January 2009
24 posts
Red Salmon Arts/Resistencia Bookstore Calendar,...
The Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition (AIRC) and Thematic Initiatives and Community Engagement (TICE) of UT invite you to
Just Immigration, a speaker series on the topic of immigration. During the last eight years, the Bush Administration has attacked & undermined the rights of immigrant and refugees. Families, workers, and communities experienced intense policing; hundreds of thousands...
Bush's Parting Shot: Kiss My Buttocks - NAM →
New America Media, Commentary, Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez, Posted: Jan 23, 2009
TUSCON, Ariz. — On his last full day in office, ex-president Bush chose to commute the sentences of ex-border patrol officers Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. They had been convicted of shooting a Mexican man in the buttocks, covering up the evidence and lying about the shooting. The shooting took place as...
El Placazo →
El Placazo Newspaper is one of three projects operated by San Anto Cultural Arts. The purpose of the newspaper is threefold: 1) educate and train youth in all aspects of newspaper production (photography, journalism, computer layout and design, desktop publishing, editing); 2) develop and nurture the artistic, writing and cognitive skills of youth participants; 3) allow for community residents...
“Protests
The JBAKC [John Brown Anti-Klan Committee] directly confronted white...”
– John Brown Anti-Klan Committee: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article
“At a Klan march Feb. 19 in Austin, 12 people were injured and 11 people were...”
– The Associated Press
April 2, 1983, Saturday, AM cycle
BYLINE: By PAUL RECER, Associated Press Writer
South End Press | About Us →
Donate to South End Press
South End Press is an independent, nonprofit, collectively-run book publisher with more than 250 titles in print. Since our founding in 1977, we have met the needs of readers who are exploring, or are already committed to, the politics of radical social change. Our goal is to publish books that encourage critical thinking and constructive action on the key political,...
“Relatives Say Peltier Beaten Following Prison Transfer And the Native American...”
– Democracy Now! | Headlines for January 21, 2009
Ana Sisnett: artist, writer, activist, beloved...
allgo celebrates the life of Ana Sisnett;
artist, writer, activist, beloved community member and friend
http://allgo.org/a/anasisnett.html
Ana transitioned gracefully on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at her home in Austin, Texas, surrounded by her family and loved ones. Ana was a long-time ALLGO supporter and community member. Her visual art and spoken word performances inspired and moved many at...
Illegal Haikus: Not for purists by Ana Sisnett
lalilster:
(para su pasaje seguro con las antepasadas)
I. Homeland security
Insecurity lands home
Leaves me to wonder
Where is home?
II. Multinational mass control
Consolidated ownership:
self-righteousness
breeds
vengeance
III. Cantor Fitzgerald
700 dead under the
rubble of "trillions of dollars
handled each day"
IV. Tomorrow:
back to work...
Project on Youth and Non-Military Opportunities... →
Project YANO is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization that provides young people with an alternative point of view about military enlistment. Many of our members are armed forces veterans who believe that high school students are getting a distorted picture of the military and war from recruiting ads and marketing. In particular, we are concerned that many low-income students and students...
Latino Life →
A mural tribute to Manny Castillo
By Elaine Ayala on January 7, 2009 3:03 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)
Manny Castillo died last night, leaving an artistic and musical legacy to the city of San Antonio. He was not an artist. But he was the best friend an artist could have. He championed their work and celebrated their murals. His beloved West Side is peppered with them.
Over the years,...
Activist Unmasks Himself as Federal Informant in... →
By COLIN MOYNIHAN
When the scheduled federal trial begins this month for two Texas men who were arrested during the Republican National Convention on charges of making and possessing Molotov cocktails, one of the major witnesses against them will be a community activist who acted as a government informant.
Brandon Darby, an organizer from Austin, Tex., made the news public himself, announcing in...
“I am an American citizen, it is hard to sleep knowing the things my country is...”
– Why Gaza Matters To Us | RaceWire (via curate) (via lalilster)
