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31 de Agosto, 2007

Chingazo for your Buck


MORE NUMBERS that will tumble down into the fragile fissures of the Nativist heart and wreak havoc by means of brown foreshadowing. By 2010, Latinos in the United States will have a cumulative purchasing power bigger than the economies of Canada or Mexico, the president of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber...

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Carnival of Education, Radical School Edition


BLACKAMAZON lays down a beautiful guide/post/linkfest/philosophy with her Carnival of Education-Radical School Edition. A must-read. And read again. Forget saviors We need teachers. We need them from the places we have never thought to have gotten them before We need scarred forearms, split tongues, bowed heads, nappy roots, and...

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Home of the Cage, Land of the Dog Box


PERHAPS one day I will feel vindicated for the absolute madness that threatens to corrode my thinking process at each moment I dare to think about what our nation is doing to others in our names. While many people seem somewhat sane and copasetic as they discuss our crimes...

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Don't Scare Them Into Health, Fool Them Into Consumerism.


In an attempt to raise the nation's historically low rate of breast-feeding, federal health officials commissioned an attention-grabbing advertising campaign a few years ago to convince mothers that their babies faced real health risks if they did not breast-feed. It featured striking photos of insulin syringes and asthma inhalers...

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Freedom on the Berzerker


WE SLAUGHTER THEM OVER THERE so that we can fill our tanks over here. Oh, and this is only like Vietnam in that we need to stay longer, spend more money, kill more civilians. So...we're doing good! A US Marine was ordered to execute a room full of Iraqi...

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29 de Agosto, 2007

Pulling a Jose Padilla on the Kid


ROB SANTANA AWOKE TERRIFIED. He'd had that dream again, the one where silver wires ran under his shirt and into his pants, connecting to electrodes attached to his limbs and torso. Adults armed with surveillance cameras and remote-control activators watched his every move. One press of a button, and there...

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28 de Agosto, 2007

Happy Slaves Are Building Fences


The case of Elvira Arellano is symptomatic of the kinds of obstacles we face when trying to enforce immigration laws in the United States. Like other "essays" clinging to the web like lichen these days, this particular ugly growth waves a reasonable cluster of verbiage your way, an introductory phrase...

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Those Who Play in Glass Houses


I'M A BAD documentary filmmaker! I was caught up in a chaotic email list brawl and la novia told me that a car had just crashed through the piano store down the block. Sure enough, when I finally extricated myself from that volley of emails, I saw for myself....

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27 de Agosto, 2007

ACLU Challenges Prison-Like Conditions at Hutto Detention Center


From aclu.org: On August 27, the ACLU announced a landmark settlement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that greatly improves conditions for immigrant children and their families in the T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas. The settlement was the result of lawsuits brought earlier this year on...

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Cause and Effect


Undocumented immigrants are starting to leave Arizona because of the new employer-sanctions law. The state's strong economy has been a magnet for illegal immigrants for years. But a growing number are pulling up stakes out of fear they will be jobless come Jan. 1, when the law takes effect. The...

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Dreams for Jose, and All of Us


IF WE WANT Mexican immigrants to be "productive members of society," rather than just denounce them, or even just to hope for them, then we need to help them where we can. Just as if we want our garden to be more bountiful, we need to step out and water...

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Apocolyptic Mel the Jew-Ranter and the Return of the Firm, Firm, Wagon


MEL Gibson is firmly back on the wagon after his controversial drink-driving arrest last year, a Californian court was told yesterday. The actor-director has been attending compulsory Alcoholics Anonymous meetings up to five times a week. An anti-Semitic rant during his arrest last July made headlines around the world....

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How to Commit Republican Suicide, Pt. 734


SOME SENSIBLE WORDS for the Republicans today. Of course, to have hope in their hearing such words, one would have to possess the view that the Republicans are currently motivated by "sense." And as the article points out, it seems all they really care to reach for these days is...

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Atenco, Oaxaca, Chiapas




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Gonzo is Gone


FINALLY, the "nation's first Latino attorney general" resigns. Another rat leaving the ship, and I've got to think that between Rove and Gonzales splitting, and really quite early in the second term of the administration, some heavy shit must be about to go down. War with Iran? Investigations? Subpeonas...

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26 de Agosto, 2007

The Character of the Region


or Blood in the Quill, Still. MANASSAS, Va. -- Ines Olivia Martinez wonders if her family will be denied medical care. Even her mentally disabled 13-year-old son has been anxiously pointing out police cars amid fears of a local crackdown on illegal immigrants. Resolutions to deny a potentially wide range...

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Una luz dentro de la Sombra


EARLY TUESDAY there will be a full lunar eclipse. Tuesday morning, Aug. 28 brings us the second total lunar eclipse of 2007. Those living in the Western Hemisphere and eastern Asia will be able to partake in at least some of this sky show. The very best viewing region...

