Archive for July 16th, 2008
Miercoles Musica (and Dancing) : Hector Tricoche – Un Lobo Domesticado
12:28 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events| Music| New York City · Comments Off
16 Jul 2008
El Lobo Domesticado, Hector Tricoche plays tonight at LQ (remember when it used to be called Latin Quarter?).
And don’t worry if you can’t dance. There are free salsa lessons if you get there early.
LQ NEW YORK
511 Lexington Avenue & 48th Street, NYC
Doors Open 6PM ~ 21 & Over, ID Required
A More Apt Comparison
12:25 pm By Maegan La Mala · Controversia| Magazines| US Presidential Race 2008| race · 1 Comment
16 Jul 2008In a follow up to the New Yorker’s “ironic” cartoon, the Washington Post published the following:
As I asked in comments here, the interesting thing to consider is what could the New Yorker artist have done differently in his comic such that he truly represented irony? What’s different between the WaPo comic, which seems to represent it’s message very clearly, and the New Yorker comic, where the audience must be told how to interpret it?
Nearly 600 Dead in Mexican State
11:17 am By Maegan La Mala · Drugs| Latin America| mexico| society · Comments Off
16 Jul 2008
Nearly 600 people have died so far this year in the Mexican state of Sinaloa as a result of execution-style murders related to drug trafficking.
Mexico’s La Jornada reports that in May and June of this year alone, 120 people were executed, at a rate of 4 murders per day. This month 75 people have already been killed, among them 9 who were killed on Sunday. Two of the victims were minors.
La Jornada reports that most of the killings are taking place in the cities of Culiacán and Navolato, though they are spreading into surrounding areas as well.
The mayor of Guamúchil, one of the most violent cities, is taking a cavalier attitude, arguing that “Mexico city is more violent than Sinaloa.” With leaders like that, we aren’t going to get very far.
VivirMexico reports that the problem has gotten so frightfully bad that people are actually packing up and leaving the state.
Via / La Jornada
Image via EFE
Long Hair, Religion and Rules Clash at Texas School
10:28 am By Maegan La Mala · Controversia| Texas| children| society · Comments Off
16 Jul 2008
5- year old Adriel Arocha shouldn’t be at the center of a firestorm right now. He should be in school learning alongside his classmates in his hometown on the outskirts of Houston, Texas. But a controversy around his physical appearance is holding him back:
Michelle Betenbaugh says her 5-year-old son, Adriel Arocha, wears his hair long because of religious beliefs tied to his Native American heritage.But the leaders of the Needville school district have strict rules about long hair on boys and don’t see any reason to make an exception in his case.
The dispute illustrates a problem American schools have faced for decades: how to balance individual student rights against rules designed to maintain order and discipline in the classroom.
The case also shows that some rural Texas school districts often have stricter grooming codes that reflect the traditional or old-fashioned values of small-town America when compared to those in big-city school districts such as Houston’s.
Justice For Jayson Tirado Press Conference
8:49 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Internet| Justice| New York City · Comments Off
16 Jul 2008On Monday, we told you about the case of Jayson Tirado, the young man whose life was taken by an off-duty police officer. The grand jury in the case refused to indict and the community expressed its’ outrage at a press conference on Monday afternoon in NYC.
Latest Mass ICE Raid Site : Providence, Rhode Island
8:13 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Rhode Island · Comments Off
16 Jul 2008
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, aka ICE, has launched another mass raid in a major U.S. city. Yesterday, at around 5 PM, ICE took 31 people who work for a cleaning contractor as janitors in Rhode Island courthouses (catch the irony there). According to the Immigrant Solidarity Network, the contractor has been in a fight with members of Fuerza Laboral for refusing to pay wages. And what a coincidence, the workers are attacked by ICE. From the email:
But fast phone trees brought over 100 people out to support our brothers and sisters held prisoner inside the Providence ICE office – at this hour, people are still outside attempting to block the vans transporting nuestro/as companero/as to detention facilities. We know for sure that at least 3 people were released, and possibly 8 more. Young people from 6 to 16 led the chants and set the tone.
You can see a television news report that covers the fast local response, and reveals the undercounting of those taken in (news reports 24, activists report 31).
A press conference is expected sometime today from ICE in Rhode Island.
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