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Hugo Chavez Hearts Obama

3 Jun 2009

After all that hate, then some awkward moments, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez appears to be warming up to Barack Obama…if you consider calling Obama more leftist than he and Fidel Castro showing love (and I do). Reuters reports:

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday that he and Cuban ally Fidel Castro risk being more conservative than U.S. President Barack Obama as Washington prepares to take control of General Motors Corp.

During one of Chavez’s customary lectures on the “curse” of capitalism and the bonanzas of socialism, the Venezuelan leader made reference to GM’s bankruptcy filing, which is expected to give the U.S. government a 60 percent stake in the 100-year-old former symbol of American might.

“Hey, Obama has just nationalized nothing more and nothing less than General Motors. Comrade Obama! Fidel, careful or we are going to end up to his right,” Chavez joked on a live television broadcast.

Chavez’s message is not lost on Republicans, who were quick to jump on Obama’s bones for the move. Check out the RNC’s video attacking Obama after the jump. Read more…

Gay Marriage is Legal in New Hampshire

5:06 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · GLBT|New Hampshire|society|States · 2 Comments

3 Jun 2009

Much to the disappointment of me and my fellow Californians, we are light years behind New England in terms of civil rights in comparison to our friends on the East Coast. Nonetheless, I am overwhelmingly pleased about New Hampshire’s landmark move of signing gay marriage into law just minutes ago. From HRC’s BackStory blog:

New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed marriage equality legislation moments ago, calling it a great day for all New Hampshire families. Below are photos and video from the Human Rights Campaign’s work in the state.

Congratulations to New Hampshire, to HRC and to all the activists that helped make this a reality.

Background here and latest news here.

Viva New England!

Via / HRC Backstory

Migrant Detention Under The Obama Administration : Will RI4A Address This?

3 Jun 2009

So here I am at the Reform Immigration for America Summit in DC and the opening luncheon inside the Victory Tent was filled with people chanting Si Se Puede/Yes we Can! The message from all the speakers was clear, yes there is alot of work to do but that ultimately victory will be ours. Pero what does victory look like?

Maria Socorro Pesqueira, from Mujeres Latinas in Accion de Chicago spoke of her own personal experiences coming from an immigrant family and looked at the immigrant woman’s experience specifically. She gave examples of immigrant women whose families were fragmented by an enforcement first immigration agenda, an agenda that according to Socorro Pesqueira, left one child in the streets calling our for her detained and eventually deported father. As a mother, who is here with my youngest, this brought me to tears and even writing about it now makes my eyes well up.

The underlying assumption though, or my perception of it from the RI4A Summit and from the immigrant reform movement in general is that things are different now with Obama in the White House. Are they really?

Live from the Reform Immigration for America Conference

1:42 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Events|Immigration|Los Angeles|Washington DC · 1 Comment

3 Jun 2009

I am writing to you from Washington DC and am in the company of about 700 other people with one thing on their mind, Reform Immigration for America. What that means for each individual differs pero the energy is high and all the people here are here to work. So far I have met people from so many different states, from so many different backgrounds. Some are policy makers, some are activists, some are importantly, immigrants themselves.

I need to sit down with my notes from the Welcome Luncheon which included a keynote speech from Representative Luis Gutierrez and breakdown a little, the tone that was set for this summit.
Pero in the meantime, I think it speaks to the some of the strategic organizing when you think how this summit is part of a national effort across the country that includes local actions which jumped off yesterday. Here’s a video from the Los Angeles jump off.

VivirLatino’s Maegan la Mala On the Road to the Reform Immigration for America Summit

6:00 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Immigration|VivirLatino|Washington DC · Comments Off

3 Jun 2009

image_preview As you read this I’m on an Amtrak train with one child in tow, headed to D.C. for the Reform Immigration for America Summit. Mil gracias to the people at the Center for Community Change, I will attending the largest convening of pro-immigrant organizers and allies this year.

I’m really excited to meet some organizers, activists and advocacy peeps that I have thus far only known through the internet and hopefully have some real discussions as to what needs to happen with the current immigration system in the U.S.

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Archive for June 3rd, 2009

Hugo Chavez Hearts Obama

Gay Marriage is Legal in New Hampshire

Migrant Detention Under The Obama Administration : Will RI4A Address This?

Live from the Reform Immigration for America Conference

VivirLatino’s Maegan la Mala On the Road to the Reform Immigration for America Summit

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