May 2012
138 posts
the bad dominicana: Four names you never hear when... →
noirotica:
SAKIA GUNN -Lesbian - murder victim
NIREAH [GREGORY] JOHNSON - Trans-woman - murder victim
ANGIE ZAPATA - Trans-woman - murder victim
REBECCA WIGHT - Lesbian - murder victim
Sure everyone knows Brandon Teena, Matthew Shepard and Gwen Araujo ….but they weren’t the only gay, lesbian, trans or bi people BRUTALLY murdered because of hatred.
Now let’s put some names to some all too...
“La lluvia incisiva
El frío envolvente
El sol de oriente
Todo me lleva a ti…”
– Rita Guerrero (via hernandezurbina)
“Colonialism is not satisfied merely with holding a people in its grip and...”
– Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth.
Let’s think about this for a moment in relation to the “Arab Spring” or the “Arab Awakening” and how we (they) have already begun to reconstruct and write a narrative of “pre-revolution” history, even in the way we have titled the uprisings. So in Fanon’s...
The Wretched of the Earth: The Safe Space Network →
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“Siempre sueña y apunta más alto de lo que sabes que puedes lograr”
– William Faulkner (via moonderland)
Latin American History, Fuck Yeah!: Today In Latin... →
fuckyeahlatinamericanhistory:
May 25
1809: The local Spanish colonial ruler is deposed during the Revolution of Chuquisaca, in present-day Sucre, Bolivia. It is one of the earliest successes of the South American Wars of Independence.
1810: At the end of the Revolución de Mayo, the people of Buenos Aires oust the…
Appalachia Rising activists board coal barge and... →
forfieldandforest:
“These actions against coal transport were taken because the viability and health of mountain communities are being destroyed by mountaintop removal—the coal and the profits are shipped away, leaving disease and destruction in their wake,” Rebecca Loeb, one of the people on the barge said.
According to Nathan Joseph, another activist on the barge, the struggle against...
bell hooks: Understanding Patriarchy (pdf) →
Arizona Bill will Ban Subversive Latino Music from... →
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lati-negros:
If Governor Jan Brewer gets her way, Arizona radio stations will soon be prohibited from playing Latino music over the airwaves. On May 3, the Arizona House will vote on a bill that would ban any music that: 1. Promotes the overthrow of the United States government. 2. Promotes resentment toward a...
