día festivo Entries
11 de Mayo, 2008
¡Feliz Dia de Las Madres!
Categorized under día festivo | Tags: Mother's Day, YouTube
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! I don't know about you, but my mother was the constant in my life. She wasn't perfect, isn't perfect, but without her love and her help, and without her own mothers' help—my nana put us up for a while when my own mother was divorced and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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5 de Mayo, 2008
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Categorized under Comida , Cultura , Música , Raza , día festivo | Tags: borders, Cheech and Chong, Chicanos, Film, lowriders, Mexicans, Mexico, migra, music, Obama, War, YouTube
MIS AMIGOS! It's a sunny day, we're alive in a moment many others have not lived to see, and still we refuse to be ruled by fear and misdirection and by those who would control us and keep us mired in an occupation of the mind, soul, and belief... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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3 de Mayo, 2008
¡Feliz...Tres de Mayo!
Categorized under día festivo | Tags: Amigos and Amigas, Clinton, obama
DIPPING IN QUICKLY to say hey! Hope you are having a good weekend. I have been running around all day getting ready for my little fiesta. Not to overprepare, because it won't be a Kid N Play sized event, just a few amig@s chillin', but the fact is my... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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1 de Mayo, 2008
Carne Asada is Not a Crime!
Categorized under Acción , Comida , Cultura , Raza , día festivo | Tags: Califas, May Day, Tacos
OYE, lovers of Carne Asada and other related deliciousness! The Great Endangered Taco Truck is not just an issue in Jefferson Parish, New Orleans! As la buena gente at saveourtacotrucks.org/ reminds us, Carne Asada is Not a Crime! As mentioned in The Los Angeles Times, to celebrate this year’s... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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Marching Side by Side
Categorized under Cultura , Derechos Humanos , Raza , día festivo | Tags: African Americans, Amigos and Amigas, Blacks, Califas, Latino, May Day, Power to the People
HAPPY MAY DAY. And may the day resonate with the energy of our collective hopes and la lucha that can not end until justice is felt in the heart and the lives of all those who need to be so recognized. The USA teaches us many myths: the Hero Myth,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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19 de Abril, 2008
Peace. Passover. Freedom. Justice.
Categorized under Mi Familia , Raza , día festivo | Tags: Anti-Semitism, Der Kristallnacht, familia, historia, Immigration, Nazi, Passover, Poland, Russia, Treblinka, Warsaw, Warsaw Poles
I'VE SPOKEN of my great grandmother on my mother's side, the "white" side of my family. But again, the idea of "white" is so disturbing to me because it means just that. A fading away. Of roots and affiliations and history and family story. All for the idea of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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14 de Abril, 2008
Luna Turns Two
Categorized under Living With Lunita , Parenting , día festivo | Tags: familia, Lil 'Nita, Oregon
YESTERDAY was my youngest hija's birthday. She turned two. Some (birthday and otherwise) pics behind the cut.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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31 de Marzo, 2008
Cesar Chavez Day?
Categorized under Comida , Cultura , Raza , día festivo | Tags: Chavez, Farming, Mexicans, Migrant farmers, Obama, Power to the People, UFW
¡FELIZ CUMPLEANOS, Señor Chavez! Or...Salud! It's been a while since you've been gone. Your work and deeds and purpose and name carry on. As farmworkers and laborers across America continue to struggle for fair treatment and fair wages, we find strength in what Cesar Chavez accomplished so many years... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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17 de Marzo, 2008
¡Que Vivan Los San Patricios!
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Historia , día festivo | Tags: borders, Colonization, eat the rich, England, Farming, historia, Immigration, Ireland, Power to the People, St. Patrick's Day, The Great Hunger
THIS IS NOT the first time in history that those with power looking only toward their own profit margin have unwittingly led their hand to disastrous effects on larger populations' basic ability to live; it is not the first time that indifference to the hunger of la gente has... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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25 de Febrero, 2008
Dia de la Bandera 2008
Categorized under Blogando , día festivo | Tags: Amigos and Amigas, blogs
FELIZ DIA DE LA BANDERA, though I'm a day late. I was away from the box for a couple, so big thanks to M and Carmen for filling in while I was gone. And I still plan to greatly expand the weekend guestvat@ roster and functionality as promised a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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31 de Diciembre, 2007
¡feliz año nuevo! y bienvenido 2008!
