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Peggy Plews

May 18, 2019

THIS BLOG is NOW RETIRED

I began this blog in May 2009 following the death of Marcia Powell at Perryville State Prison in Goodyear, Arizona. It is not intended to prescribe the path that leads to freedom from the prison industrial complex.

Rather, these are just my observations in arguably the most racist, fascist, militaristic state in the nation at a critical time in history for a number of intersecting liberation movements. From Indigenous resistance to genocidal practices, to the fight over laws like SB1070 and the ban on Ethnic Studies, Arizona is at the center of many battles for human rights, and thus the struggle for prison abolition as well - for none are free until all are. I retired the blog in APRIL 2013.

Visit me now at Arizona Prison Watch or Survivors of Prison Violence-AZ

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Signs of the Times: The Real Resistance Begins.

Sorry not to get these photos up sooner - technical difficulties and competing demands. They pretty much come from the Capitol complex and downtown Phoenix, and were almost all taken between Wednesday, April 21 and Sunday, April 25, 2010.

This gives me hope, which I wanted to share...

Across from the 4th Avenue Jail,
in solidairty with the Capitol Nine.

This guy was awesome.
He stood his ground awhile there, facing down the white supremacists.

My favorite local band, The Haymarket Squares,
in front of the 4th Avenue Jail, Phoenix, supporting the Capitol Nine.

4th Avenue Jail

this guy reminded me of my dad...

Code Pink!!!

(this is from the 1st Amendment Right Cronkite night in January...
just couldn't resist.)

FREE:
The empire is growing more brazen...

mock funeral for faith in leaders...

f@*% the border.

wonder what this was about?

F*@% the Arizona Republic, too.

Calling out the Governor at the Sheraton.

Girl Scouts against SB 1070!!!
Right ON!!!

plastered all over town:
remembering slave patrols.

This guy put his Mexican flag right in the nativists' faces and caused a stir -
even Puente was trying to shut him down.

SB 1070 is child abuse.

AZ State Senate Welcoming Committee:
"NO RACISM!!!"

lots of people of faith...

somewhere over the 202, Phoenix.

Light Rail Stop, Phoenix:
SB 1070 = Racism

4th Avenue Jail.

"undocumented driver aboard"

...I also think I'll start hiring myself out as a day laborer, so I know the ropes by the time it's outlawed. Think they'll arrest a white disabled woman for begging for work? I'm sure there will be a big demand since brown people are quickly being banned from working in this state precisely so there are more low-wage jobs for white people. They need to stop educating us and put us to work in McDonald's for subsistence wages or they'll have a revolution on their hands...

Oh - they already do!

YAY!
Hooray for SB 1070!
Thanks Jan Brewer and Russ Pearce!!!

Now lets bury this thing for good.

1 comment:

AnonymousApril 29, 2010 at 12:34 AM
Thanks for these uplifting and strong photos of determined people who stand up for themselves and each other.
Love and Peace,
Ban SB 1070.
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ABCF Political Prisoner List

ABDUL AZIZ
(Warren Ballentine)
Golden Groove Correctional Facility
P.O. Box 1100
Kingshill, St Croix, V.I U.S 00850

ABDUL MAJID
#83-A-0483
Drawer B
Stormville, NY 12582-0010
Green Haven Correctional Facility

ALVARO LUNA HERNANDEZ
#255735
Hughes Unit
Rt. 2, Box 4400
Gatesville, TX 76597

ANTONIO GUERRERO
#58741-004
P.O. Box 7500
Florence, CO 81226
U.S.P. Florence

BILL DUNNE
#10916-086
P.O. Box 2068
Inez, KY 41224
USP Big Sandy

BYRON SHANE CHUBBUCK
#07909-051
P.O. Box 1000
Lewisburg, PA 178371
USP Lewisburg

CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES
#88976-024
P.O. Box 5000
Pekin, IL 61555
FCI Pekin

DAVID GILBERT
#83-A-6158
P.O. Box 2001
Dannemora, NY 12929
Clinton Corr. Facility

ED POINDEXTER
#27767
P. O. Box 2500
Lincoln, NE 68542

FRED "MUHAMMAD" BURTON
AF 3896
SCI Somerset
1590 Walters Mill Rd
Somerset, PA 15510

