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Jun
10
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A couple of years ago, I addressed the Reconquista myth because this myth was making it rounds among hard-core right-wing pundits. It seems the same conspiracy theory is once again making those rounds again. One of the approaches xenophobic conservative pundits [...]
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Mar
31
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Today, we celebrate Cesar Chavez’s birthday. Since 2000, only eight states have made this day a holiday - Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wisconsin. In Washington, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and others have pushed for a federal [...]
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Put forth by XicanoPwr
Jan
30
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America’s sudden interest in the Black and Brown tension that has recently dominated the airwaves has only provided a perfect cover for the anti-immigration forces. Last year, I wrote a post about Emelina Ramirez Bojorquez, the Georgia immigrant who [...]
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Dec
05
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In commemorating International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Angered by the hardening stance on immigration-related issues, Elvira Arellano will be holding hunger strike outside the US Embassy. She told the the Prensa Latina, “On behalf of the [...]
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Oct
30
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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 [...]
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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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