<ChicagoMayDay> Zirin: Boycott the Arizona Diamondbacks

[Shaun Harkin]

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[J. Mujica]

Picket/Boycott: Cubs Vs. Arizona (SB1070)
Type: Causes - Protest
Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010
Time: 10:30am - 3:00pm
Location: Wrigley Field
City/Town: Chicago, IL

Description America's favorite past-time will be hit with a reality
check.

Due to the recent passage of the anti-immigrant/xenophobic bill SB1070
-signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, Chicago Cubs fans will rally
against the Arizona Diamondbacks (SB1070) INSIDE (with signs) and
OUTSIDE of Wrigley Field.
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NOTICE
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WE ARE NOT BOYCOTTING THE CUBS OR THE GAME -
WE'RE EMPOWERING FANS ATTENDING THE GAMES TO COME PREPARED WITH SIGNS
TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY!
We stand in solidarity with our undocumented/documented Arizona bro.
and sis. and will NOT tolerate this unconstitutional racist law here
or anywhere. Today AZ, tomorrow?
We are going to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a message to send back
home!

* This is a nationally televised game-if you know people who will be
attending have them bring signs against SB1070 in solidarity.

* We will be handing out flyers to Cubs fans in attendance to hold up
when the Arizona Diamondbacks come out into the field.

* Outside we'll remind fans about what Arizona Diamondback owners
really stand for [Read below].

LET'S MAKE SURE THE CUBS WIN THIS GAME

La Nueva Raza-
"AMERICA, there is no doubt about it; the Arizona Diamondbacks are one
of the top contributors to the Republican machine in Arizona that have
unanimously voted for the draconian Arizona State Proposition SB1070.
This bill will encourage the open racial profiling of “brown people”
in a state that has already been racially profiling immigrants for
years beginning in the early 2000s when Sheriff Dever and his wife
allowed and oftentimes encouraged Arizonan ranchers to “hunt down”
border crossers in Cochise County."

"In 2010, the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s 3rd highest
Contributor was the Arizona Diamondbacks, who gave $121,600;
furthermore, they also contributed $129,500, which ranked as the 18th
highest contribution to the Republican Party Committee; and, they gave
the 20th highest contribution to Senator McCain—$9,400.3 In USA Today,
Ken Kendrick, managing general partner of the Arizona Diamondbacks,
said he doesn’t expect anything for his donations to Arizona Senator
John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, stating “I hope to get a
good leader for our country.”4 Well, he has to be held accountable for
giving to a machine that has targeted immigrants in Arizona, and now
the immigrant community in Arizona, and beyond must act to target them
in a national boycott against their team."

Keep reading:
http://nuevaraza.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/take-action-sign-petition-and-boycott-arizona-diamondbacks/

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IMPORTANT
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* Please post this invite and send it to all your friends in your
network. Yes, even if they're not in Chicago. We want to inspire other
cities to take similar actions!

Tweet the following message:
Boycott/Picket: Cubs Vs. Arizona #SB1070 game - Thurs April 29 @ 12:00
PM bring signs&banners! Give the Diamondbacks a message to take home!

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