GERARDO HERNANDEZ
#58739-004
P.O. Box 5500
Adelanto, CA 92301
U.S. Penitentiary-Victorville

HANIF S. BEY (B. GEREAU)
#295933
P.O. Box 860
Oakwood, Virginia 24631
Keen Mountain Correctional Center

HERMAN BELL
79-C-0262
P.O. Box 116
Fallsburg, New York 14871-2000
Sullivan Correctional Facility

JAAN K. LAAMAN
10372-016
P.O. Box 24550
Tucson, AZ 85734
USP Tucson

JAMIL ABDULLAH AL-AMIN
#99974-555
USP Florence ADMAX
P.O. Box 8500
Florence, CO 81226

JALIL MUNTAQIM
{Anthony Bottom} 2311826
77-A-4283
P.O. Box 618
Auburn, NY 13021

JOSEPH "JOE-JOE" BOWEN
#AM-4272
1 Kelley Drive
Coal Township, PA 17866-1021

JOSH HARPER
29429-086
P.O. Box 5000
Sheridan, OR 97378
FCI Sheridan

LUIS MEDINA
#58734-004
P.O. Box 3000
Pine Knot, KY 42635
USP McCreary

MALIK SMITH
#295945
P.O. Box 759
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
Wallensridge Supermax

MALIKI LATINE
#81-A-4469
P.O. Box 2000
Dannemora, New York 12929

R.I.P. MARILYN BUCK

MARSHALL EDDIE CONWAY
#116469
P.O. Box 534
Jessup, MD 20794
Jessup Correctional Institution

MATTHEW DEPALMA
14126-041
P.O. Box 420
Fairton, NJ 08320

MONDO WE LANGA (D. RICE)
#27768
P.O. Box 2500
Lincoln, NE 68542-2500

DR. MUTULU SHAKUR
#83205-012
P.O. Box 8500
Florence, CO 81226
USP Florence ADX

OJORE NURU LUTALO
#59860
P.O. Box 861
SBI# 0000901548
Trenton, NJ 08625

OSCAR LOPEZ RIVERA
#87651-024
P.O. Box 33
Terre Haute, IN 47808
U.S.P. Terre Haute

RENE GONZALEZ
#58738-004
P.O. Box 7007
Marianna, FL 32447-7007
FCI Marianna

ROBERT SETH HAYES
#74-A-2280
P.O. Box 1187
Alden, NY 14004-1187
Wende Correctional Facility

ROMAINE CHIP FITZGERALD
#B27527
FC-2-110
P.O. Box 921
Imperial, CA 92251

RONALD REED
#219531
5329 Osgood Avenue North
Stillwater, Minnesota 55082-1117

RUBEN CAMPA
#58733-004
FCI Terre Haute
P.O. Box 33
Terre Haute, IN 47808

RUSSELL MAROON SHOATS
#AF-3855
175 Proggress Dr.
Waynesburg, PA 15370

SEKOU KAMBUI (W. TURK)
#113058
P.O. Box 56 SCC (B1-21)
Elmore, AL 36025-0056

SEKOU ODINGA
09A3775
P.O. Box 700
Wallkill, New York 12589

SUNDIATA ACOLI (C. SQUIRE)
#39794-066
P.O. Box 1000
Otisville, NY 10963
USP Otisville

THOMAS MANNING
#10373-016
P. O. Box 2000
Bruceton Mills, WV 26525
USP Hazelton

TSUTOMU SHIROSAKI
20924-016
FCI Terre Haute
P.O. Box 33
Terre Haute, IN 47808

VERONZA BOWERS JR.
#35316-136
P.O. Box 150160
Atlanta, GA 30315

WILLIAM 'LEFTY' GILDAY
P.O. Box 1218
Shirley, MA 01464-1218
MCI Shirley

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#4969
P.O. Box 41
Michigan City, IN 46361
Indiana State Prison

Spirit of Freedom (August 2009)

Produced by EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK

"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!" (Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)

ABOUT E.L.P. SUPPORT NETWORK
ELP is an international eco-prisoner support network founded, in Britain, in 1993 to support jailed eco-activists. We support the prisoners by producing various regular prisoner lists:

Spirit of Freedom is ELP's international monthly prisoner listing which is circulated by e-mail.

