–Cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz
Greetings friends and allies,
In the wake of the recent adoption into law of SB1070 by the State of Arizona today (04.23.2010), one of the most draconian anti-immigration laws ever in the United States, many people have called for a boycott of the State of Arizona, including southwest Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva. Personally, I haven’t been to Arizona in five years and do not plan on going there any time soon. I created this list to give folks/average consumers outside of Arizona a chance to show their disgust with the passage of this racist legislation by boycotting the following, Arizona-based companies.
Apollo Group (University of Phoenix). Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona
Cold Stone Creamery. Headquarters: Scottsdale, Arizona
Discount Tire Company. Headquarters: Scottsdale, Arizona
Go Daddy. Headquarters: Scottsdale, Arizona
Mesa Air Group (Mesa Airlines, Go!, Freedom Airlines). Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona
P. F. Chang’s China Bistro. Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona
PetSmart. Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona
U-Haul. Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona
US Airways. Headquarters: Tempe, Arizona
For more information on companies that do business in Arizona and actions to take against this racist, anti-immigrant legislation, please click on the following links:
Arizona’s Largest Employers (JobBank USA)
List of Arizona companies (Wikipedia)
“Boycott the Police State known as Arizona” Facebook Group
VivirLatino
ACLU Arizona
Coalición de Derechos Humanos
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
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¡Adelante!
-Joel (nuevaraza.wordpress.com)
