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Che Guevara. Should a Chicano Care?

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

DOES CHE GUEVARA DESERVE TO BE AN ICON for Xicanos, Xicanas, Latinas, Latinos? Only if we remember where the struggle lies and what it is about, at heart.

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Politician, Represent Thyself.

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

IN POLITICS, PHRASES ARE HURLED ABOUT with a repetition that becomes a song; a pattern of mouthsounds spelling out a sonic shape with a predictable, recurrent, and lulling rhythm. Mind, you, the message is a lie, but the beat is so on time, that we find our feet stepping along in a shuffling, delusional line.

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They Come When the Rain Drums

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

A SPIRIT THAT MOVES AMONG OUR PEOPLE and means to do great harm to many of us cloaks itself in many shapes. An extreme aversion to what is perceived as cultural shifts in the USA hides behind ideas of patriotism or English-fetish and manifests as cruelty.

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Proclama a los Pueblos de México!

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

“OUR NATION is debating a crisis on par with that which gave birth to the Revolution of Independence, The Reformation wars and the Mexican Revolution. Just as was the case then, this is a long overarching crisis in our economy, politics and culture.”

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Vampiric Electrical State Versus A Million Soles on the Ground

Monday, November 30th, 2009

WHERE LIES OUR TRUE FIGHT? With people of different skin tones? With people who use different word sounds to express their dreams, their pain, their hope, their hunger? Or with those who move hugely and cloaked over with flag and legal document, drawing blood worldwide?

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Nezua Named Recipient of Narco News Scholarship

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

TODAY, I understand I have a responsibility to employ each and every power and talent and means I possess in confronting, exposing, and righting the injustices in our world. Opportunities that help me reach this goal bring me profound happiness.

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Veterans, War, and What You Are Fighting For

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

VETERAN’S DAY. It means many things to many people, and all that can shift in a minute depending on which side of the sand you are on. But the quality in a human that causes them to sacrifice for other humans is an enduring, memorable, and crucial one.

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México: She Welcomes the Opportunity!

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

MEXICO is instituting an “Open Arms” policy; if you want to be there and be part of things, then they want you, too.

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Mexico Breaks World Record for Largest Mariachi Band!

Monday, August 31st, 2009

ONLY ONE DAY AFTER breaking the world record for largest public Thriller dance, Mexico breaks another world record. The Largest Mariachi Band world record—with a total of 549 musicians—goes to Guadalajara, Jalisco, México! Órale!

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Headline Fiesta! Mucho Calór!

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

TODAY WE PERUSE THE NEWS, from the War on Indians to the Games Nations Play. As usual, your host Nezua is glad to have you here and promises to dally, dither, and ruminate with great unabashed passion and hella brown pride. GO!

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A New Way Forward Pt. 4 [With Sunday Roundup]

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

BACK ONLINE and styling in the full nine, let’s get our Unapologetic Roundup on. Today we have news of Brad Will’s murder and the ongoing coverup, a brief regrettable whiff of the Anus of Fascism, Dream teaming and recording scenes in the desert, the real criminals at the border, and a little bit of NAFTA-dancing.

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In Tough Economic Times, Will a Tanda Work For You?

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

DE-BUG: They say being in debt is the American Way, but I found a way to get out of it by leaning on my Mexican community. Dicen que estando en deuda es parte de la vida americana, pero encontré una solución entre mi comunidad mexicana.

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¿Para votar o no Votar?

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

TODAY IS THE DAY of México’s midterm elections. While Felipe Calderón is not on the ballot, his policies are under scrutiny. Support for or against PAN, FeCal’s party, will be interpreted as approval or disapproval for his violence-heavy policies. Of course, that’s assuming the vote tallies are legit.

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The Lovestruck Locust Leeches Onward

Friday, June 26th, 2009

THE WEINER FAMILY makes its monies from selling hate to the masses; hate pointed and aimed at immigrants, queers, Obama, liberals, and a host of others. It’s a savage and soulless way to make a living—especially when at the same time you are raking in cash from the same people you abuse thus.

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Your Papers, Señorita?

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

A DEPARTMENT LIKE ICE has no conscience, of course. Just directives (like “make 400,000 arrests this year”) and a great concern for its public image. If that’s the case, however, I can’t imagine why they’d think chilling out on train platforms and plucking young Latinas out of the crowd would go over well.