Urgent ELP! Bulletin is an e-mail service that distributes the names of any new eco-prisoner as soon as ELP gets their details. For more info e-mail ELP4321@hotmail.com

STATEMENT ON VIOLENCE
Some people listed in this newsletter have carried out violent actions including assault and murder. 'Spirit of Freedom' does not condone violence. But we are also against censorship & believe people can decide for themselves who they wish to support.
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Welcome to the August 2009 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As ELP goes to print we are still anxiously awaiting news of Justin Solondz. As previously reported in Spirit of Freedom, in mid-June ELP learnt that the American environmentalist, Justin Solondz, who is wanted by the FBI in connection to
their investigation which led to the Green Scare Trials in both Oregon and Washington, has been arrested in China. Since then ELP has not heard anything more about Justin. If anyone has any information on Justin and where he is currently being held then please let ELP know.

The arrest of Justin, in China, is a good reminder to us all of the importance of the international prisoner support movement and how people can be jailed in any country anywhere around the world. In the past ELP has listed prisoners in North America, Latin America, Europe, Scandinavia, Africa, Asia and Australasia. In fact the only continent ELP has never listed a prisoner from is Antarctica!!! As our prisoner lists always show, the cause for Earth/Animal Liberation is international. So please, regardless of what languages you speak and regardless of where you live in
the world, please support the eco-prisoners and no compromise in defence of Mother Earth!

If anyone notices any of ELP's prisoner details is out of date or we do not list a prisoner who we should list, please let ELP know as soon as possible. ELP is run by a small group of volunteers and although we try to ensure our lists are accurate, we admit we do make mistakes. So help us help keep the lists accurate by letting us know of any changes we need to make.
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ECO-DEFENCE PRISONERS

Grant Barnes #137563, San Carlos Correctional Facility, PO Box 3, Pueblo, CO 81002, USA. Serving 12 years for setting fire to a number of SUV vehicles. The letters ELF were spray painted onto all of the vehicles. (Grant is a vegan).

Nathan Block, #36359-086, FCI Lompoc, Federal Correctional Institution, 3600 Guard Road, Lompoc, CA 93436, USA. Serving 7 years & 8 months for an ELF arson against a Poplar Tree Farm and an ELF arson against an SUV dealership. Also admitted his role in an ELF/ALF conspiracy. (Diet unknown).

Marco Camenisch, Postfach 3143, CH-8105 Regensdorf, Switzerland. Serving 18 years. 1) Ten years for using explosives to destroy electricity pylons leading from nuclear power stations. 2) Eight years for the murder of a Swiss Boarder Guard whilst on the run. In '02 Marco completed a 12-year sentence in Italy for destroying electricity pylons in Italy. (Marco is a meat eater who encourages organic living).

Daniele Casalini, Via Casale 50/a, 15040 San Michele (AL), Italy. Il Silvestre activist awaiting trial accused of using explosives to damage an electricity pylon in protest at nuclear energy. (Daniele is a vegan).

Francesco Gioia, Via Casale 50/a, 15040 San Michele (AL), Italy. Il Silvestre activist awaiting trial accused of using explosives to damage an electricity pylon in protest at nuclear energy. (Francesco is a vegetarian and Straight Edge).

Maura Harringon, Dochas Centre, Mountjoy Gaol, North Circular Road, Dublin 7, Republic of Ireland. Jailed for non-payment of a fine. The fine was issued following Maura's involvement in an anti-Shell petrol company protest. (Diet unknown).

Jonatan. E-mail messages of support to freejonatan@yahoo.se A 20-year old Swedish man sentenced to 15 months imprisonment after admitting damaging a communication tower used by the Department of Defence, cutting the cables on a crane used in creating urban sprawl, and damaging a vehicle used in the logging industry. Jonatan is currently on bail as he appeals his sentence (Jonatan is a vegan).

