Despite Name, The Cause Must Endure

Put forth by XicanoPwr

Jun 17

Over the last month or so, I’ve been following the development of a series of protests that is taking place throughout the U.S. known as SlutWalks, that began after a Toronto police officer made a comment how women could prevent being sexually assaulted if they, “Avoid dressing like sluts.”
Since the movement’s inception, the SlutWalk campaign [...]

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Education Apartheid by Design

Put forth by XicanoPwr

Nov 01

In the United States today, under a distorted capitalistic system, our education system has worsened. In Texas, 185 high schools can be considered “dropout factories” according to a national report from Johns Hopkins University, who conducted the study for The Associated Press.
The study found that half or more of high school students do not graduate, [...]

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Is ICE Denying Health Care to Immigrant Detainees

Put forth by XicanoPwr

Aug 09

Kyle from Immigration Orange just informed me that on Tuesday August 7th, 2007, Edimar Alves Araujo, a 34 year-old immigrant a Brazilian national, died in federal custody because he was denied access to his medication for his epilepsy. His sister, Irene Araujo, told the Boston Herald his death could have been avoided if Immigration and [...]

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Rising Blogging Insanity and Introspection

Put forth by XicanoPwr

Jun 17

Recently I came across an article, Beware the Bloggers’ Bile, in TIME Magazine by Joe Klein recently in which he wrote about the insanity that has taken over the Liberal/Progressive blogosphere. This of course is going well with Republican bloggers. In Klein’s piece, he expresses his concern of the recent criticism he is receiving from [...]

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Justicia ⇒ “Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything - even our lives - in our struggle for justice.” — César Chávez

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Libertad ⇒ “Ignorance and obscurantism have never produced anything other than flocks of slaves for tyranny.” — (Emiliano Zapata's letter to Pancho Villa)

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