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Edited by Jeneiene Schaffer, sonoranalliance@hotmail.com

Please read within this issue of SANN:

1.Action Alerts Green Party City Council Candidate Needs 10 More Donations- Wednesday Rally to Protest Boy Scouts of America's Discrimination Against Gay Youth-Wednesday Speak Out in Support of a Jetski Ban at 'Lake' Powell Reservoir- Thursday-Tempe, AZ Support the Union Drive at U of A-Continuing Important Roadless Area Conservation Issue-Deadline Sept. 10 Free Lori Berenson-Continuing Derechos Humanos Vigil to Mourn Border Deaths-Thursday Taco Bell Truth Tour/Action-September 23-24, LA & Irvine, CA

2.Community Calendar SWARM Meeting, Wednesday U of A Students Against Sweatshops Meeting, Thursday Derechos Humanos Meeting, Thursday Earn a Bike Program With BICAS, Thursday Espaņol sin Fronteras, Friday Tucson Coalition Against Star Wars Meeting, Saturday

3.Updates Reflections on Red Rock Pass Trial Employment Openings at TIHAN

4.Articles

AZ-IMC: *IMC NEWS BLAST | THE UNITED STATES' PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX *Unpublished Photos and the Truth on the Murder of Carlo Giuliani *Please Write a Short Note to Senators in Opposition to Public Lands Fee *Big Mountain Sundance Arbor and Tree Destroyed!!! *Amnesty International Adopts Jailed Mexican Environmentalists *Camp Ana Mae Raided, Sundance Tree Destroyed *Taking on the Cement Bosses *Activist Film Festival-Denver, call for entries

Action Alerts

*** VOTE YOUR HOPES NOT YOUR FEARS

Ted O' Neill Update-

After last Saturday's party, we are about 10 short of our goal of 200 donations. Our deadline is this Wednesday the 22nd.Although we will be scrambling to get those in next hours, we are hopeful that the Green Party has once again accomplished something that the talk show pundits said we couldn't; raising 200 separate donations of $10 apiece from people in our community. Thank you to all who have given. If you haven't made a contribution yet, and would still like to, call me I'll come by and pick it up. My (Katie Bolger) # is 628-4312, I'll be waiting by the phone!

Our office is located @ 405 N. Wilson.

*** DO NOT TOLERATE DISCRIMINATION

A rally to voice opposition to the Boy Scouts of America policy of discrimination against gay youth and adults, to encourage funders and organizations to stop supporting the BSA as long as they practice discrimination, and to acknowledge the contributions to society of gay youth and leaders will be held on Wednesday, August 22, at 7:00 p.m.

Location: the International Arts Center/Muse, 5th Avenue and 6th Streetin Tucson. Ample off-street parking is available at the IAC/Muse.

Please come, wear your Scout uniform if you've got one, and join us in affirming diversity, gay youth, and civil rights for all.

For more information, please contact Nancy Robinett, SFA rally organizer at 670-9500 or via e- mailto:nancy.robinett@azbar.org

*** JETSKIS HAVE GOTTA GO OFF THE COLORADO

(Thanks to David Orr, Living Rivers, for this action alert, SANN)

The National Park Service (NPS) will hold public "scoping" sessions this week on a proposed ban on personal watercraft (PWC) at Lake Powell Reservoir (Glen Canyon National Recreation Area).

A meeting will be held in Tempe, from 6-8 PM this Thursday, August 23 at AmeriSuites Hotel, Arizona Mills Room, 1520 W. Baseline Road. For directions call 620-831-9800.

PLEASE COME AND VOICE YOUR OPINION -- THIS IS A MAJOR OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY IN THE COLORADO RIVER AND ELIMINATE MAJOR SOURCES OF NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION--AND UNSAFE MOTORIZED RECREATION AT GLEN CANYON NRA.

Additional meetings will be held in Page on Monday, and Salt Lake City on Tuesday.

SUBMITTING YOUR SCOPING COMMENTS:

SUPPORT A "NO-ACTION" ALTERNATIVE -- TOTAL PWC BAN

Sierra Club, Living Rivers, Bluewater Network, and other groups across the West are calling on the agency to institute a permanent, total ban on PWCs at Glen Canyon NRA.

