Our New Anahuac

There exists a long history of government infiltration in activist groups. Back in the day, infiltrators were sent into the Brown Berets and many different Raza Power groups from different agencies. Even relatively conservative groups like LULAC have been surveilled. Much of the information is now available through the Freedom of Information Act. COINTELPRO, the [...]

This is a continuation of a previous post. I am compiling a brief history of my own activities in community organizing in order to share some of my experiences, lessons and mistakes. So after college (sort of…I had to go back to finish one semester, which I did), I spent a few years adjusting to [...]

I have been busy this week, and haven’t blogged much, but Mi’ja’s picking up the slack and has a blog for you.  I am very proud of her, and I hope that you enjoy her thoughts.   The Earth is what we live in. Millions of people everyday are wasting paper, plastic and such, but you [...]

A big thanks to Brother Rodolfo X of the Houston Mosque of The Nation of Islam for the heads up on this article. According to an AP report published in the FinalCall.com, Spain has turned to immigrant so-called Latinos (racial mestizos) to fill the ranks of its military. Spain has struggled to recruit soldiers since [...]

“You can bequeath investments.  You can bequeath wealth, but you can also bequeath knowledge from one generation to the next”-Ryan Mack on CNN I fully believe that only a holistic approach to improving our gente will ultimately lead to our liberation and to Our Restoration (O/R).  However, dealing with our community holistically is a gigantic task.  [...]

I received an update from Ivonne Moreira, Executive Director of Jovenes Inmigrantes Por Un Futuro Mejor (JIFM). The update made mention of a newer strategy that they will employ in which they plan to promote the Dream Act as part of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, as opposed to a stand alone bill. Ivonne, who is employed [...]

Two days ago, I did a post about the media ignoring Latino issues.  Today, I am writing about the media ignoring a campus shooting on the campus of a historically black college in my city, Houston.  Last night, at least five people were shot on the campus of Texas Southern University (TSU).  In almost every [...]

On Wednesday Native people in Canada choose their national chief. One of the popular candidates, Terrance Nelson, is running on the platform of separating from Canada. He believes that all of the Natives’ problems can be solved by separating from Canada. There are treaty rights to be negotiated with Ottawa, funding for the AFN to [...]

Tony Diaz posted on his facebook account that the column ASK A MEXICAN was cancelled from the Houston Press. I had some reservations at first about this column, I told Tony, but then I took a different attitude: I used to really resent this guy because he seemed to constantly ridicule nationalist and indigenous perspectives [...]

Rev. Miguel Rivera, the head of National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian, leaders has a pressure tactic for the record books, or at least as far clergy is concerned…boycott the census. Rivera has come to the conclusion that politicians in Latino districts are getting the benefit of funding, which is based on the population [...]