Our New Anahuac

In this video, a teacher asks Janet Murgia of NCLR how indigenous people may be included in the immigration discussion, since the debate always revolves around “Hispanics” and “Latinos.” My answer? Reawaken our people to our true identity: We are Anahuaca, Mexica, Indigenous and pronounce this as often as we can when we speak. Share [...]

On September 24, a series of raids were conducted on the homes of six anti-war activists by the FBI in Chicago and Minneapolis. Activists all over the country denounced the raids as a return to the misuse of the FBI as a tool to intimidate people who will not go along with the goals of [...]

During his speech to West Point graduates today, Obama repeated the myth that the pretext for invading Iraq was America’s War of Terror.  I knew soon after the Bush administration slyly shifted the war’s rationale from the search for Weapons of Mass Destruction to an extension of Afghanistan, that the administration would eventually be successful in [...]

Six United Nations human rights experts condemned Arizona for it recent law against immigrants and against people appearing to be immigrants.  In addition, the human rights experts condemned the other Arizona law targeting Chican@ studies: The immigration law was adopted around the same time as the enactment of a law prohibiting Arizona school programs that “are [...]

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El Salvador marks the death of Archbishop Oscar Romero’s Murder. The right-wing death squad who killed him had a slogan: “Be a Patriot. Kill A Priest.” Oscar Romero was a proponent of Liberation Theology. A poem to honor him: The Consecration Of Coffee                                 to Archbishop Oscar A. Romero                    One day of god                   [...]

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This post is an attempt to look at terrorism with a little logic.  I try to present facts here.  It is devoid of patriotic emotions over anything.  I admit that I am immune to such feelings, but for those who read this, understand that this is meant to be an analysis of terrorism, not a [...]

NATIONAL CHICANO MORATORIUM COMMITTEE Jcruzor1 @ aol.com , (323) 687-0963-organize @ pnlru.org P.O.Box 13 San Fernando CA 91340 December 28, 2009 Hermanas y Hermanos, The Nacional Chicano Moratorium Committee-NCMC, extends an invitation to help organize the 40th Commemoration of August 29, 1970.  The 40th Commemoration is going to be held on August 28, 2010. 40 [...]

Despite all the warnings about Apocalypto, I made the decision to see it. For me, the decision was based on the simple idea that I could not earnestly and accurately critique a film without having seen it first. In sum, I believe that the film had little artistic value, but I believe that it did [...]