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Everything is Under Control

7 Sep 2008

Nezua, who was at the front lines of the power trip show that was the reaction to the protest cries at outside the RNC, has some amazingly scary images of police presence. Then I came across this image, and the similarities were striking.

The line given to us living in the United States is that it’s for our protection, our safety, our order, so that we can go one with our lives, meaning swallowing whole the lies fed to us via the primetime coverage. But who is included in this Our?

John McCain Looks Terrible in Green (and blue) : His Speech from the RNC Last Night

1:45 pm By Maegan La Mala · MINNEAPOLIS|Politics|RNC08|St. Paul|US Presidential Race 2008 · 1 Comment

5 Sep 2008

Last night, I was between laughter and tears watching the closing night of the RNC : Cindy McCain and her constant eye closing meant to inspire and say: “I am a nice white lady”, The McCain children coming out causing my older daughter to call out: “One of them is adopted,”, and the constant “Hockey Mom” references. The horrible screen behind the podium is distracting, but still more interesting than McCain’s speech. He totally stole Obama’s “change” line. He mentions the Latina daughter of migrant workers being “American” (unless she doesn’t have papers or is an “anchor baby” right?)

What did you think of the speech?

McCain’s VP Pick : Palin and the Politica and Privilege of White Woman’hood/ Mommy’Hood

9:45 am By Maegan La Mala · Family|Politics|US Presidential Race 2008|Women · 2 Comments

4 Sep 2008

Last night, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin accepted the nomination to the vice-presidency at the Republican National Convention.

Originally the buzz about Palin, focused on her having a vagina. Her presence was analyzed as a calculated McCain strategy to lure disgruntled, hard core Hillary Clinton supporters.

Then the shift went internal, to her uterus, her identity as a mother to five, the youngest with some form of developmental delay, and a 17 year old daughter, unmarried and pregnant.

So what does this Palin parranda of information and analysis mean to mamis of color, Latina mamis like me? Not surprisingly, nada.

RNC : Why People Support Their Candidate

3 Sep 2008

If it weren’t for living in the mami’hood, I would be covering the RNC right now. Thankfully, there are some good peeps on the ground there, talking not with the politicos, but with the voters themselves.
Nezua, spoke to supporters of three different candidates and got to their deep motivations as to why they support who they do.

Via / Awearnessblog

Republicans Speak but the Community Screams About ICE Raids

10:25 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Immigration|Politics|RNC08|Washington DC · 1 Comment

3 Sep 2008

Last night’s theme of the RNC was “Country First” and it is clear current policy is not people first especially when it comes to the immigrant community. So while there are more speeches tonight and VP pick Palin will talk about her role as a woman and as a mother, there will be no talk of immigrant mothers and their issues. As Palin’s teen daughter moves forward with her now very public pregnancy, there will be no talk of immigrant women giving birth in chains.

Wednesday, September 3rd, 4pm

Offices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement

425 “Eye” St. NW Washington D.C.

Sponsored by the D.C. Alliance for Immigrant Justice and the Metro D.C. Interfaith Sanctuary Network

On August 25, agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) descended on Howard Industries in the small town of Laurel, Mississippi. Agents arrested 595 workers in the largest immigration raid in U.S. history. Workers have been separated from their families and the local immigrant community has been terrorized. The superintendent of the county school district reported that half of the 160 Latino students were absent from school the next day.

“Basically, they create a major humanitarian crisis for families and spouses and children,” Bill Chandler of the Jackson-based Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance (MIRA) told the Hattiesburg American. In some cases, he said, both parents were now gone in the raid, leaving their families totally alone.

The ACLU is investigating cases of civil rights abuses that took place during the raid. “We are deeply concerned by reports that workers at the factory where the raid occurred were segregated by race or ethnicity and interrogated, the factory was locked down for several hours, workers were denied access to counsel, and ICE failed to inform family members and lawyers following the raid where the workers were being jailed,” Mónica Ramírez, a staff attorney with the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project who is meeting with family members, said in a statement.

At this rally and press conference, activists from the Washington area immigrant rights movement will gather to speak out against this raid and demand an end to raids and deportations. The Mississippi raid comes shortly after a devastating raid at Dulles Airport and a smaller action in suburban Maryland just this week.

Via / Upset the Setup

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