de Pueblo H.S.
7:00 Mariachi Chula Vista
7:30 Mariachi Los Camperos
8:30 Mariachi Los Arrieros
For more information, visit TucsonMariachi.org
From the International Herald Tribune:
Sen. John McCain’s status as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has done little to ease the criticism he faces from a small but vocal group of conservatives in his home state.
A week ago, Republican activists living in the same state legislative district as McCain rejected nearly all the names his campaign submitted as candidates to become delegates to the party’s state convention on May 10.
Six people on McCain’s slate eventually became delegates, said Rob Haney, the district’s Republican chairman and McCain’s most prominent critic in Arizona.
Heh.
What more can be said on the topic of torture?
We’ve known for years that the Bushistas sanctioned “enhanced interrogation techniques” for agents of the U.S. to use against prisoners. When that wasn’t sufficient, they created a network of secret prisons and rendition flights that allowed other governments to do the inhumane work for them.
Memos, meeting minutes, public statements, back-door agreements to allow certain methods some form of legal gray-space – it’s all been there in the public domain. This blog was started three years ago in response to outrageous behavior at the Guantanamo Concentration Camp. Many of us have written letters, signed petitions, made phone calls, faxed, written un chingo de blog posts, yet there’s been little to nothing regarding accountability among this crew of war criminals.
Why is that?
Well, I came to the unfortunate conclusion years ago that there are far too many U.S. born Americans™ who think it’s fine to treat “terrorists” any way we choose. The moral compass of this country was shattered and pulverized into a dust as fine as the cloud of filth that blanketed Manhattan in the days following September 11, 2001. Inhaling the fumes of that toxic cloud, either through direct contact or the screens of televisions, a bloodlust gripped/grips the national psyche in such a way that waterboarding, and other unspeakable acts that we don’t even know about, are given the thumbs up.
If there is any reason I have been in full support of impeachment from the early days of Bush’s Two-Term Tantrum, this is it. We have an obligation to uphold boundaries of civility whether we get the same deference from “enemies” or not. That obligation was shat upon a long time ago, but since it’s the Shining Beacon on a Hill doing it, will we see the same end game as those who committed identical atrocities decades ago?
Time will tell.
Powerhouses of the Latin music community have teamed together with our friends at VotoLatino to help them raise money in efforts to get more people engaged in the civics process. With a goal of targeting 7 million new voters for the 2008 Presidential Election, their campaign is about community empowerment rather than partisanship.
“Music is the soundtrack to my life. The Voto Latino compilation is the soundtrack of a movement,” says Voto Latino co-founder Rosario Dawson, who recently starred in a widely circulated telenovela parody PSA with Wilmer Valderrama. “It encapsulates everything about the Latino drive to the polls so blast it on your way to change.”
Adds Valderrama: “Music has proven to be an influential platform for our generation. This is the time to use it.”
“Voto Latino is thrilled about the generous contribution of iTunes Latino, Nacional Records and these participating artists,” said Maria Teresa Petersen, Executive Director. “Having such talented individuals working across professions and sharing their expertise, be it musicians or behind the scenes executives is a testament that the power to enfranchise our community comes from within it.”
If you have iTunes, click on this link to be transported directly to the download page. The 15-song compilation only costs $3.99 with proceeds going to VotoLatino.org
1. Notch – Aquí Me Quedo
2. PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED: Pitbull & Kurse – Across The Waters
3. Ozomatli – (Who Discovered) America?
4. Don Omar – Angelito
5. Los Amigos Invisibles – All Day Today
6. Salvador Santana Band – My One True Love
7. Ceu – Roda (Bombay Dub Orchestra’s Grateful Dub Mix)
8. Aterciopelados – Cancion Protesta
9. Aventura – Mi Corazoncito
10. Chingo Bling – They Can’t Deport Us All
11. Ceci Bastida – Empieza A Amanecer
12. David Garza – There Go The Weirdos
13. Volumen Cero – El Mar
14. B-Side Players – Nuestras Demandas
15. Hip Hop Hoodíos – Viva La Guantanamera
And on a semi-offtopic note…Ozomatli will be performing live on Dancing with the Stars tonight (April 15th). ¡Dios Mío!
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a link to a video called Through the Plexiglass: Immigration Today that takes a look at the absurdity of the constipated paperwork process that forms the foundation of the U.S.’ broken immigration system. Congratulations to creator Will Coley, as he and the others behind the video won a $500 Breakthrough Video prize from the Movement Vision Lab for their work.
