Forces Align Against Arizona: 4 Major Cities Threaten Boycotts, Baseball Flexes Its Muscles.....

Forces Align Against Arizona: 4 Major Cities Threaten Boycotts, Baseball Flexes Its Muscles, Citizens in Uproar
As calls continue to boycott Arizona over its racist immigration law, many are focusing on Major League Baseball, where nearly a third of the players are Latino.

AlterNet / By Liliana Segura
May 3, 2010 |


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Immediately after Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed the racist new anti-immigration law, calls for a boycott of her state arose, from La Opinión, the nation's largest Spanish-language newspaper, to Democratic Representative Raúl Grijalva, who called for targeted economic sanctions of his own state, saying that "good" and "decent" organizations "should refrain from bringing their business" to Arizona. Colombian pop star Shakira traveled to Phoenix last week, appearing on CNN to condemn the law; meanwhile local politicians from at least four major cities are weighing whether or not to issue resolutions to stop doing business with Arizona.

With calls to boycott Arizona continuing to grow over the weekend, and May Day protesters marching in cities across the country, perhaps one of the most visible -- and potentially influential -- is the campaign to move Major League Baseball's 2011 All-Star Game out of the state. With the percentage of Latinos who play professional baseball comparable to the percentage of Latino U.S. citizens who live in Arizona, players and politicians are speaking out.

"Major League Baseball needs to revisit the issue of whether the All-Star Game, one of America's greatest televised exports to Latin America, should be played in a state that doesn't show any respect to Latinos," Democratic Rep. Jose Serrano, who represents the Bronx, home of the New York Yankees, told the NY Daily News last week. The 2011 All-Star Game is currently scheduled to take place in Phoenix. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/rights/146712/forces_align_against_arizona%3A_4_major_cities_threaten_boycotts%2C_baseball_flexes_its_muscles%2C_citizens_in_uproar

Right in the wallet. That seems to be the only thing they understand.

...complaining, too. MAybe we need a football boycott! It's time we shove this bill back down the throats of the Arizona bigots who wrote the law. How about writing a law that requires police to arrest Arizona republicans when they are stopped legally, and hold them until they can prove they are in this country legally? That's what they want to do to other citizens, so let's give em a tatse of their own medicine!

See Rachel's coverage on "FAIR" and Dan Stein, then check out Sarge's threads for a connexion in VA.

WHO WROTE THE LAW?

I predict it will be MLB which brings down this law. That is a HUGE business for Arizona it is likely that the state can't afford to lose MLB spring training sites and the All Star Game. After all, the MLBPA has already issued a statement condemning the law and I really don't think Arizona wants to pick a fight with that Association.

I'm not sure which one, just caught a headline this AM.