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"In the words of the U.S. Supreme Court, Indian tribes predate the United States. We are older than the international boundary with Mexico, but our nation is now cut in half."<p>Norris said Homeland Security's desire to move forward with inflexible time guidelines has damaged the environment and cultural areas.Norris testified that the contractor, Boeing, has destroyed graves, cultural sites and created a barrier of the Tohono O'odham ceremonial route.When the Tohono O'odham Nation acted to delay construction of the border wall in endangered jaguar territory, the construction continued as planned, despite promises to the contrary.</p><p>"I am here to urge you to restore the rule of law," Norris said, adding that the price being paid is too high for the people and their ancestors for the border wall."Today it is as if Congress never passed NEPA," Norris said, referring to the National Environmental Policy Act. "We support border security, but not at the price that is now being paid."Norris said the US/Mexico border crossed the Tohono O'odham people and their land. Today, the border construction has divided a salt pilgrimage route and Tohono O'odham families."We didn't cross the 75 miles of border on our reservation, the border crossed us."</p> <p>Read more at: <a href="http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com">bsnorrell.blogspot.com</a>, or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuyvF-kjIsQ">click here</a> to see video of the hearing.</p>]]></content:encoded> <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="http://arizona.indymedia.org/images/Tohono+border+wall.jpg" /> </item> <item rdf:about="http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=502&category_id=1"> <link>http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=502&category_id=1</link> <title>MESSAGE DELIVERED TO ARIZONA GOP: YOU'RE NOT WELCOME!</title> <description>Local anarchists leave an early morning greeting to delegates of the state Republican convention in Mesa</description> <dc:date>2008-05-14T17:54:10Z</dc:date> <dc:subject>production</dc:subject> <dc:creator>AZ IMC</dc:creator> <dc:language></dc:language> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MESA, AZ - In the early hours of Saturday, May 10, 2008, a group of anarchists, in solidarity with all the disenfranchised of Arizona and the United States, carried out a warning action against the GOP state convention in the Mesa Convention Center.</p> <p>Letters of notice, proclaiming "You are not welcome here. We are watching. See you in St. Paul" were pasted to the convention center facade. Slogans, including "No government like no government," "Smash the state!," and "See you in St. Paul" were spray-painted to the venue, along with anarchist circle-As. Additionally, fliers were laid out with care on the delegate tables. </p> <p>St. Paul Minnesota is the place of the national Republican presidential nominating convention and takes place September 1-4... <a href="http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2008/05/72918.php">read more>>></a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item rdf:about="http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=501&category_id=1"> <link>http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=501&category_id=1</link> <title>NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS CLAIM VICTORY ON DOWNTOWN LINKS (FOR NOW)</title> <description>Tucson Department of Transportation postpones decision on new roadway until August as opposition overwhelms public meeting</description> <dc:date>2008-05-14T17:54:26Z</dc:date> <dc:subject>production</dc:subject> <dc:creator>AZ IMC</dc:creator> <dc:language></dc:language> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>During an open house public meeting on the proposed Tucson Downtown Links Roadway on Monday, May 12, the city's Department of Transportation voted to reconsider the path of a roadway connecting the Aviation Parkway to I-10. TDOT stated that a decision for the roadway will be postponed until August. The roadway, in it's currently proposed route, would level dozens of historic buildings, displace artists, community groups and businesses, and isolate downtown neighborhoods from one another.</p> <p>Dozens of roadway opponents packed the meeting, many from the downtown warehouse artist's district and the Dunbar Springs and West University neighborhoods - constituencies who would be heavily impacted by the roadway's construction along it's current route. Many downtown residents, artists and community groups claim that the roadway would be a death sentence for these vital downtown areas.</p> <p>With the threat of global warming and rising gas prices, still others questioned the wisdom of any new roadway construction while the city ignores alternative transportation options. The funding that allowed for the new road itself was approved in a November 2006 referendum; the Pima County's Democratic Party has filed suit against the referendum results and the County's elections department, claiming that the vote was fraudulently tampered with.