Put forth by XicanoPwr
May
02
Last night before I went to bed I thought I heard on the news that the [tag]Los Angeles Police Department[/tag] fired rubber bullets and used tear gas on a group of peaceful marchers who were attending a the pro-immigration rally in [tag]MacArthur Park[/tag]. This morning, RAW Story and Brad Blog confirmed what I thought I [...]
Posted in Civil Rights, Fear, Human Rights, Immigration, May Day, Nativism, News/Noticias, Racism, Raza, The Press, Xenophobia | 
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Apr
17
We all know the meaning when someone mentions liquid courage – those who consume it “gain” confidence and lose discretion. Well, I prefer to think Internet courage is where an individual who enjoys the benefit of hiding behind the Internet and because like liquid courage, a person tends to “gain” confidence and lose discretion [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Mar
12
In the midst of the 21st century, America remains stagnate in a milieu of worsening and repression, due to being MORALLY BANKRUPT. This [tag]immigration[/tag] debate is not just about those people without proper documentation whose rights, dignity and criminality is at stake, it is about America’s morality. The human mind possesses the capability to rationalize [...]
Posted in Civil Rights, Concentration Camp, Deportation, Eliminationism, Fear, Human Rights, Immigration, Nativism, Política Estados Unidos, Racism, Texas, War Crimes, Xenophobia | Tags: | functional 7 Comments »
Put forth by XicanoPwr
Mar
09
In the nation’s response to the tragedy that occurred in 9/11 attacks, the border acquired new significant importance in the “war on terror.” Among the most relevant of the changes that transpired, the immigration issue is now assigned to the Department of Homeland Security. Although Mexico has no significant Islamic population and houses no known [...]
Posted in Civil Rights, Concentration Camp, Fear, Human Rights, ICE, Immigration, La Migra, Nativism, Racism, Raza, Round-ups, Texas, Xenophobia | Tags: | functional 25 Comments »
Put forth by XicanoPwr
Feb
23
[tag]Racism[/tag], the ideology that came into full flower as a justification for European conquest of most of the planet, is now headquartered in the US. There could be no justification for a student group’s aggression, without the basic assumptions of racial superiority. Thursday, a student group at New York university played a game called “Catch [...]
Posted in Classism, Color-blind Society, Eliminationism, Fear, Immigration, Nativism, Prejudices, Propaganda, Racism, Raza, Republican, Xenophobia | Tags: | functional 13 Comments »
This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
