Mexika Resistance
Archive for April 2012
Terrorist Plots, Helped Along by the F.B.I. – NYTimes.com
*Mexikaresistance.com Note: Waitaminute, are you telling me that this government LIES to us? I’m shocked, I tell you. Shocked. THE United States has been narrowly saved from lethal terrorist plots in recent years — or so it has seemed. A would-be suicide bomber was intercepted on his way to the Capitol; a scheme to bomb … Continue reading
Far-Right Conservatives Invent New Language | Addicting Info
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve been having trouble figuring out what many conservatives are saying lately. In one breath they tell me President Obama is a Muslim. The next moment they nod grimly and warn: “He’s a communist.” Occasionally, they insists that he’s both at once; and on the nutty fringes it’s … Continue reading
Indianz.Com > Tim Giago: Tatanka Iyotanka was a pure Lakota traditionalist
One cold winter day Tatanka Iyotanka (Sitting Bull), the great Lakota warrior, was sitting on a bench in front of his home with his two wives on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in South and North Dakota. He looked off in the distance at an approaching buckboard and smiled to himself as he pointed with … Continue reading
Why Does Religion Always Get a Free Ride? | Belief | AlterNet
*Mexikaresistance.com Note: As a society, we afford a level of respect to religion that we would never dream of giving to any other crackpot beliefs. This is a great article about the “free pass” we are expected to constantly grant religion. Why should religion, alone among all other kinds of ideas, be free from attempts … Continue reading
You Are All Suspects Now. What Are You Going to Do About It?
You are all potential terrorists. It matters not that you live in Britain, the United States, Australia or the Middle East. Citizenship is effectively abolished. Turn on your computer and the US Department of Homeland Security’s National Operations Center may monitor whether you are typing not merely “al-Qaeda,” but “exercise,” “drill,” “wave,” “initiative” and “organization”: … Continue reading
North Dakota Shale Boom Displaces Tribal Residents
Heather Youngbird and Crystal Deegan used to live in a trailer at the Prairie Winds Mobile Home Park in the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. Last week Leroy Olsen, their landlord, removed their front door and cut off the electricity and the propane supply. The reason? New homes to be constructed for out … Continue reading
Was Lakota Man Victim of a Hate Crime in South Dakota Hospital? The Troubling Story of Vern Traversie – ICTMN.com
In a somewhat grainy, homemade YouTube video, Lakota elder Vernon Traversie sits in his Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation home and quietly tells his story. It’s a deeply troubling one, alleging that he left the care of a South Dakota regional hospital last summer with more than just the routine scars of open-heart surgery.
Less Than Blood Quantum – Guest Commentary – Native News Network
*Mexikaresistance.com Note: The racist idea of “blood quantum” is echoed throughout Zemanawak by the racist concepts of “mestizaje” and the “mestizo.” These ideas were created in order to deny us our right to assert our identities as Nikan Titlakah / Timazewaltin by destroying our cultural identities. We know the statement “blood quantum” was made and … Continue reading
Tucson’s Ousted Mexican-American Studies Director Speaks: The Fight’s Not Over – COLORLINES
Sean Arce may not have a job anymore, but he’s still going to defend the program he used to direct. Arce, the former director of Tucson Unified School District’s now-suspended Mexican American Studies program, was fired earlier this month in the latest crackdown on the program in what has become a years-long saga over the … Continue reading