Categorized under Palabras , día festivo | Tags: My Life, New Year's Eve
HERE WE ARE AGAIN! And like last year, I succumb to that urge to simulate order and suss out meaning from the ever-fluctuating and always-fluid weave and dance of many moments, as well as take up the ancient tradition of, well, maintaining tradition, and the telling of stories that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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24 de Diciembre, 2007
FelizamerraChristmix!
Categorized under día festivo | Tags: Christmas, Feliz Navidad
WELL, my friends. It's another year, and we're still here. Some of us. So let's enjoy, in whatever we ya do. Merry Crippins, as my oldest hija used to say, not being able to pronounce it. Merry Crippins to ya, and happy pine tree, and whichever ya be naming... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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23 de Diciembre, 2007
Leaflet from the Anti-Christmas Insurgency
Categorized under Poesía , día festivo | Tags: I should tag this something, Outtakes and Remakes
THE CHRISTMAS U-BOATS are ready to launch, the eggnog spiked with communistic proparumba, the Athiestletoe hung up in wild, manger-rousting abandon. Let us share this laugh and this hunk of Heathengrease cheese, this wine stained moment of time to negotiate a space behind the rest of the rats in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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12 de Diciembre, 2007
La Virgen Morena, Our Lady Guadalupe, Oatlaxopeuh
Categorized under Cultura , día festivo | Tags: Guadalupe, Mexico
Before the Christmas season "officially" begins on December 16, day when the first Posada takes place, Mexicans join together for the festivities of Our Lady of Guadalupe, on December 12. This is one of the most important dates in the Mexican calendar. On this date, thousands of the faithful from... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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9 de Diciembre, 2007
Toy Drive for Imprisoned Children
Categorized under Raza , día festivo | Tags: Hutto, Soul of the World
ANOTHER CHRISTMAS IN THE HUTTO PRISON CAMP for families and children from 40 different countries. Toy Drive for the kids at Hutto Detention Center December 6th. 6-9pm. 1401 E 34th Street (on the corner of Lafayette and 34th) Come as you are and bring an unwrapped toy, book, art supply... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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21 de Noviembre, 2007
onions and peas and cranberry sauce
Categorized under día festivo | Tags: familia, My Life, Thanksgiving
thanksgiving, i think of grandpas, grandpa, the last time we all sat together and ate was at that place, that restaurant, i remember it was remarkable, it was the first time Jane didn't cook, the first time we weren't all gathered together there in montgomery, in grandpa's house, the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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1 de Noviembre, 2007
Happy Day of the Dead!
Categorized under Cultura , día festivo | Tags: Dia de Los Muertos
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16 de Septiembre, 2007
México's Dia de la Independencia
Categorized under Corazón , Cultura , Política México , Raza , día festivo | Tags: Mexicans, Mexico, Power to the People, Xicanos
THIS IS THE DAY TO SHOUT and let that Mexican@ pride ring out. The revolution that drove the Spaniards and colonial rule from Mexico was long (ten years), and bloody, and complicated, many factions of the people having different agendas and levels of participation and reward. (As Marcos has... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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14 de Septiembre, 2007
La Fiesta Latina 2007
Categorized under Cultura , día festivo | Tags: Fiesta Latina
IT'S TIME AGAIN for the local La Fiesta Latina, celebration, and this time Lil 'Nita is big enough to come along, and enjoy herself! I cannot believe that it's been a year already. Wow. Anyway, I want to bring the new videocamera, but I'm afraid with so many Mexicans,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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4 de Julio, 2007
The Fourth of July
Categorized under día festivo | Tags: Fourth of July, historia, hype
HAVING HAD MY EYES OPENED and my Schooling fall away, seeing history step forth into the present and feeling my bloodline beating in my chest, what would you have me celebrate on this day? I hope you are happy today. I hope the sun falls upon your living skin... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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13 de Mayo, 2007
For You, Mamá.
