On January 16 the masses gathered in Phoenix to march for human rights and demand action from the Obama administration to stop the abuses by Sheriff Joe Arpaio . The momentum towards change is getting stronger. Mi video is heavy on poetic aesthetic and light on news info., so if you need to get educated on the matter I suggest... http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arpaio • http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/ and info. on the movement is here... http://puenteaz.org/ and of course mas to come on my end soon, but until then Zack's palabras will do just fine for now. P@z.
Get on YouTube, rate it high, and leave some good comments (fight back the haters por favor). Also on Vimeo
As Barrack Obama was being sworn into office, I was talking with an expert on ecology and biodiversity in the border region, Professor Landeros of the Autonomous University of Baja California, in Mexicali. He told me about the state of the borderlands and his hope for them in the future.
A Visit to Mexicali on Inauguration Day from steev hise on Vimeo.
Zack de la Rocha at Tonatierra from J.M. Aragón on Vimeo.
02.27.09- COMIN' BACK AROUND AGAIN! YEEAHHH!!! Zack de la Rocha speaks and performs at Tonatierra in Phoenix the night before the March to Stop Arpaio. Did that really happen? Was I really there? What a moment! Gracias, Zack. La lucha sigue, sigue!
...and for the YouTube fanz, here you go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-kKfdp-ZXs
More information at:
http://ndlon.org/
http://tonatierra.org/
http://puenteaz.org/
Tucson activists get together to celebrate the end of the Bush administration and Michael Chertoff's tenure as Secretary of Homeland Security.
As head of DHS Chertoff used his powers granted to him by Section 102 of the Real ID Act to waive dozens of federal laws in order to build new sections of border fence, ignoring environmental, cultural, economic, and political consequences.