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25 de Agosto, 2007

Bill Richardson Remembers he's Latino


I DON'T MEAN to rib our dear Governor Richardson, but vato, you comin' out late at the gate! LAS VEGAS -- Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson started a Hispanic outreach program Thursday to try to raise his profile with a voting bloc critical to his campaign. 'Because my name is...

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Elvira Brings the Fight to México


ELVIRA WON'T REST, and though she was prevented by men with guns from showing up in D.C. to step to what she felt was unjust persecution and law, she now speaks her peace to the government of Mexico. I have a feeling this mujer is determined to confront the...

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24 de Agosto, 2007

Vitruvian Muertos


PART OF AN ONGOING Artivism project between me and mi amigo Jerry at vigilarte.net. See below the cut for the full skelemonty....

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Una Historia Hipocrítica


Are you tired of waiting to pay for your groceries while Illegal Aliens pay with food stamps and then go outside and get in a $40,000 car? Are you tired of paying taxes when Illegal Aliens pay NONE! Are you tired of reading that another Illegal Alien was arrested...

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Here Comes el Sol


BUENOS DIAS, and welcome to another beautiful day. Song by Daniel Valdez...

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23 de Agosto, 2007

Elvira Protest Tomorrow (Fri) in San Fran


FROM OUR SECRET SOURCE on la calle: There is a protest of Elvira's deportation in front of San Francisco's homeland security/I.C.E. office (630 Sansome Street) at noon tomorrow (friday)....

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Irrovelent


KARL ROVE said something the other day. Somewhere, someone listened with rapt attention. A moment of silence for that unfortunate soul....

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Univ of Tejas to Join Hands Across el Rio


FOLLOWING UP on Hands Across El Rio: BROWNSVILLE, August 21- The University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College is going to play a major role in Hands Across el Rio, the grassroots protest against the federal government's plan to build a border wall. Hands Across el Rio officially launches Aug....

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I Want You to Think About Your Clothing


ATLANTA - Baggy pants that show boxer shorts or thongs would be illegal under a proposed amendment to Atlanta's indecency laws. The amendment, sponsored by city councilman C.T. Martin, states that sagging pants are an "epidemic" that is becoming a 'major concern' around the country. 'Little children see it and...

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Caucusoidus Rex [Nez Crashes YearlyKos Pt. 7]


RACE MAY NOT exist, but what do exist are the thoughts and value systems and histories of all the peoples of this land. And therein are told many stories. And stories are still being told. The celebrated and well-distributed and well-known stories are not the entire truth. They are not the only stories, and if they are the only stories we are reading and speaking, then we spread falsehood. If those formats and framings and hierarchies of reference are the only legends we pass down, then we pass down ignorance.

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The Unauthorized President and His Undocumented Legacy


ONCE AGAIN, Dubya represents lies, empty rhetoric, and ultimately and overwhelmingly: "hypocrisy." If President Bush is serious about getting tough on U.S. employers who hire illegal aliens, he can start with his own administration, which employs thousands of unauthorized workers, says the top Republican on the House immigration subcommittee. A...

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MTV News Opportunity for Bloggers/Vloggers


"Calling all citizen journalists, visionaries, bloggers and vloggers!" MTV's Choose or Lose is looking for aspiring journalists to cover the 2008 election via written stories, vlogs and photos. As part of a collaboration with The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Knight News Challenge, MTV News is...

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22 de Agosto, 2007

Clearly, Ten Aryans Isn't That Much Brainpower!


ROGERS -- The distributor of a whites-only newspaper called The Aryan Alternative said Thursday he plans to continue delivering the newspaper in Benton County, despite objections from neighbors and the Rogers Police Department. 'We don't pretend to be objective, and we don't pretend to be a newspaper for all...

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ICE Raid on Smithfield Foods Slaughterhouse


From seiu.org, listserv News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEIU Condemns NC Smithfield Raid Promise of America Sullied by Thug-Like Attacks WASHINGTON, DC--Eliseo Medina, Executive Vice President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement today regarding an ICE raid of a Smithfield Foods pork slaughterhouse in Bladen...

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Chris Simcox on Hardball


Join Chris Simcox Tonight on Hardball with Chris Matthews Debating NJ Murders and Immigration 6501 Greenway Parkway Suite 103-640 Scottsdale, AZ 85254 :: Phone (520) 829-3112 Join Chris Simcox Tonight 8/22/2007 on Hardball This MINUTEMAN ALERT is a special message from the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps: Chris will be debating...

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21 de Agosto, 2007

World Without Us




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MESSAGE: He (Wants You to Think He) Cares.


MONTEBELLO, Quebec (AP) - President Bush, at a North American summit on Tuesday, offered U.S. assistance and expressed his concern for the citizens of Mexico and elsewhere whose lives were affected by Hurricane Dean. 'We stand ready to help,' said Bush, standing alongside Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime...

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Hands Across el Rio


ACTIVIST Jay J. Johnson Castro, Sr., at BorderAmbassadors.com is heading up an amazing effort called "Hands Across el Rio," in which humans on both side of the ugly, artificial border at the Paso del Norte bridge in downtown El Paso, Texas-Juarez will form a human chain, holding hands, even across...