</p> <p>While, for now, all options remain on the table for Downtown Links, the three month delay for any decision will give neighborhood advocates some breathing room <a href="http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2008/05/72914.php">as opposition grows</a> to this potential boondoggle. For more information on Downtown Links and community opposition, visit: <a href="http://www.rethinkthelink.com">www.rethinkthelink.com</a> and <a href="http://www.downtownlinks.info">www.downtownlinks.info</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="http://arizona.indymedia.org/images/rethink.jpg" /> </item> <item rdf:about="http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=500&category_id=1"> <link>http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=500&category_id=1</link> <title>TRADITIONAL O'ODHAM ASK FOR SUPPORT TO STOP TOXIC WASTE DUMP NEAR CEREMONIAL SITE</title> <description>Circulated Petition to be Presented to Governments of the United States and Mexico</description> <dc:date>2008-05-10T19:45:31Z</dc:date> <dc:subject>production</dc:subject> <dc:creator>AZ IMC</dc:creator> <dc:language></dc:language> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.tiamatpublications.com/O_S_P_Quitovac_3_29_08.html">In a gathering on March 29, 2008</a>, traditional O’odham leaders and international supporters arrived in the small village of Quitovac in the Northern Sonoran State of Mexico to honor the land, the sky, the water, and all life, and to continue organizing to stop the building of a toxic waste dump that’s planned to be placed just a few miles from one of the most sacred ceremony sites of the O’odham.</p> <p>Since early in 2006 the traditional O’odham residing in the occupied territories of Northern Mexico and the South Western United States (and their international supporters) have persistently and patiently organized, protested and petitioned to try to convince the Mexican government federal Environment and Natural Resources Secretariat (SEMARNAT) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the company CEGIR from building this toxic dump. So far, protest and international attention has held back the initial phases of the dump construction, but there have been no official statements from SEMARNAT, CEGIR or any other entity that the plans to build the dump have actually been officially canceled.</p> <p>Traditional O'odham are asking for help in the continued effort to stop the toxic waste dump on O'odham ceremonial grounds, through the <a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/Quitovac/petition.html">circulation of a petition</a> that will be included in the original statement from the Traditional O'odham Elders to be re-submitted to Mexico's and United States government agencies, to request for an official statement not to pursue the project. CEGIR is presently waiting for a change in the local government to push this project for an approved land permit to dump 45,000 tons of toxic waste a year... <a href="http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2008/05/72900.php">read more>>></a></p> <p>For more information visit: <a href="http://www.tiamatpublications.com/odham_solidarity_project.html">the O'odham Solidarity Project</a> and <a href="http://www.greenaction.org/indigenouslands/tohonooodham/index.shtml">www.greenaction.org</a>.]]></content:encoded> <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="http://arizona.indymedia.org/images/no dump.jpg" /> </item> <item rdf:about="http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=499&category_id=1"> <link>http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=499&category_id=1</link> <title>1,000+ JOIN TUCSON MAYDAY MARCH</title> <description>Demonstrators Demand an End to Border Patrol Raids and Militarization, Equal Rights for All</description> <dc:date>2008-05-02T19:46:04Z</dc:date> <dc:subject>production</dc:subject> <dc:creator>AZ IMC</dc:creator> <dc:language></dc:language> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More than 1,000 people came out for International Worker's Day in Tucson, to demand an end to Department of Homeland Security raids, an end to border militarization, and equal rights for all regardless of immigration status.</p> <p>Demonstrators began gathering at 8:00 a.m. at Southgate Shopping Center in South Tucson. By the time the march left it was easily 800 people strong. All along the route people joined the march, including several south Tucson charter high schools - this despite the threat from Tucson Unified School District bureaucrats that no student would be excused for missing classes on May 1. At Armory Park the rally continued with speakers, music, a maypole, food and folks gathered for networking, education and conversation. A Mayday march was also held on May 1 in <a href="http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2008/05/72860.php">Tempe, AZ</a>.</p> <p>May 1st, International Workers' Day, commemorates the historic struggle of working people throughout the world, and is recognized in every country except the United States, Canada, and South Africa. This, despite the fact that the holiday began in the 1880s in the United States, after the martyrdom of eight anarchists during the fight for an eight-hour work day.</p> <p><a href="http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2008/05/72867.php">Read More>>></a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> <item rdf:about="http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=498&category_id=1"> <link>http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=498&category_id=1</link> <title>ARIZONA FASCISTS PUSH BILL TO BAN BOOKS, CENSOR TEACHERS</title> <description>Russell Pearce Sponsored Bill Passes State House Appropriations Committee, Advances to House and Senate Floor</description> <dc:date>2008-04-22T16:30:06Z</dc:date> <dc:subject>production</dc:subject> <dc:creator>AZ IMC</dc:creator> <dc:language></dc:language> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Arizona schools whose courses “denigrate American values and the teachings of Western civilization” could lose state funding under the terms