Archive for August 19th, 2009
Napolitano Plays Hostess at White House Immigration Meeting Mañana: Is She Gonna Serve More of the Same?
7:56 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Immigration|Obama|Politics · 4 Comments
19 Aug 2009
In an effort to make it look like it’s doing something on the immigration reform front, tomorrow, at around noon, the White House is hosting a meeting on immigration. The last meeting the White House held on immigration pushed NY’s Senator Schumer as the legislative champion of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, with his talk of illegals and biometric ids. The choice of host for tomorrow’s meeting is no less disturbing, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
President Obama has made it clear that Comprehensive Immigration Reform is not a priority, for now. However, the Department of Homeland Security under Napolitano has been laying the groundwork, or doing the dirty work if you will. Dirty work including expanding Bush era enforcement measures like Secure Communities & 287(g) programs. Add to this the horrendous record of human rights abuses inside immigrant detention centers , including deaths that the public learns about in pieces and I.C.E’s inability to follow the Constitution, and it makes perfect sense that Secretary Napolitano be the ambassador for CIR, no?
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Sustainable farming in Bolivia
10:15 am By la Macha · Bolivia|Environment · 4 Comments
19 Aug 2009This article from the BBC about farmers in Bolivia who are using farming methods of their ancestors to create sustainable farming techniques was very interesting. It made me think about how people in the U.S. have absolutely no similar history to draw on for our own farming methods–mostly because we’ve never done anything sustainable or environmentally friendly–ever. And we’ve done all that we can to destroy sustainable methods of surviving in indigenous communities in the U.S. for centuries.
The system is based on building “camellones” – raised earth platforms of anything up to 2m high, surrounded by canals.
Constructed above the height of flood waters, the camellones can protect seeds and crops from being washed away.
The water in the canals provide irrigation and nutrients during the dry season.
Pre-Columbian cultures in Beni from about 1000BC to AD1400 used a similar system.
So while other countries are talking about canals and irrigation and camellones–the U.S. is talking about militarization and destruction. When the hell are we in the U.S. ever going to wake up?
When comparisons to Nazis don’t work so well
19 Aug 2009I wonder if this woman understands…um, YOU’RE TALKING TO A JEWISH MAN!!!! Somebody who either has survivors of *real* Nazi policies in his family and/or KNOWS survivors.
I swear. Sometimes…the stupid. It kills.
New York’s Family Court System fails brown women and children
6:55 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · children|Family|New York City|Women · 1 Comment
19 Aug 2009PLEASE FOREWARD WIDELY.
On March 3rd, 2009, Aniysah was taken from her mother’s arms by New York’s Family Court System and placed in the care of Aniysah’s father who has a history of domestic violence offenses. Furthermore, there were no records verifying that she would be taken to a safe living environment or that she was enrolled in school. Questions about her health and well-being went unanswered. That was over 150 days ago. To date, Aniysah remains lost in the family court system. A system where black and brown children go missing every day. A system where black mothers like Aniysah’s are often left to fend for themselves in a brutal, dogged battle just to make sure their children are safe. On the surface, this case appears to be a simple custody dispute, however, if one digs deeper it is a story about the injustices of New York’s Family Court System and how it fails brown women and children daily and how it can be used to further terrorize and re-victimize survivors of domestic violence.
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