This round of public meetings is preliminary to the preparation of the Draft EIS. By law, NPS must address issues raised by the public in the scoping process. In your comments, please write in your own words, and ask NPS to evaluate in detail the issues below. Feel free to write about any (unpleasant) personal experience you may have had with PWCs, especially at GCNRA.

We encourage you to attend the scoping meeting to learn more about the issue BEFORE submitting your comments. NPS will provide forms at the meeting, but you may submit comments in letter form, or even via email to: GLCA_PWC@nps.gov

Write to: National Park Service, Glen Canyon NRA, PO Box 1507, Page, AZ, 86040, Attn: Suzy Schulman, Environmental Specialist.

Additional information can also be found at the following web site: http://www.nps.gov/glca/pwcpl.htm

*** BECAUSE THE UNION MAKES US STRONG

This summer, an exciting movement began at the University of Arizona. With the help of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), a group of employees met and formed the UA Organizing Committee. For the last month we have been tabling every day, distributing literature and getting union interest cards signed.

The aim is to organize wall-to-wall, every employee at the University. This means staff, faculty, TAs, RAs and undergraduate student workers. Some 20,000 people in all. When we succeed it will nearly double the number of union members in Southern Arizona.

This is one of the largest union organizing drives ever undertaken in Tucson (if not the largest) and we need support. If you have questions, please contact the AFSCME office or stop by our table.

Here are some of the things you can do:

1.Sign a card. The AFSCME card will be used to show an interest in the union at the UA and put pressure on the administration when the time comes to ask for recognition. If you haven't signed a card yet use the contacts below to get one.

2.Help table. Talk to folks and get them information about the union drive. This week, we'll be on the south side of Harvill every day from 11-1. We need volunteers to fill those spots. No one will table alone and you'll be paired with someone who has tabled before.

3.Talk to your co-workers. This may be the best way to inform people about the union drive. If you want information to give to them and cards for them to sign, stop by the table or contact me. If folks are nervous or can't make the regular meetings, representatives from AFSCME (American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees) will meet with small groups in people's homes, in restaurants, in bars, on the mall or anyplace else that would be convenient.

4. Join the listserv. Send a blank message to

ua-afscme-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or let me know and I'll add your name. The membership list is secure and not available to public scrutiny.

5.Come to the Organizing Committee meetings. We meet every Thursday alternating between 4:30 and 2:30 but always at the Northwest Neighborhood Center 2160 N. 6th Ave.

We also need folks to help make phone calls, design leaflets, stuff envelopes and many other things.

If you have any questions or would like to help out:

Jeff Imig, jeffi@email.arizona.edu, 603-1817 (anytime) or AFSCME office lamae66@hotmail.com, 571-8884

Together, we can win dignity and justice and make the University of Arizona a World Class education and research institution.

*** ONCE THEY'RE GONE, THEY'RE GONE FOREVER

(Thanks to Matt Skroch, Sky Island Alliance, for this action alert, SANN)

Important Roadless Area Conservation Issue!!

Last year over 1.5 Million Americans - five times more people than have ever expressed their opinions on any federal rule in US history -- wrote to the US Forest Service asking them to protect America's last wild National Forests. Yes, 95% of Americans that responded to the comment period supported the rule.

In January, the US Forest Service responded by issuing the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protects the last wild 58.5 million acres of our National Forests from logging and road construction.

But George W. Bush is intent on undermining the most important forest conservation initiative in the past hundred years. He wants to turn these last wild forests over to the timber industry - an industry which contributed over $3.2 million to his election campaign.

Please: Write to the US Forest Service and tell them to keep the Roadless Area Conservation Rule intact, with no exemptions for the Tongass Rainforest in Alaska or any other roadless area on any of our National Forests.

Don't let Bush repay political favors with your wild forests. Because once they're gone, they're gone forever.

WHAT WE CAN DO

BE SURE TO SIGN WITH YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS! Write to Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth c/o 122 C St NW Suite 240, Washington DC, 2001 by Sept 10. You can also send a postcard from http://www.ourforests.org Tell him why you think our last wild forests should be protected, and which forests you especially love. Don't forget - you are the nation's number one expert on why you care about wild forests!

