Sound Strike Declares Arizona Toy and Food Drive a Success

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​ The Sound Strike, an organizational campaign led by Rage Against the Machine and One Day as a Lion front man Zack de la Rocha designed to enlist musicians to boycott Arizona over Senate Bill 1070 and other anti-immigrant policies, have just declared their recent toy-and-food drive a success. In celebrating Dec. 18's designation as International Migrant's Day, the Sound Strike reported via e-mail and a new YouTube video that 40 tons of food were delivered to the state and additional donations helped purchase 2,000 more toys for children in need. A study of a segmental impact of the comprehensive boycott of Arizona has found that the state lost $140 million in convention business this year. The Sound Strike's most recent activist effort in keeping with the boycott was not in transgression of it--they stated that "the potatoes, oranges, beans and rice were bought by PUENTE in California from Native American co-ops. The food was packaged by volunteers from the PUENTE Barrio Defense Committees."