Put forth by XicanoPwr
Sep
17
What should have been a discussion on health care reform quickly turned into a debate on immigration after the President’s address to congress. In one quick move a little-known Republican Congressman from South Carolina hijacked the issue of health care by shouting two little words, “You lie!”
As President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Mar
30
Generally, truth commissions are bodies established to research and report on human rights abuses over a certain period of time in a particular country or in relation to a particular conflict. I recently post that Sen Patrick Leahy has been trying to create one. Unfortunately, it seems unlikely to become reality.
However, according to news reports [...]
Posted in Alberto Gonzales, George Bush, Human Rights, International Criminal Court, War Crimes | Tags: | functional 5 Comments »
Put forth by XicanoPwr
Mar
11
Over the past week, it is hard to escape the political soap opera involving Republican Committee Chair Michael Steele and conservative radio jock and pill-popper Rush Limbaugh.
To provide a brief background, this all began when Steele appeared recently on CNN’s D.L. Hughley Breaks the News and disagreed when host Hughley called Rush the de facto [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Nov
19
A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on state charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners at the Willacy County Detention Center in Raymondville, TX. Other people who were indicted were, Cameron County’s Justice of the Peace Judge Gustavo Garza; former US Attorney [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
28
How red is Texas? After this election we might actually surprise everybody and turn this state blue. It looks like everything is in perfect alignment for change to actually occur here in Texas. I have been noticing that the state GOP has decided to bring in the big guns, the National Republican Congressional Committee, to [...]
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Elections 2008, Republican | Tags: | functional 11 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.
