February 2012
Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory | This American... →
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MR. DAISEY AND THE APPLE FACTORY
Originally aired 01.06.2012
Mike Daisey was a self-described “worshipper in the cult of Mac.” Then he saw some photos from a new iPhone, taken by workers at the factory where it was made. Mike wondered: Who makes all my crap? He traveled to China to find out.
PROLOGUE.
Host Ira Glass speaks with an Apple device about its...
“Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the...”
– Judge Stephen Reinhardt, in a federal appellate court’s majority opinion overturning the notorious California anti-gay marriage law. (via motherjones)
ANTICAPITALISTAS EN LA OTRA →
Anticapitalistas en la Otra es un espacio de discusión y organización política de carácter anticapitalista e internacionalista, que busca enlazar las luchas y fortalecer la unidad de las y los trabajadoras de la Ciudad, el Campo y el Mar y del resto de l@s explotad@s por el sistema capitalista para avanzar en la construcción de un Programa Nacional de Lucha y su Plan de Insurrección. Como...
:::DOMINGO::: - Estos ‘panchólares’ sí valen →
LAURA CASTELLANOS
SPINAL, VERACRUZ | DOMINGO, 22 DE ENERO DE 2012 | 00:21
“Aquí se recibe Túmin”, anuncia un letrero pegado a una computadora de un cibercafé de este pequeño pueblo de la sierra del Totonacapan, cuatro horas al norte de Xalapa y cuatro horas al sur de la franja limítrofe con Tamaulipas, donde el narcotráfico dejó cadáveres decapitados y baleó autobuses de pasajeros la...
Book Giveaway: Revolt of the Cockroach People by... →
aztlanreads:
Aztlán Reads is giving away a copy of “The Revolt of the Cockroach People” by Oscar Zeta Acosta, a Chicano lawyer, revolutionary, and defender of the people. The book is a sequel to the “The Autobiography of the Brown Buffalo” and is a fictional account of the Chicano Power Movement. Acosta describes the militant struggle as it unfolds through the prism of history and political...
“Rebellion is a stage in the development of revolution but it is not a...”
– Grace Lee Boggs (1993)
“This is covert white supremacy in the guise of educational...”
– —Junot Diaz’s book “Drown” was part of the banned curriculum of Mexican American Studies. Diaz won the Pulitzer prize for “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.”
Junot Diaz | The Progressive
(via larebelde)
January 2012
500 Years of Chicano History offered for FREE to... →
mexicatiahui:
This is too dope!
And I thought it was appropriate to make this image.
Who's afraid of "The Tempest"? - Books - Salon.com →
Arizona’s ban on ethnic studies proscribes Mexican-American history, local authors, even Shakespeare
BY JEFF BIGGERS
TOPICS:BOOKS, ARIZONA
As part of the state-mandated termination of its ethnic studies program, the Tucson Unified School District released an initial list of books to be banned from its schools today. According to district spokeperson Cara Rene, the books “will be...
Cultural Exchange: Mexico's UNAM aims to put it... →
The National Autonomous University of Mexico goes live with ambitious virtual campus Toda la UNAM en Línea.
By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times
December 25, 2011
Reporting from Mexico City —
It is one of Latin America’s best-known and biggest schools, with five times more students than UCLA and a treasured spot in Mexican life as the people’s house of higher learning. But to...
Cultural Exchange: Mexico's UNAM aims to put it... →
chicanainchoos:
Snip:
“With this,” Ordorika said, “we are affirming that yes, the university belongs to the people.”
Very Cool!
The Antonia I. Castañeda Prize →
Description of the award: The award is in recognition of a published article, book chapter, or single authored book of an historical orientation on the intersection of class, race, gender, and sexuality as related to Chicana/Latina and/ Native/Indigenous women.
Timeline: The publication must have been published in the previous year (2010) by a woman who is an ABD graduate student, pre-tenured...
The Ultimate Superfood Guide →
Superfoods are the most vibrant and nutritionally dense foods on the planet, which have been found to contain profound healing and dietary effects. They have often been used for thousands of years by indigenous people to heal the mind and body, and can be thought of as nature’s medicine. In today’s toxic world, it is essential to include them in your diet for optimal performance, rejuvenation and...
Latina Researchers →
Latina Researchers Conference: Increasing the Pipeline for Future Scholars
In response to the underrepresentation of historically disadvantaged populations with advanced STEM degrees or in advanced research or academic positions, the one-day professional conference seeks to: *Increase exposure of advanced research careers in the academy to the next generation of investigators. *Ensure...
7107: some love poems do not die. [day 11] →
7107:
Devoted with thanks to Julie Plug
Fade in the shimmery curtain. The snarls of her hair.
When she reads about lions, it’s because they’re captured or killed.
Rehearsing. How to wash her own face with tenderness reserved for strangers.
I associate with others devoted to wounded web.
We…
New Mexico turns 100!
larebelde:
motherjones:
congressarchives:
Today marks the 100th Anniversary of New Mexico’s statehood. In honor of this monumental anniversary, we’ve selected a number of documents to feature on our website. Check them out!
Map of New Mexico, 1908, Records of the U.S. House of Representatives
Happy birthday, guys.
Colonial occupation by Spain, Mexico and the US since 1598.
como ave nocturna para no poder andar de día:... →
La Corte Constitucional ordenó al Instituto de Seguros Sociales reconocer la pensión de sustitución a un hombre que llevaba 30 años viviendo en unión libre con su pareja del mismo sexo, luego de que ésta muriera, sin importar que la muerte se haya producido antes de 2007.
El caso comenzó en 2005, cuando la pareja permanente de un hombre homosexual falleció por una enfermedad. Cuando su pareja...
“In 1968 I was invited as poet in residence to Tugaloo College, which is a small...”
– BOMB Magazine: Audre Lorde
posting b/c i didn’t know she was at Tougaloo at all, let alone during the Civil Rights Movement. and i’m wondering how directly my not knowing is related to the white-washing/appropriation of Lorde by f*eminists specifically and white progressives generally. because that...
Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of MALCS at... →
Chicana/Latina Studies is an interdisciplinary, peer reviewed, biannual publication of the Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (Women Active in Research and Social Change). The journal is committed to exploring Chicana/Latina experiences through research articles, literary criticism, creative writing, review essays, occasional commentaries, and book reviews.
Originally housed at the...
This Bridge Called Cyberspace →
Stage I: COMPLETED Originally, the searchable database was created for Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social, and was showcased at the 2008 National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference.
Stage II: CURRENTLY ADDING CONTENT In 2009, the project grew into This Bridge Called Cyberspace, a meta-database of multiple publications. Content from...