Categorized under Arte , día festivo | Tags: Soul of the World
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5 de Mayo, 2007
Flags and What They Mean
Categorized under Cultura , Palabras , Raza , día festivo | Tags: brown pride, Chicanas, May Day, Mexicans
A WORD to anyone who doesn't understand it immediately: When you see brown people waving Mexican flags in the May Day marches? You are seeing a Chicano/Chicana (Mexican American, YES a citizen) show support for the land that birthed their blood. You are seeing a strong fist in the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo!
Categorized under Ciencia , Raza , Resistencia , día festivo | Tags: Cinco de Mayo
HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO! Happy Corona day! Happy Ragtag Guerrillas Cream the Imperialist Invader Day! ¡Feliz La Victoria de la Batalla de Pueblo Dia! Cinco de Mayo celebrates the spirit of independence, although of course it is not Mexico's Independence day. (Amigo XP has a good historical rundown.) Many... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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3 de Mayo, 2007
The Right of Peaceful Assembly. Gone.
Categorized under Chinga la Chota , Derechos Humanos , Ley , Violencia , día festivo | Tags: activism, Police Brutality, Police State, Power to the People, Support the Truth, YouTube
THERE IS NO RIGHT TO PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY IN AMERICA. There were signs earlier, it's true. But now it can be said to be official. File this along with what you read on blogs about habeas corpus and wiretapping, this latest display of contempt for our rights: here is a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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1 de Mayo, 2007
It's A Community Thing.
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Frontera , Raza , día festivo | Tags: Hope, May Day
SOLIDARIDAD. Even in Milwaukee, USA. RACINE — Roughly a dozen local businesses — from Taqueria Gran Morelos and Las Palmas to Alicia Villa Realty and the Dollar Store — won’t open for business today. [...] Approximately 200 Racine Unified high school students and 200-300 family members will board about 10... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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May Day 2007
Categorized under día festivo | Tags: bush, derechos de mujeres, Hope, May Day, Mexicans, racism, YouTube
¡HAPPY MAY DAY! And Happy First Blog Anniversary to The Unapologetic Mexican! To celebrate this double cocoa-dip of scrumptiliousness and powa, I am reposting this video made by yours truly, and set to Ben Harper's tune Oppression. Crank it up!... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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30 de Abril, 2007
¡Somos América!
Categorized under Raza , Signs of the Sixth Sun , día festivo | Tags: May Day
TOMORROW IS MAY DAY, or International Workers Day. Despite the fact that the United States has tried to neutralize the day and ignore the history, it remains an important and widely recognized event, nonetheless. For Mexican Americans it has significant resonance, and we all remember what last year was... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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26 de Abril, 2007
Indian Killer Day
Categorized under Acción , Cultura , Raza , día festivo | Tags: Columbus, indigenous
As many of you know, this is the 100th anniversary of the designation of Columbus Day as a state holiday in Colorado, the birthplace of the Columbus Day holiday. Also, as many of you might know, several of us from TCD/AIM have been working with State Senator Suzanne Williams... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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31 de Marzo, 2007
¡Bienvenido a Cyrus!
