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Archive for February 10th, 2009

Petition for Hilda Solis Confirmation

2:30 pm By Maegan La Mala · Politics · Comments Off

10 Feb 2009

3219452352_896224185b_m.jpgOn Friday I told you a little about the hold up with the Hilda Solis confirmation hearings.

Emily’s List has a petition up, directed to Senator McConnell and Senator Enzi, to move to confirm Hilda Solis as the next Secretary of Labor.

Having a worker sympathetic Secretary of Labor is critical in these economic times.

Sign the petition here.

Gracias a Ms. Sylvia for tweeting this earlier hoy.

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Virtual Vigilantes Get Millions to Watch U.S./Mexico Frontera

1:11 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|TV · Comments Off

10 Feb 2009

During President Obama’s first prime-time press conference last night, the economy was mentioned, as was Iran. Hell even A-Rod got some play, pero an issue impacting millions wasn’t even whispered: immigration.

Meanwhile, ICE keeps separating families, people in detention are being abused and being killed, and looking latino is enough to get you attacked or worse.

Then there are these idiots, who managed to score $2 million because they are protecting you. You, not me, cuz my last name gives it all away.

Via / The Latin Americanist

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Fires in Australia

12:32 pm By Maegan La Mala · Australia · Comments Off

10 Feb 2009

This is just horrible:

My heart goes out to all of Australia, but especially those people like the man in the video who have lost family, homes, towns.

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Afro-Latinas and Activism: Politics, Gender and Race

11:12 am By Maegan La Mala · Women · Comments Off

10 Feb 2009

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13th Annual Arturo A. Schomburg Symposium
Afro-Latinas and Activism: Politics, Gender and Race

In the early 1900s, Puerto-Rican born Arturo Alfonso Shomburg set out to unearth for public record the history and accomplishments of Black Latinos, and later, of Black people throughout the world.

Taller Puertorriqueño in collaboration with Swarthmore Intercultural Center, the African American Museum in Philadelphia and Encuentro, celebrates his legacy through its Annual Arturo Schomburg Symposium, exploring the intricate influences of the African Diaspora on Latino culture and the complex issues of race within the Latino community.

Details on how to attend below the cut!

Read more…

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If you’re in the Tempe, Arizona area tonite, you can put you can move to musica por el movimiento. In direct response to the continued racist and anti-immigrant antics of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, renowned musical artists from Chicago, Detroit, New York, and from the Arizona area are unleashing their lenguas for “Stop the Circus! (Fight for Tolerance, Stop Arpaio)”.

On Wednesday, February 4, 2009 in a shocking display of anti-immigrant racism, the man who calls himself the “Toughest Sheriff in America” publicly chained and paraded 220 immigrant detainees through a gauntlet of media cameras from the Maricopa county jail to outdoor tents. The immigrants housed in the “tent city” will be surrounded by electrified fencing and subject to different disciplinary standards than other prisoners. Disobedience of Sheriff Joe’s “tent city” rules is punishable by chain-gang labor; eerily reminiscent of totalitarian regimes.

Donde :

Stray Cat
2433 E. University Drive
Tempe, AZ
8pm

Scheduled to perform: One Be Lo, Wordsworth, Verbal Kent, G-Owens, Fiyah Station, Nobuddie, Bliss-Writers Bench: Hosted by Wild Life Refuge.

Check out Wordsworth aqui:

Let us not forget the roots of hip hop, as a way of speaking truth to power and reflecting realities ignored in the mainstream media and in portraits of the “American dream”. Protest comes in many forms so let us build movimiento con musica.

For mas informacion contact: Jill Garvey(jill@newcomm.org) at the Center for New Community
312-266-0319 or 773-787-6353 (mobile)

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In honor of Black History Month, are a couple more videos focusing on an element of Afro-Latino culture. This time we focus on the plight of blacks in Brazil, and the reality of a nation that on the surface appears to be colorblind, but where the legacy of slavery remains.

The first video, from Al Jazeera, focuses on the hardships still faced by black Brazilians in Bahía. The second, from PBS, follows university students attempting to “qualify as black” in order to gain access to university in Brasilia.

Enjoy!

Via / Al Jazeera

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