of legislation approved Wednesday by a House panel. SB 1108 also would bar teaching practices that “overtly encourage dissent” from those values, including democracy, capitalism, pluralism and religious toleration. Schools would have to surrender teaching materials to the state school superintendent for review, who could withhold state aid of districts that broke the law. </p> <p>Another section of the bill would bar public schools, community college and universities from allowing organizations to operate on campus if it is “based in whole or in part on race-based criteria,” a provision Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, said is aimed at MEChA, the Moviemiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, a student group he described as racist... <a href="http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2008/04/72814.php">read more>>></a></p>]]></content:encoded> <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="http://arizona.indymedia.org/images/censorship.jpg" /> </item> <item rdf:about="http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=496&category_id=1"> <link>http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=496&category_id=1</link> <title>NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION TARGETED WITH APRIL 1 BANNER HANGS</title> <description>In honor of "Fossil Fools Day", Tucson activists hung banners condemning two proposed highways from each side of the city\x92s iconic \x93Snake Bridge\x94</description> <dc:date>2008-04-07T21:04:21Z</dc:date> <dc:subject>production</dc:subject> <dc:creator>AZ IMC</dc:creator> <dc:language></dc:language> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On April 1st, as part of "Fossil Fools Day," Tucson activists hung a banner condemning the proposed Downtown Links and I-10 Bypass highways from each side of the Snake Bridge at the intersection of Broadway Blvd and Aviation Hwy in the early hours of April 2. The banners were clearly visible for the duration of the morning commute, and were removed by city officials at 9:30 a.m.</p> <p>Reading "No New Roads: Put the Brakes on Global Warming!", the banners were situated just above the proposed starting point of Downtown Links in full view of commuter traffic. The action was meant to highlight the role of new roads in promoting runaway carbon dioxide emissions as part of an <a href="http://www.fossilfoolsdayofaction.org/category/front-page/">international day of protest</a> focused on "climate criminals."</p> <p>The proposed Downtown Links highway would connect I-10 to Aviation Highway, punching through the downtown Warehouse Arts District. Area residents have condemned the planned road, saying it would destroy community spaces and historic buildings without providing any local benefit. </p> <p>The proposed I-10 Bypass would stretch 250 miles from the Willcox area to Buckeye, allowing freight trucks to avoid Phoenix and Tucson traffic. The road has met <a href="http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2008/03/72549.php">widespread local opposition</a> on the grounds that it would destroy sensitive wildlife habitat, degrade the character of rural communities and pave the way for sprawl in relatively undisturbed areas. <a href="http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2008/04/72677.php">read more>>></a></p> For more information on anti-climate change actions around the country, visit <a href="http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org">www.risingtidenorthamerica.org</a>.]]></content:encoded> <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="http://arizona.indymedia.org/images/bannerclose.png" /> </item> <item rdf:about="http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=497&category_id=1"> <link>http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=497&category_id=1</link> <title>NATIVE RESISTERS AT BIG MOUNTAIN CALL FOR SUPPORT</title> <description>Peabody Coal Seeking to Expand Operations; Resistance to Forced Relocation Continues</description> <dc:date>2008-04-08T16:06:50Z</dc:date> <dc:subject>production</dc:subject> <dc:creator>AZ IMC</dc:creator> <dc:language></dc:language> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On behalf of their peoples, their ancestral lands, and future generations, more than 350 Dineh residents of Black Mesa continue their staunch resistance to the efforts of the US Government-- acting in the interests of the Peabody Coal Company—to relocate the Dineh and destroy their homelands. This land is the basis for the Black Mesa peoples’ traditions, livelihoods, and spirituality.</p> <p>At this moment the decision makers in Washington D.C. are planning ways to seize tribal lands to extract mineral resources. The coal companies are funding both the Republican and Democratic parties because they have huge interests at stake. Presidential candidate John McCain recently sponsored forced-relocation legislation targeting these Dineh families. Peabody Coal, the world's largest coal company, currently has plans to expand its strip mine operations and to seize more deep aquifers beneath these indigenous lands. Peabody Coal Company has completely dug up burials, sacred sites, and shrines designated specifically for offerings, preventing religious practices. Not only were the principal concerns of the communities directly affected by the legislation never addressed, those communities were not even notified. </p> <p>On April 19 a <a href="http://www.blackmesais.org/benefit2008.htm">benefit</a> will be held in Flagstaff to support native resisters at Black Mesa. Other upcoming events include the <a href="http://www.blackmesais.org/support2008.htm">Annual Spring Planting Project</a>, to help elders plant fields that would otherwise remain fallow. Help is especially needed this year due to the heavy rains. In addition, a Fall 2008 Support Caravan is currently being planned... <a href="http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2008/04/72702.php">read more>>></a></p> <p>Click <a href="http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2008/04/72709.php">here</a> to see a list of upcoming events in support of Black Mesa.