Be sure to include the following: - Ask that the comments be accepted in response to "the Roadless Area Conservation Advance notice of proposed rulemaking" - Tell Chief Bosworth to Protect All of Our Nation's Roadless Areas from All Logging, Roadbuilding and Mining. - Tell Chief Bosworth that you respectfully request that no exemptions or exclusions be created to undermine or weaken the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

*** SET LORI FREE!

Dear Tucson Friends of the Sonoran Activist Network News

Lori Berenson was sentenced to 20 years (To serve 14 more of the six years served. Even though the court has declared her not to a terrorist and innocent of being a member of the MRTA, she is confined in prison in Peru. Lori speaks out for the first time since her recent sentencing. She said, "If I had denounced the MRTA, I would probably be free" You can get more of her message in her article, NO SINGING, NO LAUGHING, NO SOUND, and other on www.freelori.org

We urge you all here in Tucson to keep the pressure up. We can't give up on our Prisoners of Conscience, and all prisoners who are falsely accused. TARGET THE FOLLOWING: George W. Bush, E-mail, president@whitehouse.gov Ambassador Carlos Alzamorda, Peruvian Embassy, peru@peruemb.org Genl. Colin Powell, Fax, 202-647-2283, or phone, 202-647-4000 President Dr. Alejandro Toledo Palacio de Gobierno, Plaza de Armas S/N Lima, 1, Peru(.80 stamp)

peace to you all, from the Tucson Committee to Free Lori Berenson, 520-825-4480 phylbob@mindspring.com

*** NO HUMAN BEING IS ILLEGAL

Please join us in remembering those who have died trying to cross the border. Bring candles, flowers, and your prayers this Thursday, 7 p.m at El Tiradito.

This is a weekly vigil sponsored by Derechos Humanos.

Contact: AZBRP@aol.com

*** YO NO QIUERO TACO HELL

For those of you that can't make it all the way out to DC for the S29 actions, there is another option....

The Taco Bell Truth Tour is seen by some as the IMF action of the west coast. The numbers are building of those planning on converging on Irvine and demanding from corporations that they take responsibility for the havoc they wreak as they make their profit. Farmworkers in Florida are receiving the same piece rate that they received in 1978! Meanwhile, Taco Bell, part of Tricon Corp., is one of the largest corporations in the world, with profits in the billions.

It is time that corporations take responsibility for every worker that toils to line their pockets. As one worker has said, "we are tired of subsidizing Taco Bell's profits with our poverty"

On September 23, in Los Angeles, there will be a march and action, followed by a rally and music. Then, on Monday, September 24, THE action will take place in Irvine. We will have a march of farmworkers and allies converging on "the Bell" HQ. The number of allies expected is growing every day, and we are hoping that all who support us will help spread the word, as well as stand with us in solidarity outside of Taco Bell's global headquarters. Please come out and stand with us as we tell Taco Bell that we will no longer accept the unattachment that corporations think they are entitled to when it comes to the conditions and standard of living of the workers.

At present, there are several caravans planned for joining us in solidarity, and we are hoping that all surrounding states send delegations to represent them in Irvine.

Arizona is one that we would really like to see. There has been interest expressed in having a caravan head out to LA and Irvine for those final days of action (also, for those interested, there is an action planned for S25-- see www.tacobellsucks.org for details about that....). For those of you that cannot make it out for the actions in DC, consider this as a way of making your voice heard. This is a globalization issue. This is a farmworker issue. This is a human rights issue.

If any of you in Arizona are interested in joining or starting up a caravan, please let me know. Once you arrive in LA and Irvine, lodging and food will be provided, so please make sure that you let us know of numbers you plan to bring, as we must alert the allies in LA and Irvine who are making those preparations. Arizona would be an amazing addition to the voices that are currently planning to stand together in Irvine! In solidaridad, Kat Rodriguez, kat7rod@yahoo.com

Community Calendar

*** SWARM THE BORDER WITH JUSTICE SWARM is an alliance of human rights, border rights, environmentals and labor activists working to end the military build-up along the US-Mexico Border. We use education, legal strategies, and non-violent action to achieve our goals. When: Wednesday August 8th, 6:30PM Where: 511 N. 4th Ave @ the People's Law Center office, (next to Magpie's) Contact: 520.218.5541, www.resistmilitarization.org

