Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
30
This is in response to Kyle’s questions he asked on the Shattered Dreams post. I have decided to write a separate post because the questions he asked are very thought provoking and really should not be buried in the comments section.
Surely after the DREAM Act is put into practice and if it truly is horrendous, [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
26
On Wednesday the Senate rejected the bill, the DREAM Act (S 2205), that would have provided a pathway to obtain permanent residency to children of undocumented immigrants – on the conditions that they seek a college education or enlist in the military. The legislation would have also made them eligible for federal student-loan and work-study [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
20
Serj Tankian of System of a Down finished working on his first solo album Elect the Dead, which will be released, Tuesday, October 23, 2007. “Empty Walls” is the first single and first track off the album. Here is a summary of the video from Wikipedia. (h/t to Voto Latino)
The video shows young children playing [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Oct
11
The US military says it has met its recruitment goals for 2007. However, signing new soldiers is getting more difficult. New figures reveal there has been a 40 percent drop in African-Americans signing up for the army.
Watch the lies they are telling our kids. As one of the put it, “there is peer pressure and [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Sep
21
Here are some facts about the DREAM Act nobody really wants to hear about. The connections with the Pentagon are becoming crystal clear. This is nothing more than a stealthy military recruiting component for the military’s and the chickenhawk’s poverty draft. Some may feel I am acting like a pendejo for making the claim [...]
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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.
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