Archive for July 23rd, 2009
Capitalist Globalization Targeted Children in Peru
6:39 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Peru|Violence · Comments Off
23 Jul 2009When we wrote about some of the violence happening in Bagua, Peru, we were clear that the neolibleral economic policies that have been choking Latin American countries and their communities were at the heart. It the struggle over control of land and life, anyone who is seen as a threat is targeted, even children.
“I was watching the helicopter….I saw it…I was scared…the bullet hit me here…when it came there was nothing…that’s what it seemed like…there was nothing….it came like this….it hit me here…..there was a lot of blood….some of my blood was on a woman…a bit of my blood was on her….I’m scared that they fired…I don’t want them to shoot at me…because I don’t want to suffer….for my mother…”
Via / Inca Kola News
la Macha is back too!
23 Jul 2009Heavy traveling is finally done! I am back from the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, Michigan. I got some rest, some family time, and some time to catch up. I am still incredibly tired though, and I have to say, I really admire the shit out of la mala–that woman is a working machine. Kids hanging off her shoulder, food on the stove, three phones ringing, two workshops to run, and she still has the time to be pleasant and relaxed with her fellow bloggers!!!
It was a really great experience–I was especially thrilled by the Zapatista press conference (which I live blogged here). There is so much grassroots radical ground work going on–I just don’t even know what to do with the hope and inspiration it filled in me.
Like mala, I’ll be blogging about it. But for now…a picture of my Salmita, who I’ve neglected in the frenzy of summer. Pobrecita.
How I wish I was a Campari bottle at the moment.
NYC Fire Dept. Discriminated In Hiring Exams
8:41 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Justice|Labor|New York City|race · 1 Comment
23 Jul 2009
A Federal Judge in Brooklyn ruled that the New York City Fire Department has been discriminating against blacks and Latinos in it’s hiring exams.
Judge Nicholas Garaufis wrote, “These unlawful practices barred over a thousand additional black and Hispanic applicants from consideration for appointment as FDNY firefighters, and unfairly delayed the appointment of hundreds of black and Hispanic firefighters.”
Approximately 3 percent of NYC firefighters are black and 4 percent are Latino.
Via / Gothamist
Bolivia Bans Circus Animals
6:47 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · animals|Bolivia · 4 Comments
23 Jul 2009
I admit to being a happy meat eater and even have taken my older daughter to a circus before I knew better. When I say knew better, I mean about the torture and suffering that animals are made to endure for human entertainment.
Some animal rights organizations, especially inside the U.S., has some issues they need to work out when it comes to dealing with communities of color, pero at least one country in Latin America is trying to reconceptualize what entertainment is in the context of “circus” by banning wild and domestic animals in traveling circuses.
Bolivian President Evo Morales has signed the world’s first law prohibiting the use of both wild and domestic animals in traveling circuses…The new law bans the use of wild and domestic animals in circuses in the Bolivia, as their conditions and confinement are considered acts of cruelty.
The circuses will be allowed one year to adapt their shows to a humans-only program and during this time, the government will issue regulations on confiscation and monetary sanctions for any breaches of the law.
Via / Vegans of Color
Image Via/ NYT
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