*** THIS GOES OUT TO MY PEOPLES ON LOCK-DOWN Join the University of Arizona chapter of Students Against Sweatshops. You've seen them acting in civil disobedience in front of the Rampart Police Station at the Democratic National Convention in LA, on lockdown at the U of A Administration BuildingŠif you're a U of A student with an attitude and a conscience, join SAS and make a difference. When: Every Thursday, 7PM Where: U of A Social Sciences Bldg., Rm 415, Tucson

*** PEACE & JUSTICE FOR THE BORDERLANDS Derechos Humanos is a grassroots coalition fighting against the militarization of the border area, discrimination, and abuses against human rights by federal, state, and local law enforcement officials, affecting Us and non US citizens alike. We influence public policy by holding press conferences and interviews, hosting media crews, and by having demonstrations, vigils, symposiums, and marches to draw attention to the unjust policies and inhumane treatment of immigrants. We document abuses by law enforcement agencies, and we hold "Know Your Rights" workshops in the community, among other activities. When: Thursdays, 5:30PM Where: 631 S. Sixth Ave

*** MORE BIKES, LESS CARS Build yourself a bike from salvaged parts, repair, or upgrade the one you have with BICAS-Bicycle Inter-Community Action and Salvage. BICAS will now pick your used bikes to be recycled by others in the community. All ages. Call BICAS for more information. When: Thursdays, 4-7PM Where: 44 W. 6th St., Tucson Contact: 520.628.7950

*** LEARN THE SPANISH OF THE STREETS During our regular class, learn el espaņol de las calles through contemporary music and fun, creatively structured input. Immersion - just bring your notebook, a pencil, a dictionary, and your desire to cross cultural barriers! Classes are for donation, Tucson Trader Tokens, and/or work trade at BICAS/the Union. Taught by a native speaker of Mexican spanish and a linguistics major. When: todos los viernes (every Friday), 5:30-6:30PM Where: Union of Art and Healing Local #8, 119 E. Toole Contact: Sonya, 520.884.0131

*** ONE CANNOT SIMULTANEOUSLY PREPARE FOR WAR AND PEACE-A.Einstein The newly formed Tucson Coalition Against Star Wars is planning to participate in the International Day of Action against Weapons in Space, October 13th. You and your organization are urged to help build an action in Tucson. Please join us at a planning meeting. -- Please help spread the word. Forward this message to your friends and post it on appropriate lists When: Saturday August 25th, 10 AM Where: Unitarian -Universalist Church in the Awareness Room. The UU church is located on 22nd St. just east of Swan. Contact: stelnik@webtv.net ======================================================= Updates

*** VICTORY FOR AZ NO FEE COALITION Good news!! In an exciting decision yesterday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephan Verkamp reconfirmed the Forest Service's (FS) inability to successfully prosecute folks for alleged failure to purchase a Red Rock Pass based solely on the presence of a vehicle at a trailhead or along a road. This is exactly what the AZ No Fee Coalition, and numerous organizations throughout the country, has been saying since the FS first decided to create criminals out of those determined to enjoy their natural heritage. As the program is a recreation fee, and not a parking fee, simply finding a car within the Red Rock area is grossly insufficient for determining who, if anyone, is present and recreating. As such, it is a ticket that can be, and has been, successfully challenged in court.... PROVIDED that one does not have an encounter with FS personal. We can expect an even greater amount of FS enforcement of this program as a result of the cases heard yesterday. This enforcement will continue to consume any revenue FS districts' may have. This increased policing of our public lands means that less time and resources will be spent on actually caring for the land, and relations with the FS and the public will continue to deteriorate. Both have been concerns of the AZ NoFee Coalition since we first began to research the program. See the front page story in the AZ Daily Sun at http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=23842 We do encourage folks to not vote "yes" for this program by purchasing a pass. Just say "no!" and don't purchase a pass! If one is returning to one's vehicle, and sees FS personal lurking about looking for "trespassers," one can hang out in the woods for a while longer until the FS leaves. If such is not an option, and an encounter is inevitable, remember to SAY NOTHING to the FS personal present. It is quite possible that they will want to speak with folks, that they will attempt to detain folks and seperate parties to question folks independently. If such occurs, you do not have to show id, answer questions, agree to be seperated etc until you have a lawyer present. REMEMBER YOUR RIGHTS!! Please contact the Coalition with questions/concerns/ideas. Thank you. If folks are interested in getting even more involved, in any aspect of our growing campaign, please contact us. We are hoping to have an "organizational" meeting sometime in the next few weeks, and encourage those who want to get (more) involved to attend. Let us know what ideas you have, and when (and where) such a meeting would work for you. Be well and travel light, Dave Dave Sherman, AZ NoFee Coalition, Box 874, Flagstaff, AZ 86002 (928) 773-1064