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¡Cámara, Luces, Acción!


FOR ALL HISPANIC FILMMAKERS: ORLANDO - Orlando [FL} will have a new Hispanic film festival on its calendar this October, if all goes according to plan. [...] The festival is being organized by Phoenix-area photographer and filmmaker James Schoepflin, who has helped organize horror-film festivals in that city. Filmmakers with...

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Whites Have More Fun?


ROD STEWART WAS RIGHT! TWO UNLIKELY PARTNERS--THE YOUTH-TARGETING MTV and decades-old Associated Press--offered results Monday on a joint seven-month study looking to gain insight into the psychographics of today's 13- to-24-year-olds, and specifically trying to determine 'what makes them happy.' [...] [R]esearch showed that non-Hispanic whites are happier than blacks...

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Los Angelenos Represent!


CITIZENS SPEAK UP LOUDLY on the need to impeach the criminals in our midst....

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20 de Agosto, 2007

Hurricane Dean Approaches Yucatan


DEAN APPROACHES MEXICO: CANCUN, Mexico (CNN) -- Hurricane Dean burgeoned into a Category 5 storm -- capable of inflicting catastrophic damage when it makes landfall early Tuesday. [...] A Category 5 storm is the most extreme level on the Saffir-Simpson scale, the standard measurement for hurricanes. Such hurricanes can...

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19 de Agosto, 2007

Elvira and Saul Arrested


THEY HAVE ARRESTED arrested Elvira and Saul Arellano. Of course. The government knew it was dangerous to let her become a Cause for Human Rights or anything like that. Better to chop her down before she got too far. It's not as if they weren't hearing all this "Rosa...

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Ulises Ruiz Ortiz Unwelcome in Nueva York


Immigrants are the number one resource exported from the rest of the Americas to the USA.

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One Peaceful Planet


I GET MORE EXCITED by the thought of living not in fear of terrorists, but by the thought of a People who don't make decisions based on terror but on hope....

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18 de Agosto, 2007

Laptop Revolutionary [Nez Crashes YearlyKos Pt. 6]


EVEN WITH THE TITLE you sense my smirk and my tongue-in-cheek approach to the Great New Progressive Movement Convention, don't you? Well don't you, vato? So...qué? Did you think you were flying Anderson Cooper out to Chitown? Hmm? But I will do my best to separate my experience from...

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Temporary Disorder


OKAY for some reason I decided to do the biggest upgrade Movable Type has offered since I can remember, and begin it at night, shortly before I THOUGHT I'd be going to bed. Anyway, I'm up too late, my templates suddenly are riddled with obsoleted code, comments are not showing...

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17 de Agosto, 2007

Ulises Ruiz Ortiz to Visit USA


DEVELOPING NEWS from elenemigocomun.net (email list): La Jornada and the State of Guanajuato confirm that Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (URO) and Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez, the Governor of Guanajuato, are visiting Mexican Consulates in Chicago today (August 17th), New York City tomorrow (August 18th) and Dallas on Saturday (August 19th). Locations...

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Teaching Children Important Truths


WHILE they play! Fantastic! Buy some for a child near you! After all...it wasn't so long ago when children were learning something different about color:...

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Don't Forget to Serenade!


OKAY, so the director and or shooter of this amateur vid doesn't know about The 180º Rule, which keeps audiences comfortable and not confused about the space they are in when viewing two characters in dialogue, but aside from fundamental filmmaking rules such as this, this has got to be...

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Hand of Bush Continues Killing the Brown


NEW ORLEANS—A crime wave is intensifying in this city already beset by a flagging recovery from Hurricane Katrina, and Hispanic immigrants helping to rebuild are common targets, according to police and to statistics released Thursday. Despite an infusion of money and manpower into the justice system, the number of...

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First North American New Humanist Forum


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2007, from newhumanistforum.org: "We are opposed to the Security and Prosperity Partnership Summit" New York - President Bush, Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon will hold a major trilateral summit meeting of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) in Montebello,...

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Promoting Education for Indigenous Girls in Mexico


Summary: This project seeks to create a model that promotes the right to primary education with a gender perspective in an indigenous community school in Mexico. How You Can Help: $20 - Will buy stationery to carry out all the activities. $50 - Will train 6 teachers in themes such...

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Earthquake in Peru Claims Over 500 Lives


AND DESTROYS over ten thousand homes. Rescuers have been working through the night trying to find survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit Peru's central coast. They were given hope when a man was pulled alive from the rubble of a collapsed church in the town of Pisco, more than...

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16 de Agosto, 2007

Before Your Child Steps Into the Warzone:


WHAT A WORLD we make. Over there, and over here, too. A bulletproof backpack is being sold to parents in the US to protect their children against another Columbine-type attack. —Bulletproof Backpack For US Schools, sky.com Bulletproof backpacks. What can I really add to that? The saddest part is...

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