Time to Face-Up to the Real Issues with Mexico
By Karl Reiner The elected leaders of Arizona continue to be extremely busy doing things that bewilder much of the citizenry. The attempt to have local law enforcement agencies take on the additional responsibility of enforcing immigration laws (the infamous SB 1070 affair) resulted in a massive amount of negative publicity financially beleaguered Arizona … Read more
The Wisconsin protest pizza connection
by David Safier This is one of those great stories. Ian's Pizza in Madison, Wisconsin, decided to send some pizza over to the hungry protesters. When the word got out nationally, people began calling from all over the country and all over the world, paying for orders to keep Ian's Pizza for Protesters efforts going. … Read more
29th Annual Tucson Peace Fair & Music Festival
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Late calendar update: 29th Annual Tucson Peace Fair and Music Festival Saturday, February 26, 201111:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Reid Park Bandshell For over a quarter century the Tucson Peace Center has sponsored the largest gathering of peace, social justice, labor, and environmental groups in Southern Arizona. The Peace Fair and Music Festival … Read more
Worker Solidarity Rally in Phoenix on Tuesday
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Action Alert from the Arizona Democratic Labor Caucus: Dear Friends, As you have undoubtedly heard, workers in Wisconsin are under siege. Under the banner of addressing his state’s budget crisis, the Badger State’s tea party governor is pushing through one of the worst union-busting bills in modern history. But Wisconsin’s workers aren’t … Read more
The American middle class: Brought to you by organized labor
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The great American middle class was a post World War II phenomenon and was largely made possible by New Deal legislation that gave workers and organized labor rights that they had fought and died for over many decades. "[O]ne of the biggest contributions from organized labor that we don't appreciate, because it's … Read more
Even Robert Robb . . .
by David Safier I doubt "Even Robert Robb" will become a running feature on BfA, though I would love to see it happen, but . . . Even Robert Robb thinks Brewer and Horne are hypocrites and idiots with their countersuit of the feds over immigration. Robb is a Republic columnist of the conservative persuasion … Read more
HOWL
by David Safier I just watched a DVD of "HOWL," a film about Allen Ginsberg in the 1950s, his first reading of HOWL and the obscenity trial that followed. James Franco gives a marvelous, understated performance as Ginsberg (in the days he had a full head of hair), and the film is filled with recognizable … Read more