</p> <p>For more information visit Black Mesa Indigenous Support at: <a href="http://www.blackmesais.org">www.blackmesais.org</a></p>]]></content:encoded> <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="http://arizona.indymedia.org/images/BM-strugglecontinues-small.jpg" /> </item> <item rdf:about="http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=495&category_id=1"> <link>http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=495&category_id=1</link> <title>DEFENDING NEIGHBORHOODS WITH GARDENING</title> <description>Tucson Community Builds Autonomous Park In Path of Proposed Roadway</description> <dc:date>2008-03-31T21:29:27Z</dc:date> <dc:subject>production</dc:subject> <dc:creator>AZ IMC</dc:creator> <dc:language>en</dc:language> <content:encoded><![CDATA[On Sunday, March 30, community members and other concerned people built a new community garden on 9th Ave and 6th Street in Tucson. This action was taken in part to protest and prevent the construction of a new high-traffic road through downtown, part of the "Downtown Links" project. The project is a highly controversial one that residents have been fighting with the city over for many years.<br><a href="/news/2008/03/72666.php"> <b>Read More>>></b></a>]]></content:encoded> <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="http://arizona.indymedia.org/images/guerilla%20gardening%20-%205.jpg" /> </item> <item rdf:about="http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=494&category_id=1"> <link>http://arizona.indymedia.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=494&category_id=1</link> <title>MEXICO SOLIDARITY</title> <description>Tucson Events to Highlight Repression and Resistance in Mexico; Groups Call for Pressure to Stop Plan Mexico</description> <dc:date>2008-03-28T17:14:20Z</dc:date> <dc:subject>production</dc:subject> <dc:creator>AZ IMC</dc:creator> <dc:language></dc:language> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement has resulted in the loss of millions of jobs in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, driving migration, fueling social unrest, and undoing environmental, health, labor and land protections. Under "NAFTA-plus" - the <a href="http://www.canadians.org/integratethis/">Security and Prosperity Partnership</a> (SPP) - trinational negotiators continue to chip away at our rights and living standards, but now without even public knowledge of the procedures and the decisions that affect our lives.</p> <p>Yet the U.S. Congress and President Bush - in bed with corporate interests - have ignored popular opposition and passed more Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)! Under Plan Mexico, Bush wants to send more lethal aid to the Mexican security forces involved in <a href="http://www.usw.org/usw/program/content/4374.php">beating and murdering anti-globalization activists</a>.</p> <p>Unlike the behind-the-scenes negotiations of the SPP, funding for the $550 million plan must be approved by the U.S. Congress. We have an opportunity to stop this initiative before it goes through! Plan Mexico would not effectively support Mexico's fight against organized crime or improve the binational relationship. The "aid" in Plan Mexico goes to corrupt & brutal Mexican security forces and U.S. defense companies! Many local and national groups are urging others to <a href="http://www.witnessforpeace.org/mexico/planmexicoactnow.html ">take action today</a> to Stop Plan Mexico... <a href="http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2008/03/72555.php">read more>>></a></p> <p>Several upcoming events in Tucson will highlight repression and resistance to neo-liberalism in southern Mexico. On Saturday, March 29 a <a href="http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2008/03/72615.php">dinner, photo, film and variety show</a> will highlight and raise money for indigenous groups in Oaxaca who are fighting for land and autonomy. Sally, an arizona indymedia journalist who just returned from several months living in Oaxaca, will share stories and experiences from her travels.</p> <p>On Sun, April 6 a member of <a href="http://www.friendsofbradwill.org/">"Friends of Brad Will"</a> will be <a href=""http://arizona.indymedia.org/calendar/event_display_detail.php?event_id=1944">showing the film "One More Night at the Barricades"</a>, about Brad's life and the struggle in Oaxaca for which he gave it. Brad Will was a <a href="http://nyc.indymedia.org">New York City indymedia</a> journalist assassinated by government death sqauds in Oaxaca City in November 2006. His murderers, filmed by Brad himself moments before his death, have yet to be brought to justice - one more indication of the impunity with which government forces are repressing social movements throughout Mexico.</p>]]></content:encoded> <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="http://arizona.indymedia.org/images/brads killers.jpg" /> </item> <rdf:Description rdf:ID="manifest"> <mn:channels> <rdf:Seq> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://arizona.indymedia.org/syn/features_long.rdf" /> </rdf:Seq> </mn:channels> </rdf:Description> </rdf:RDF> 
