No Kings protest from Tucson to Oro Valley

by Carolyn Classen, blogger Saturday, March 28, 9 am – 11 am “Join us on March 28th for NO KINGS: From Tucson to Oro Valley — Corners of Democracy & Eight Miles of Action!  Community members across Southern Arizona are coming together for a coordinated, nonviolent day of action stretching along Oracle Road from the Tucson Mall … Read more

The Epic Saga of the Kia Eight!

On August 27th, the Good Action Trouble Group joined other organizations (including Jobs With Justice andWorking Families Power) to protest at Jim Click’s KIA dealership on Wetmore.  Eight members of the Good Action Trouble Group, including me, were arrested.   This is our story. What follows is a satirical dramatization based on real events. All these groups joined … Read more

UPDATED: Tucson Voters Overwhelmingly Say Nay to Tucson’s Prop 414

UPDATED 5/11 at 9:30pm: Tucson voters appear to have roundly rejected Prop 414 by a roughly 70/30 ratio. This is a stinging rebuke of the city council and Mayor’s approach to backfilling likely cuts in state shared revenues resulting from tax cuts by the GOP caucus in the legislature. Either voters don’t want more taxes, … Read more