*** WORK WITH ONE OF THE BEST Dear Friends, The Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN) is in the midst of an active search for two staff members in accordance with our Board of Director's strategic plan and goals. We are currently recruiting a Director of Education (full-time position, with salary range $20,800-$24,960), and a Program Coordinator (half-time position, with a salary range of $8.00-$10.00/hour). As you know, TIHAN has been at the forefront of assuring that Tucson faith communities are an integral part of responding to the HIV/AIDS crisis through awareness, education, advocacy, and direct service. Please help us find the right people to complement our team and carry out our important mission and goals. Complete job descriptions are available for review on the TIHAN website at www.tihan.org Also, please consider passing this request on to your network of friends and colleagues. For those unable to access our website, job descriptions can be obtained by calling the TIHAN office at 299-6647. Interviews of qualified candidates are commencing later this week, so time is of the essence. Thank you for all your support of TIHAN, and for your assistance in helping us find persons well-suited for these important positions. Scott Blades, Executive Director, Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network (TIHAN),(520) 299-6647, scott@tihan.org, www.tihan.org

Articles *** HOT OFF THE AZ IMC PRESS *IMC NEWS BLAST | THE UNITED STATES' PRISON-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX By IMC News Blast Working Group A compilation of notices, stories and opinions posted to the Independent Media Center network concerning the United States' prison-industrial complex, inspired by the Philadelphia IMC's coverage of last week's American Correctional Association yearly convention. http://arizona.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=1342&group=webcast

*Unpublished Photos and the Truth on the Murder of Carlo Giuliani By La Haine Genoa: Unpublished photos and the truth on the murder of Carlo Giuliani http://arizona.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=1339&group=webcast

*Please Write a Short Note to Senators in Opposition to Public Lands Fee By AZ No-Fee Coalition (via AZ IMC) Important! Most up-to-date fee demo action alert. Oppose the privatization and commodification of public lands, keep 'em wild and FREE! http://arizona.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=1333&group=webcast

*Big Mountain Sundance Arbor and Tree Destroyed!!! By BlackMesa Indigenous Support Camp Ana Mae, the well-known site of Sun Dances, home to Louise Benally and her children at the foot of Big Mountain, Arizona has been bulldozed by Hopi Tribal authorities."Hopi Tribal staff stuffed the Tree of Life into a woodchipper and haul the other remains away in trailers" http://arizona.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=1332&group=webcast

*Amnesty International Adopts Jailed Mexican Environmentalists Interview by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus Folabi Olagbaju, director of Amnesty International USA's Human Rights and Environmental Program. He discusses the circumstances surrounding the prosecution of Montiel and Cabrera and why Amnesty has adopted the men as prisoners of conscience. http://arizona.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=1330&group=webcast

*Camp Ana Mae Raided, Sundance Tree Destroyed By marco Camp Anna Mae at Big Mtn. on Black Mesa was raided today by over 50 Hopi rangers and police. The sacred sundance arbor at the site was destroyed by heavy equipment. Two people were also arrested at the camp http://arizona.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=1322&group=webcast

*Taking on the Cement Bosses By solidarity

Rally in Phoenix on September 14 in Solidarity with Arizona Portland Cement Workers. http://arizona.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=1318&group=webcast

*Activist Film Festival-Denver, call for entries By jd

Visualized: Messages in Motion Film and Video Festival (Denver, Colorado, USA) is now accepting entries through September 15th. We are dedicated to screening revolutionary, progressive, leftist, radical, anarchist, socialist, feminist, visionary, counter-hegemonic, organic works....you get the picture. Check out the website. INDYMEDIA

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