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As the valley goes into summer, Phoenix keeps the heat on

Posted on 2025/06/01 - 2025/07/01 by Arms of The Saguaro

Written and Experienced by Maxwell Edison

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As we round the final stretch into June, we’re entering protest season and things are getting a whole other kind of hot out on the street (not just our temperatures reaching into the low triple digits). Mutual Aid, community building, and resistance against the growing fascist threat don’t take a pause for the weather, and on Saturday two groups did just those in spite of the sun.

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Posted in General, Local News, Our WorkTagged News, Phoenix, Policing

War Criminals, Prison and Surveillance Profiteers Courted by Law Enforcement at Dystopian Phoenix Trade Show

Posted on 2025/05/22 - 2025/06/21 by Arms of The Saguaro

from Left Coast Right Watch

by Arizona Right Watch

article in zine format

By 7 A.M on April 8th, the Phoenix Convention Center ballroom was beginning to fill up. Attendees included local law enforcement and top officials from an alphabet soup of agencies: the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP), U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

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Posted in General, Local News, ZinesTagged ICE, News, Palestine, Phoenix, Policing, Surveillance, Zine

From the Border Wall to the Freeway and Red Light Cameras, Death to the Surveillance State!

Posted on 2025/05/20 - 2025/05/20 by Arms of The Saguaro

By G

On May 7th, 2025, the city of Tempe put its new Vision Zero plan into action, partnering with Mesa-based traffic and surveillance company Verra Mobility to erect 14 new red light cameras across the city. This comes 14 years after Tempe’s first traffic photo enforcement system, forced upon us courtesy of surveillance company Redflex, was deactivated in 2011. They claim that these new cameras, and the ‘enforcement’ that will come with them, are the solution to our dangerous roads. Rather than redesigning for pedestrian and driver safety, expanding public transit, or creating car free zones, city council has predictably seized upon the opportunity to expand the reach of policing and the surveillance state even further into our lives.

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Posted in GeneralTagged Anarchism, Direct Action, News, Opinion, Policing, Surveillance, Tempe

Tesla Cybertruck Arson – Mesa, Arizona

Posted on 2025/05/19 - 2025/05/19 by Arms of The Saguaro

from Unravel and Mainstream News

Mesa police officers arrested 35-year-old [name] on suspicion of setting a Tesla Cybertruck on fire in the early morning hours of April 28.

Officials said [name] rode up on a bicycle and opened the door to a “suspicious van” parked near the dealership at Southern Avenue and Sossaman Road. “The Tesla Security Center provided photo evidence of the arson suspect and officers were able to match the photo to [name],” the bicyclist, Mesa police Detective Brandi Myers said in a statement.

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Posted in GeneralTagged Direct Action, Mesa, News, Tesla

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