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  For Immediate Release                                                                              January 24, 2012                                                                                               CONTACT: Tony Diaz, Nuestra Palabra Director AztecMuse@aol.com    Houston writers & activists organize a caravan of Librotraficantes to smuggle contraband books back into Arizona! Houston, Texas – Local literary nonprofit Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say is organizing The Librotraficantes Banned Book Caravan from Houston, Texas to [...]

Recently, Vicente Fernandez has come under intense criticism for his decision to sign a three-year contract with Budweiser, a company on a nationwide boycott list for its support for Arizona’s Senator John McCain. McCain is an ardent supporter of harsh anti-immigrant laws like the now-notorious Arizona SB 1070. Human right’s groups are also criticizing Fernandez [...]

“This is how the man does it, and if you don’ t wake up and find out how he does it, I tell you, they’ll be building gas chambers and gas ovens pretty soon– I don’t mean those kind you’ve got at home in your kitchen– [and] you’ll be in one of them, just like [...]

I enjoyed the protest today. I posted a little about it at El Pueblo’s Online edition, along with more pics. Houston United (HoustonUnido.org) protested in front of Houston’s Clear Channel offices. They were protesting Arizona-style bills proposed by State Representative Riddle, and the racist, slanted rhetoric found on 740 AM. Michael Berry, a Clear Channel [...]

I was asked to comment this week on a couple of issues on the immigration front, and on the so-called Latino movement in general.  Employers Debbie Riddle (also known as La Bruja in our community) recently filed a bill which would make felons out of people who have employed undocumented workers.  Under the bill, it [...]

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Mexican American Studies, the Social Justice Education Project and Critically Compassionate Intellectualism   The Social Justice Education Project (SJEP) and our Critically Compassionate Intellectualism model have and are showing profound effects on academic success, graduation rates, and participation in post-secondary education. Evaluation already in place determined the following information for the students who participated in [...]

I am trying to confirm rumors that on May 26 Hispanic Republicans will be announcing support for the Arizona copycat law proposed by a state rep from Tomball or one of those other little enclaves. Anyway, if I get more concrete details, I’ll let you know. Share and Enjoy:

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 [...]