Garnering top prize for the contest was the following video that highlights the situation in Arivaca, Arizona, which lies just to the south of Latino Político Headquarters in Tucson.
Arivaca: Life on the Border
For the past couple of years, the residents of Arivaca have been putting up an admirable fight against the federal government’s stubborn insistence to construct a so-called virtual border between the U.S. and Mexico. The massive towers being built will put the entire region under surveillance, but the activist residents of Arivaca are making sure that their/our rights to privacy won’t die without some old-fashioned hell-raising using the truth as a bludgeon.
The vast majority of people illegally crossing the border are not criminals or “terrorists”. Militarization of the border is a misguided and futile response. We need immigration and economic policy reform to address the real human issues faced by the large number of border crossers. If we can deal with immigration through humanistic policies that allow needed people to come here and work and help create opportunities in other countries, we can dramatically reduce the number of people trying to cross the border illegally. Reasonable levels of law enforcement can deal with the remaining criminality. The threat of terrorism does not necessitate the fencing and surveiling of our entire southern and northern borders.
Of course, there are substantial interests in keeping the situation like it is. There is huge money in smuggling people across the border now. So much so that drug smugglers are getting more involved. This is increasing the violence perpetrated on migrants. As we’ve seen, there is huge money in securing the border on this side and much of our economy is fueled by exploiting migrants for substandard wages. War is an economic engine.
We’re told not to expect any significant discussion on comprehensive immigration reform until well after November’s elections. The war at home on our own border needs to be addressed as much as the war in Iraq and the economy. This is an opportunity to bring the issue before the public and make it stay there.
Congratulations to the creators of the video – this will help in raising the awareness of what life is like here in the frontera lands as lawmakers who live far away dictate the growing levels of militarism in our backyards. For more information on the “Build America Together” Campaign click here.
Via our friends at Media Matters, here is the latest example of U.S.-born American™ Exceptionalism and Bigotry that usually goes unchecked.
On the April 10 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Neal Boortz asserted, “I would make a lousy Mexican.” Engineer and “sidekick” Royal Marshall asked Boortz: “Why is that?” Boortz responded, “Well, because I wanted to scrub the hangar floor the other day, so I went and rented one of these big buffers,” later adding: “I turned on that buffer, and it damn near killed me! It was dragging me across the hangar floor, throwing me around like I — it was like a dog shaking a cat or something like that. You know, that’s skilled labor.”
Later in the show, a caller recounted a story, saying he “was in a parking lot and witnessed a wreck on the road. And it was one of the illegals from south of the border and didn’t have insurance. He ran, came into the parking lot, and was going to run my wife and myself down to get away from the police. But I was carrying a weapon; my son was carrying a weapon. We both drew down on him.” Boortz interrupted, “Qué pasa? Qué pasa?” The caller said the man “got out of the truck spouting Spanish.” After the caller finished his story, Boortz commented, “You know, I think with this Rosetta Stone software — you know, Spanish-language software — I think the first phrase they teach you is, you know, ‘Hands against the — hands against the car and hood, and spread ’em.’ “
linkage (emphasis mine)
What is with this long-standing attitude towards Mexicans? Lazy but hard workers, an “illegal” or at the very least should prove otherwise in the name of the Homeland, and predisposed towards crime (probably because a dirty, lower language comes out of the mouth).
Neal Boortz is right – he would make a lousy Mexican because he makes a lousy human being. With a face that’s perfect for radio, the façade of his cultural supremacy is only as mighty as the flash flood of verbal diarrhea that he is allowed to grunt out each day. He knows this, as this is not his first time he’s lit a burning cross through the airwaves.
Enough is enough. Here is the contact information for his show’s producers, conveniently compiled by Media Matters. Please send them a message that we have had enough of media pundits who are raising the danger levels of racial and cultural tensions in our communities.
Take Action!
Contact information:
Cox Radio Syndication
Cox Radio
SyndicationCox Radio Syndication
1601 W Peachtree St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30309Phone 404.962.2078
Fax 404.897.2226Neal Boortz
Neal BoortzThe Neal Boortz Show
The Neal Boortz ShowWhen contacting the media, please be polite and professional. Express your specific concerns regarding that particular news report or commentary, and be sure to indicate exactly what you would like the media outlet to do differently in the future.
And that’s saying a lot…
The department issued another still-secret memo in October 2001 that, in part, sought to outline novel ways the military could be used domestically to defend the country in the face of an impending attack. The Justice Department so far has refused to release it, citing attorney-client privilege, and Attorney General Michael Mukasey declined to describe it Thursday at a Senate panel where Democrats characterized it as a “torture memo.”
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