Last month, July 2, 2008, I was on a public access cable TV talk show, GreenWatch TV. I was asked to come talk about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids conducted here in Houston and the prison-industrial complex. The host of GreenWatch is Brian Harrison, and the show was produced by Houston Media Source and [...]
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In the nation’s continued response to the tragic events of 9/11, the nation’s southern border is currently being used as a scapegoat in the current vague “war on terror.” Suddenly, security has become synonymous with stopping undocumented immigration, and unfortunately, this country’s immigration policies have resulted in very real negative consequences.
In a newly created video, [...]
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Now that Tropical Storm Edouard has come and gone, it’s time to get back to our regular scheduled program. In my two day tropical storm hiatus, a lot has happen on the immigration front.
The deadline has come and gone for the US presidential candidates to respond to a questionnaire put together by The [...]
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Breakthrough, the same international human rights organization that brought you the video game, “ICED!,” has a new video, Don’t Deport Me, Scotty. From Breakthrough’s site: “See what happens when a permanent member of a popular space crew finds his status is in question. In any galaxy, when we deny due process and human rights to [...]
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Violence affects the lives of millions of women worldwide. It continues to be a global epidemic that kills, tortures, and maims – physically, psychologically, sexually and economically. It is one of the most pervasive of human rights violations, denying women and girls equality, security, dignity, self-worth, and their right to enjoy fundamental freedoms. Rape is [...]
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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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