Mexika Resistance
Archive for September 13, 2012
Acuña on Arizona and Little White Lies | mexmigration: History and Politics of Mexican Immigration
When I was a kid there was what we used to call white lies. You distinguished them from lies that were untrue. You told white lies because you did not want to reveal a secret or hurt someone’s feelings. Children would easily get caught telling lies – we were not too good at it. However, … Continue reading
On the Use of Colonizing Language – ICTMN.com
In English grammar we find pronouns for first person (“I’), second person (“you”), and third person plural (“we”). I’d like to add focus on the colonizing possessive adjective “our,” which occurs when an Indian person uses the “we” or “our,” when talking about the United States.
On the Use of Colonizing Language – ICTMN.com
In English grammar we find pronouns for first person (“I’), second person (“you”), and third person plural (“we”). I’d like to add focus on the colonizing possessive adjective “our,” which occurs when an Indian person uses the “we” or “our,” when talking about the United States.
To the Indigenous Woman
In the United States, Native women are murdered at 10 times the national rate; 1 out 3 Native women will be raped in her lifetime, and 3 out of 5 physically assaulted. Even worse, 88% of the perpetrators are non-Indian and cannot be prosecuted by tribal governments. Stand and take action now to restore safety … Continue reading
Why Do Progressive Activists Become FBI Informants? It’s Complicated – COLORLINES
In the weeks since news came to light that former Black Panther Richard Aoki had some involvement with the FBI, many people in the progressive community have been besiged by a single question: why? The truth may never come out, but the complexity of it was perhaps best summed up by Aoki himself in an … Continue reading
6 Right-Wing Zealots That Would Blow Up the World for Political Gain | Alternet
Step back from the news cycle a moment and what you see is a week in which toxic, wildly irresponsible right-wingers have been trying to set a series of fires around the world, stoking their mythical “clash of civilizations” out of religious bigotry or for political gain, or a little bit of both.