Jeffrey Luers, # 13797671, CRCI, 9111 NE Sunderland Ave, Portland, OR 97211-1708, USA. Serving 10 years for arson on a SUV dealership & the attempted arson of an oil truck. The original sentence was 22 years & 8 months, but was reduced on appeal. (Diet unknown).

Marie Jeanette Mason, #04672-061, FCI Waseca, Federal Correctional Institution, PO Box 1731, Waseca, MN 56093, USA. Serving 21 years and 10 months for her involvement in an ELF arson against a University building carrying out Genetically Modified crop tests. Marie also pleaded guilty to
conspiring to carry out ELF actions and admitted involvement in 12 other ELF actions. (Marie is a vegan).

Eric McDavid, 16209-097, FCI Victorville, Medium II, Federal Correctional Institution, PO Box 5300, Adelanto, CA 92301, USA. Serving 19 years & 7 months for planning to destroy the property of the U.S. Forestry Service, mobile phone masts and power plants. At the point of his arrest no criminal damage has actually occurred. (Eric is a vegan).

Daniel McGowan, 63794-053, USP Marion, US Penitentiary, PO Box 1000, Marion, IL 62959, USA. Serving 7 years for an ELF arson against a Poplar Tree Farm and an ELF arson against an old growth logging corporation. Also admitted his role in an ELF/ALF conspiracy. (Daniel is a vegetarian).

Jonathan Paul - See details in Animal Liberation Prisoners List.

Justin Solondz (Address Unknown). American Green Scare defendant accused of direct action activity in America. Arrested in China. Exact location currently unknown. (Diet unknown).

Michael Sykes 696693, Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility, 1728 Bluewater Highway, Ionia, MI 48846, USA. Serving four to ten years for anti-sprawl arsons, criminal damage to a utility pole, spray-painting political graffiti and burning the American flag. (Diet unknown)

Briana Waters 36432-086, FCI Danbury, Federal Correctional Institution, Route 37, Danbury, CT 06811, USA. Serving six years for involvement in an ELF arson on a University. (Diet unknown).

Joyanna Zacher, #36360-086, FCI Dublin, 5700 8th St.- Camp Parks- Unit F, Dublin, CA 94568, USA. Serving 7 years & 8 months for an ELF arson against a Poplar Tree Farm and an ELF arson against an SUV dealership. Also admitted her role in an ELF/ALF conspiracy. (Diet unknown).

ANIMAL LIBERATION PRISONERS
(All Animal Liberation Prisoners follow a minimum vegetarian diet and most are vegan).

Jonny Ablewhite TB4885, HMP Ranby, Retford, Notts, DN22 8EU, England. Serving 12 years for attempting to blackmail a farmer who supplied guinea pigs for vivisection. (Jon is a vegan).

Dan Amos VN7818, HMP Guys Marsh, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 0AH, England. Serving 4 years for conspiracy to blackmail Huntingdon Life Sciences. (Dan is a vegan)

Gregg Avery TA7450, HMP Coldingley, Shaftesbury Road, Bisley, Woking, Surrey GU24 9EX, England. Serving 9 years for conspiracy to blackmail Huntingdon Life Sciences. (Gregg is a vegan).

Natasha Avery NR8987, HMP Send, Ripley Road, Woking, Surrey, GU23 7LJ, England. Serving 9 years for conspiracy to blackmail Huntingdon Life Sciences. (Nat is a vegan).

Mel Broughton TN9138, HMP Frankland, Brasside, Durham, County Durham DH1 5YD, England. Serving 10 years for "conspiracy to commit arson" against Oxford University vivisection department. (Mel is a vegan).

Jacob Conroy #93501-011, FCI Terminal Island, Federal Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 3007, San Pedro, CA 90731, USA. Serving 48 months imprisonment for helping organise the SHAC-USA campaign. (Jake is a vegan).

Lauren Gazzola #93497-011, FCI Danbury, Federal Correctional Institution, Route #37Danbury, CT 06811, USA. Serving 54 months imprisonment for helping organise the SHAC-USA campaign. (Lauren is a vegan).

Alex Hall, Inmate #2009-06304, Davis County Jail, 800 West State St., Farmington, UT 84025, USA. On Remand accused of raiding a mink farm. Also accused of breaching bail conditions whilst on bail. (William is a vegan).

