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ARIZONA COMMON SENSE
An Exercise in Aggressive, Non-Partisan Political Activism
April 27, 2013 Volume 3, Number 18
IS DERECHOS HUMANOS CHICKENING OUT? ARETHEY AFRAID TO MARCH TO
ARMORY PARK?
BULLETIN:
Occupied Tucson Citizen
MAY DAY 2013:
From the May 1 Coalition: "March for Justiceand Dignity for
Immigrants' and Workers'Rights on Wednesday, May 1,
InternationalWorkers' Day. Gather at 9 AM at St. John'sChurch (12th
and Ajo Way). At 10 AM Marchto Rally at Rudy Garcia Park (Irvington
andOld Nogales Hwy). Sponsored by May 1stCoalition, Derechos
Humanos, TucsonDreamers, and other groups. (For More Info:
520-770-1373 or [email protected])"
ARIZONA COMMON SENSEApril 27, 2013
For Many Years, it was a Tucson May Day ritual, when crowdsof
left wing Pro-Raza Activists, led by Pima County LegalDefender
Isabel Garcia, would march to Armory Park toexpress their
solidarity with Open Border Policy and Amnesty
for the estimated 25 million or more Mexican Illegal Aliensnow
in this country.
On April 10, 2006, more than 15,000 gathered in Armory Parkto
listen to government speakers advocate the overthrow ofthe American
government, to waive Mexican Flags, to stompon American Flags, to
throw frozen water bottles at old ladies
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sitting in lawn chairs waiving American Flags, as documentedby
the TPD After Action Report dated May 10, 2006.
In 2006 the Pro Raza Movement was at its zenith; Congresswas
moving towards Comprehensive Immigration Reform,
and the success of the Raza movement was all but assured.
Then, on April 10, 2006, 15 American counter protestorsgathered
on the Armory Park Shuffleboard Court to shout theirdefiance:
Hell NO!, they said. Arizona will Never beMexico!
Through a bullhorn, Tucson Community Activist Roy Wardentold the
marchers:
Your leadership has betrayed you!
Cesar Chavez violently opposed Mexican Illegalaliens! They took
jobs away from members of hisFarm Workers Union!
Return to Mexico! Resume Zapatas revolution!Dont come here to
feed off the table scraps ofGringos!
The counter protestors Burned two Mexican Flags inopposition to
Amnesty and Mexican foreign policy.
The Pro-Raza crowd erupted; some leaped on the backs ofTPD
officers; one, wearing a Mexican Flag as a cape, kicked afallen
officer in the face.
The police fired tear gas; six demonstrators were arrested
forfelony assaults on TPD officers. However Pima CountyAttorney
later dropped the charges in a politicalaccommodation to the left
wing.
The first American in-your-face street counter
demonstrationagainst the Pro Raza movement, literally a Shot
HeardAround the World, was a rousing success.
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Significantly; when May Day 2007 rolled around the number
ofPro-Raza street demonstrators was reduced by half, whenless that
8,000 marched for Amnesty.
On May Day 2008 Pro-Raza enthusiasm was further
diminished, the number of Pro-Raza demonstrators wasagain
reduced, and reduced again in 2009, 2010, 2011.
In 2012 less than 250 participated.
Pathetically; in 2012 some of the organizers wore
ridiculousAngel Wings made from bed sheets, interposed
themselvesbetween their marchers and Roy Warden, flapped their
armsto obscure the speaker, but they could not obscure themessage,
which again, was the same as it had been for everyyear since
2006:
Your leadership has betrayed you!
Cesar Chavez violently opposed Mexican Illegalaliens! They took
jobs away from members of hisFarm Workers Union!
Return to Mexico! Resume Zapatas revolution!Dont come here to
feed off the table scraps ofGringos!
Imagine that! The Pro-Raza Movement had 15,000participants in
2006; last year they had less than 250.
And now, embarrassed by their low turnout, they no longerhave
the courage to march to Armory Park.
As Leonard Cohen said in the sixties, Isnt it a long
waydown!
Roy [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]
