2 min readKeynote speakers State Sen. Steve Farley and scientist Gregg Garfin, as well as the distinguished panel, drove home the point that to raise bus fares in this era of climate change is not in the interest of increased transit ridership. Last night it was made clear that for the Council to vote for increases in September would not be wise for them or in the interest of poor people and the planet. So what’s next? This is only the beginning, we must act now to stop fare increases and fight climate change! GRACIAS A TODOS LOS QUE ASISTIERON A LA JUNTA

2 min readLooking for inspiration in the struggle against oppressors of poor people and the planet on the eve of the Bus Rider Union sponsored Climate Change Summit… This article was sent to us by long time Casa Maria supporter Paul Crowley, with a note saying, “this was the best article on Ali that I have ever read.”   Click here to check it out “‘I Just Wanted to Be Free’: The Radical Reverberations of Muhammad Ali”-by Dave Zirin   MUHAMMAD ALI…el santo guerrero, el atleta mas importante que jamas haya existido En busca de inspiración en la lucha contra los opresores de los

2 min readPope Francis Among the Wolves The Inside Story of a Revolution  By Marco Politi  Columbia University Press. $27.95 Reviewed by Elizabeth Webb in America Magazine, June 20-27, 2016. Check it out here. I’m going to find this book and read it! If you cant read this book, check out this book review! Apparently this book reiterates what a righteous guy the Pope is in public but it also “sheds light on the Pope’s revolution within church institutions.” The book tells how Francis shakes up the Vatican by cracking down on money laundering, misuse of funds, and abuse of power. It talks

4 min readby Brian Flagg Casa Maria is a subscriber to NCR and I highly recommend it as a source of news, especially if you are Catholic. Letter to the Editor, National Catholic Reporter, July 15-28, 2016 Michael Sean Winters’ article celebrating the one year anniversary of Laudato Si’ (NCRonline.org/node/125486) concluded with an appeal for parishes to start picking the low hanging fruit of improving the carbon footprint of their facilities. I would also encourage parishes to engage right now with leading national and local climate action organizations to strike out at the huge social injustice impact of climate change that is

6 min readby Cesar Aguirre On Sunday evening I looked through the Star only to find Columnist Tim Steller using his position and influence to, in effect, campaign against the TUSD board majority. The article titled “TUSD broke promises with Prop. 123 spending” really has nothing to do with the management of funds in the  district, but has everything to do with the upcoming elections. The entire purpose of this article can be found in these two sentences. Foster, by the way, is up for re-election, along with fellow board member Cam Juarez. If either of them should lose, the board’s voting

< 1 min readThey have a councilwoman there who fights for justice and poor people. Her name is Kshama Sawant and her attitude is: Tax the wealthy to fund mass transit! If they can elect someone like her in Seattle, why can’t we do something similar here in blue, progressive, all-Democrats on the City Council Tucson? Thanks to El Colombiano Juan O’Campo, who used to live in Tucson and work at SEIU, for sending us this interview. Juan now lives in Miami, Florida. This interview was first pulished in Telesur, 27 march 2016: Kshama Sawant on Trump, Bernie and Building Socialism in the