Sean Kirtley WC 6977, HMP Stafford, 54 Gaol Road, Stafford, ST16 3AW, England. Serving four and a half years for running an anti-vivisection campaign website. (Sean is a vegan).

Kevin Kjonaas #93502-011, FCI Sandstone, PO Box 1000, Sandstone, MN 55072 USA. Serving 72 months imprisonment for helping organise the SHAC-USA campaign. (Kevin is a vegan).

Daniel McGowan - See details in Eco Defence Prisoners List.

Gavin Medd-Hall WV9475, HMP Coldingley, Shaftesbury Road, Bisley, Woking, Surrey GU24 9EX, England. Serving 8 years for conspiracy to blackmail Huntingdon Life Sciences. (Gavin is a vegan).

Heather Nicholson VM5859, HMP Foston Hall, Foston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5DN, England. Serving 11 years for conspiracy to blackmail Huntingdon Life Sciences. (Heather is a vegan).

Kevin Olliff, #1300931, TTCF 161 D-Pod, 450 Bauchet St., Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA. On remand accused of stalking. Exact details of the indictment have not yet been revealed but the charges appear to relate to a person employed by an educational facility so may be linked to vivisection. (Kevin
is a vegan).

Jonathan Paul, #07167-085, FCI Phoenix, Federal Correctional Institution, 37910 N 45th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85086, USA. Sentenced to 51 months for an ALF arson on a horse meat plant. Also admitted his role in an ELF/ALF
conspiracy. (Jonathan is a vegan).

John Smith, TB4887, HMP Lindholme, Bawtry Road, Hatfield Woodhouse, Doncaster, DN7 6EE, England. Serving 12 years for attempting to blackmail a farmer who supplied guinea pigs for vivisection. (John is a vegan).

William James Viehl, Inmate #2009-05735, Davis County Jail, 800 West State St., Farmington, UT 84025, USA. On Remand accused of raiding a mink farm. Also accused of breaching bail conditions whilst on bail. (William is a
vegan).

Nicole Vosper VM9385, HMP Bronzefield, Woodhthorpe Road, Ashford, Middx, TW15 3JZ, England. On remand accused of blackmailing Huntingdon Life Sciences. (Nicole is a vegan).

Dan Wadham, A5705AA, HMP Camp Hill, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5PB, England. Serving 5 years for conspiracy to blackmail Huntingdon Life Sciences. (Dan is a vegan).

Kerry Whitburn TB4886, HMP Lowdham Grange, Lowdham, Nottingham, NG14 7DA, England. Serving 12 years for attempting to blackmail a farmer who supplied guinea pigs for vivisection. (Kerry is a vegan).

Sarah Whitehead, VM7684, HMP Bronzefield, Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, Middx, TW15 3JZ, England. Serving two years for: 1) rescuing a puppy from horrific conditions. 2) rescuing over 100 animals from a pet breeder who was later prosecuted for animal abuse. Also awaiting trial for SHAC activity. (Sarah
is a vegan)

PARTY & PROTEST PRISONERS

Justizvollzugsanstalt Aichach, Natalja Liebich, Postfach 1380, 86544 Aichach, Germany. Jailed until June 2009 for taking part in anti-G8 and anti-NATO protests. (Diet unknown).

PLOUGHSHARES PRISONERS

(my hero!) Helen Woodson, 03231-045, FMC Carswell - Admin. Max. Unit, POB 27137, Ft. Worth, TX 76127, USA. Serving 8 years 10 months for actions that focused on the interrelationship of war & the destruction of the natural world. The actions included pouring red paint over the security desk of a federal court and making threatening communications. Previously Helen had served 20½ years for: 1) Using a hammer to disarm a nuclear missile silo. 2) Burning $25,000 on the floor of a bank whilst denouncing war, environmental destruction & economic injustice. 3) Mailing warning letters with bullets attached to Government & corporate officials. (Diet unknown).

OTHER ANTI-WAR PRISONERS

Elija Smith VP 7551 HMP Lewes, 1 Brighton Rd, Lewes, Sussex, BN7 1EA, England. On remand accused of disarming a weapons factory, which, amongst other things, makes Hellfire Missiles. The action was in protest at Israel military action against Gaza. (Diet unknown).

