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The impact of trade and immigration

Casa Maria December 15, 2014

< 1 min read by Brian Flagg, My feeling is that Arizona Daily Star syndicated columnist Esther Cepeda is almost never progressive, helpful or big picture oriented. However, on Friday, December 12 the feast day of La Virgen de Guadalupe, La Reina de las Americas, she laid out the truth about the root cause of immigration (NAFTA, CAFTA and the proposed TPP trade pact). We at Casa Maria feel that NAFTA etc is the most important thing to know about immigration. And it seems like the thing least talked about in the debate on immigration. Check it out: http://tucson.com/ap/commentary/the-impact-of-trade-and-immigration/article_52355caf-4104-593c-8d47-5214d4ab0e5d.html

COUNCIL VOTES 5-2 TO NOT RAISE BUS FARES OR MAKE SERIOUS CUTS IN THE BUS ROUTES

Casa Maria December 10, 2014

< 1 min read We Thank God for Councilwoman Karin Uhlich, Regina Romero, Paul Cunningham, Richard Fimbres and Shirley Scott for standing tall in the face of opposition to bus riders living in poverty, our award winning bus system and the planet earth for a true Transit constituency, the Tucson Bus Riders Union. Special thanks to Karen for explaining to the Mayor that sticking up for transit is not enslavement to the status quo and that the days of trying to use Transit as a whipping boy in regards to City budget problems must end.

SUPPORT BUS RIDERS – SUPPORT PLANET EARTH

Casa Maria December 8, 2014

2 min read Attend the City Council Meeting Tuesday Dec 9th at 2:00pm at City Hall 255 W. Alameda The Issue: Route Cuts and Fare Increases SUPPORT BUS RIDERS – SUPPORT PLANET EARTH by Brian Flagg, The all Democratic City Council needs to follow the recommendations of their own Transit Task Force. For the sake of bus riders, many whom live in poverty, and the environment, they need to take a long term approach to the health of our transit system. The Task Force is taking the lead of Councilwoman Karen Uhlich in advising them to do nothing in the short term

IN DEFENSE OF AUGIE ROMERO

Casa Maria December 4, 2014

2 min read by Cesar Aguirre On the second page of today’s Daily Star (12/2/14) the headline reads, “State reviewing TUSD on Mexican American Studies”. This is because Augustine Romero was baited into an argument over whether or not Mexican American Studies had returned to TUSD in the form of a federally required Culturally Relevant Curriculum (CRC) that is being implemented because of a 40 year old desegregation lawsuit. Augustine Romero is the new principal at Pueblo High school and from where we sit, on the south side of Tucson, we see a man who is passionate about educational justice, who fights for

Thanks to the Council; Sent to the Daily Star

Casa Maria November 25, 2014

< 1 min read I give thanks that in Tucson we have five City Council members (Uhlich, Romero, Fimbres, Cunningham and Scott) who for years have demonstrated compassion for bus riders by consistently voting to not raise fares, cut routes or otherwise harm a very good transit system. Brian Flagg (520) 624-0312

RAPPIN CASA MARIA STYLE!

Casa Maria November 24, 2014

3 min read Come hear Cesar Aguirre Rap at the Benefit Concert for Casa Maria! Tuesday Nov. 25th, at 7p.m. at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress Street. $7 donation or free if you don’t have it. by Cesar Aguirre, I have always been a very passionate person. One of my greatest passions is music. I was raised around musicians. Both sides of my family are very talented. I can still remember listening to my Tata strumming his guitar in the living room or pulling out his amp and microphone so I could MC while he played Tiger Rag on his accordion. I had

Why is Mayor Rothschild so intent on persecuting BUS RIDERS?

Casa Maria November 19, 2014

< 1 min read Why is Mayor Rothschild so intent on persecuting BUS RIDERS?.

To: The Plantation Owners (UA President Ann Weaver Hart, Athletic Director Greg Byrne, Coach Rich Rodriguez and Coach Sean Miller)

Casa Maria November 16, 2014

6 min read Check this out! College Athletes of the World, Unite By Kareem Abdul Jabbar, the greatest and most conscious Brother to ever play basketball. College Athletes of the World, Unite By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar November 12, 2014 Jacobin Life for student-athletes is no longer the quaint Americana fantasy of the homecoming bonfire and a celebration at the malt shop. It’s big business in which everyone is making money — everyone except the eighteen to twenty-one-year-old kids who every game risk permanent career-ending injuries. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at UCLA, AP Photo, When I played basketball for UCLA, I learned the hard way how

THE IDOLATRY OF MONEY

Casa Maria November 13, 2014

2 min read by Cesar Aguirre At Casa Maria we have been studying The Joy of the Gospel by Pope Francis and I have been lingering on some of the discussions we’ve had in our book study group on Thursdays. Last week we discussed the first three chapters of the book. Thanks to Msgr. for challenging us with his thought provoking questions. Like he said, “it’s not enough time to discuss in an hour, we need to revisit the parts that speak to us and study.” I was asked to give my thoughts on this quote, “The worship of the ancient golden calf

THE HOLY FATHER AND EVO MORALES

Casa Maria November 12, 2014

6 min read Here are two different analysis, one in English and one in Spanish , in this historic meeting of two of the world’s most inspiring and important leaders. POPE-MOVEMENTS Oct-28-2014 Pope urges activists to struggle against ‘structural causes’ of poverty By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis urged an international gathering of grassroots social activists to struggle against the “structural causes” of poverty and inequality, with a “revolutionary” program drawn from the Gospels. “The poor no longer wait, they seek to be protagonists, they organize, study, work, demand and, above all, practice that

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