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29 de Mayo, 2006

Please Help Save the South Central Farm! (L.A.)


Please watch this and decide for yourself if these people deserve your help. The time is drawing close. You and I are very, very comfy. But many familes are about to be thrown from their home and farms, and their livelihood, shelter, work, and a beautiful two blocks of...

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11 de Mayo, 2006

Some OTHER Race


Even though Latinos (or "Hispanics" if you like government-invented words) made up of over one third of the population growth last year, we are still counted in the "Some Other Race" catch-all category; not quite earning enough importance to warrant our own major category in the "five Office of...

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White People Shrinking as a Group - US Census


Even if you build a five-hundred foot wall and keep all the immigrant Mexicans out of the USA forever, Latinos are still going to keep growing, as a group, right here in our dear nation. Recent Census Bureau stats show that it is mostly natural-born Latinos that are swelling...

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6 de Mayo, 2006

El Cinco de Mayo


I am very proud of my Mexican heritage. Of so much: the cooperation with the land, the flavor and styles, the Indian ancestry, and especially our history of rebellion and resistance to conquerors and invaders. It is a much-maligned nation and People, and I know this because not only...

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5 de Mayo, 2006

"I Am the Masses of my People and I Refuse to be Absorbed"


Yo Soy Joaquín by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales Yo soy Joaquín, perdido en un mundo de confusión: I am Joaquín, lost in a world of confusion, caught up in the whirl of a gringo society, confused by the rules, scorned by attitudes, suppressed by manipulation, and destroyed by modern society. My...

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3 de Mayo, 2006

Fear and Courage, Pt. 2. - Courage and Unity: America's Better Face.


It is not so much the issue of legality I address in my recent writings on Immigrants. I am not a lawmaker, nor a politician, nor a land-divider, nor someone who feels comfortable claiming earth. Personally, I do not think we can toss aside laws and still be a...

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1 de Mayo, 2006

¡Happy May Day 2006!


Happy May Day! In an hour or two, I'm going to Chinatown or the Garment District to photograph Human Chains, or marches. Whatever happens in the part of NYC I end up in. Today there are many marches and actions planned in recognition of this year's most prominent cause...

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