THE LECCE DEFENDANTS

The Lecce Defendants have been charged with "subversive association" accused of damaging Esso petrol pumps to oppose the War on Iraq; sabotaging the cash machines of a bank which funds an immigration centre; and targeting the multinational company Benetton in support of Mapuche land rights activists
in Chile. All of the defendants are currently either under house arrest or released on bail.

ANTIFA PRISONERS

Aleksey Bychin, SIZO 47/2, ul. Akademika Lebedeva, dom. 39, 195005 St. Peterburg, Russia. Serving 5 years for defending himself against neo-nazis. (Diet unknown).

Andrei Mergenov, FGU IZ 64/1 OKB 2 komn. 73, Up. Kutyakova 107, 410601 Saratov, Russia. Serving 3 years for fighting with neo-nazis. (Diet unknown)

Christian Sümmermann, Bnr: 441/08/5, JVA Plötzensee, Lehrterstr. 61, 10557 Berlin, Germany. Serving 40 months for breaching the peace whilst serving a suspended sentence issued for anti-fascist activities. (Diet unknown).

Tomasz Wiloszewski, Zaklad Karny, Orzechowa 5, 98-200 Sieradz, Poland. Serving 15 years for accidentally killing a neo-nazi whilst defending himself. (Tomasz is a vegetarian).

OTHER PRISONERS

Pavel Delidon, ul. Timiryazeva-1, FGU IK-7, 309990 Valuyki Russia. Anarchist/Animal Rights activist jailed for attempting to obtain wages owed to him, but which had not been paid to him by his employer. IMPORTANT: Pavel can only receive letters written in Russian. He is punished by the prison if he receives a letter not written in Russian so please, only send letters written in Russian. (Diet unknown).

Richard Sills (Address Unknown, USA). Serving 15 months for bomb hoaxing a University saying they would be targeted by the ALF if they didn't stop their animal experiments. (Diet unknown).

Fran Thompson, #1090915, CCC, 3151 Litton Drive, Chillicuthe, MO 64601, USA. Serving Life for killing, in self-defence, a stalker who had broken into her home. Before her imprisonment Fran was an eco, animal & anti-nuke
campaigner. (Fran is a vegan).

MOVE

MOVE is an eco-revolutionary group who carried out protests in defence of all life. All move prisoners describe themselves as vegetarians. There are currently eight MOVE activists in prison each serving 100 years after been framed for the murder of a cop in 1979. 9th defendant, Merle Africa, died
in prison in 1998.

Debbie Simms Africa (006307), Janet Holloway Africa (006308) and Janine Philips Africa (006309) all at: SCI Cambridge Springs, 451 Fullerton Ave, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403-1238, USA.

Michael Davis Africa (AM4973) and Charles Simms Africa (AM4975) both at SCI Graterford, PO Box 244, Graterford, PA 19426-0244, USA.

Edward Goodman Africa (AM4974), SCI Mahanoy, 301 Morea Rd, Frackville, PA 17932, USA.

William Philips Africa (AM4984) and Delbert Orr Africa (AM4985) both at SCI Dallas Drawer K, Dallas, PA 18612, USA.

Mumia Abu Jamal, (AM8335), SCI Greene, 175 Progress Drive, Waynesburg PA 15370, USA. In 1981 Mumia, former Black Panther and vocal supporter of MOVE, was framed for the murder of a cop. He was originally sentenced to death but is currently awaiting re-sentencing following a court hearing in
2001.

Democracy Now: Tucson Students Resist Ethnic Studies Law. May 14, 2010.

Just three weeks after signing a highly controversial anti-immigrant bill that orders police officers to stop and interrogate anyone they suspect is an undocumented immigrant, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed a new law banning ethnic studies in Arizona public schools. The law could shut down a popular Mexican American studies program in the Tucson school district. It will also affect specialized courses in African American and Native American studies. In response, students have taken to the streets to voice their opposition to the bill. On Wednesday, fifteen people, most of them students, were arrested protesting the law at the state offices of education in Tucson.