Categorized under Raza , día festivo | Tags: familia, Hope
WELCOME AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY to mi sobrino, my nephew, Cyrus Shahabi! Rest up, chico. You gonna need your strength up in this place.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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29 de Marzo, 2007
Festival Floricanto
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8 de Marzo, 2007
El Respeto y El Amor por Las Mujeres
Categorized under día festivo | Tags: derechos de mujeres
MI BISABUELA (my great-grandmother) on my father's side was named "Juanita," and she cleaned houses to support her children, who at one point, had to stay with others because she couldn't afford them. Juanita gave birth to my nanita, mi abuelita, my grandmother. Lucy, Lucha, María de la Luz... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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19 de Febrero, 2007
Happy Hellmaker Day
Categorized under Arte , Iraq the Casbah , Política Estados Unidos , día festivo | Tags: arte, bush, fotoshop, Iraq
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14 de Febrero, 2007
Cards for the Socially Inept [1]
Categorized under Humor , día festivo | Tags:
CARDS FOR THE SOCIALLY INEPT. Part 1.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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2 de Febrero, 2007
The Magical, Mysterious, Golden, Corn Cake
Categorized under Blogando , Historia , Humor , Política Estados Unidos , Política México , día festivo | Tags: Pat Buchanan, satire
The Magical, Mysterious, Golden, Corn Cake BOOK 1: Tense Turrets and Taut Triggers. A box. I WAS AGAIN BUT A SHIFTING WEND making its way forward under the swaying palms, under the pre-dawn streaking of a grand magenta sky light; the stealthy and purpose-driven Peter Pan of the Xicano underworld... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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21 de Enero, 2007
Los Tres Chavalitos y Santo Claus
Categorized under día festivo | Tags: Capitalism
A WARM CHRISTMAS TALE from some vatos on a quest to find out the meaning of Navidad and the mystery behind...Santo Claus! No, no, not "Santa Claus," Santo Claus. Okay, it's not Christmas, but it's still fun to watch. I'm not sure how long it is, but it's more... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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31 de Diciembre, 2006
¡feliz año nuevo!
Categorized under Palabras , día festivo | Tags: personal
AND SO WE ROLL UP on another year's end. Giving in to my sense of asthetic, I mark it with some long type of listy assessment evaluation thing, thus making it appear that life is proceeding in an ordered and understandable and controllable fashion. My MOST MEMORABLE New Years?... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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30 de Diciembre, 2006
The Surface of a Heart
Categorized under Arte , día festivo | Tags: arte
RECENTLY I WROTE ABOUT MAKING GIFTS for people. I thought I'd post some images of some of the gifts I made this last Christmas session. I will post more, I think, once the rest are received (mail, and so on).... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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24 de Diciembre, 2006
¡Gracias y Feliz Navidad!
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Merry Christmas, Mexican Macacas
Categorized under Arte , Derechos Humanos , Migra , día festivo | Tags: fotoshop, Hutto, migra, Soul of the World
IT IS NO ACCIDENT that I have combined fotos/images/concepts from four different attacks on the Brown. It is in these "multiple theater" anti-brown moments that we can find cause to celebrate such a joyous Murkan Xmas. Merry Christ'sMask, little Macacas all over the world; you who have fallen under... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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22 de Noviembre, 2006
Del Diario - Entrada #112206.1
Categorized under Del Diario , Español , Protesta , día festivo | Tags: activism, clase de español, False History, RNC, The Haunted Land
From the Del Diario Series, entry #112206.1... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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3 de Noviembre, 2006
El Día de Los Muertos
Categorized under día festivo | Tags: Dia de Los Muertos
LAST NIGHT WE BROUGHT THE DEAD into la casa, and celebrated their lives, their foods, their words, their memory. Papi Felipe, Lucha (nanita), Mamá Juanita, Uncles Chente and Beto; Richie, Randy and a host of other spirits. The house was full! —Of light, and good food, and dulces. We... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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15 de Septiembre, 2006
Whose Panic?
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HERE AT THE UNAPOLOGETIC MEXICAN, our agenda is always self-awareness, it is always roots, history, familia, self-empowerment, and sowing love and unity among the browntrodden. Perhaps it is not always the agenda in my garage, my closet or my driveway. But here, it is. That's why I came here,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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29 de Julio, 2006
¡Feria del Sol 2006, NYC!
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For those who will be in or near NYC tomorrow:... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
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