Zach de la Rocha Calls for Gente to March Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio
1:32 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Activism| Immigration| Music| arizona
23 Feb 2009
Zach de le Rocha from Rage Against the Machine is calling for people to join the growing voices against the racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
In the last month Sheriff Joe Arpaio intensified his on-going escalation of attacks against Latinos by segregating the county jail and parading undocumented migrants shackled in a chain-gang into “tent city.” He erected and surrounded the tent with an electric fence in a grotesque display of human degradation.
Zach de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine responded to the news by saying, “To witness what is happening in Arizona and remain neutral is to be implicated in human rights violations that are occurring right here on US soil against migrants. History will not be kind to Joe Arpaio. He will be remembered with other infamous sheriffs like Bull Connor who subjugated and terrorized communities for shortsighted political gain. I hope everyone will join me in protesting Sheriff Joe.”
Who: National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Puente Arizona, and Zach de la Rocha
What: March to Stop the Systematic Persecution of Migrants and Latinos in AZ.
Where: March Start Location for Feb 28th: 300 E Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85012
When: March to Stop the Hate in Phoenix to be held 9:00 am on February 28
Not in Arizona? Aqui you can sign a petition demanding the U.S. Department of Justice Investigate Sheriff Joe.
Via / Standing Firm
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1 Response to Zach de la Rocha Calls for Gente to March Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio
jackie @ av
February 23rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Thanks for posting about this- isn’t that picture hot??
For folks who’ve already signed the petition, please invite 10 friends!!
We’re almost at five thousand, but we’re trying to get to 10,000 before delivering it, and we need everyone’s help to bring Joe to Justice — or Justice to Joe:
http://www.sheriffjoemustgo.com
(click the shiny red button to the right to invite friends)