Kategori: Aztlan
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From Zeta, a Tijuana based weekly
“Los mexicanos ricos en los malls en La Jolla (California) o El Paso (Texas), tienen poco en común con los migrantes que pizcan fresas, empacan pollos o trabajan en los swap shops; los recién llegados desconocen el mundo del chicano de la segunda, tercera o cuarta generaciónâ€, dice el activista de YANO (Youth And Non…
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The Illusion of Inclusion?
(The sorry state of politics in the Chicano community) By: Herman Baca, President Committee on Chicano Rights The 2006 elections are over! President George Bush and his Republicans party have righteously lost mainly because of voter’s opposition to the war in Iraq. Democrats have reaped the benefits by winning both the U.S. House of Representatives…
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Música
I like to be organized yet when it comes to music I fail to find any pleasure in this otherwise mundane chore. I feel bothered by t hings that are not straight. This is part of this little knack in my personality. Though I can live with chaos around me I inevitably fail to do…
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uncanny intra muros
I liked the following political cartoon by T. Sifuentes P. I did so because it typifies to the dot the inmigration problem between US and México. On the one side we see Uncle Sam leaning against a wall that our good friend Jorge doble U Arbusto signed into law. On the other a what may…
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heal cotidianos
I just asked Logovo to send me some pills. Mind you I just want them for the looks. There is something about having the medicine in my house that is comforting. I guess that one can go on about nostalgia and all that but for me it seems to be more than that. Seeing the…
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pauperrimos indemocrático
My God. I think that I have been more consistent in my efforts to diary here more than previous failed attempts. I spent nearly a whole year without doing any effort to write and here I am. I believe that I can safely return to the posting thang more often now. I was musing about…
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logorrhea
I can’t recall what Shakespeare play was it that I noticed a small flaw, it was in the chain of command somewhere. I noticed it and my teacher just remarked that there are always flaws somewhere. This brought to memory the only Australian I have ever read and enjoyed: Patrick White. Now, watching the film…
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one for the road
In the age of the blog, Stream of consciousness will revolutionize neurosis in ways only television can understand … Yesterday, my closest friend ever said the unthinkable, he said, I hate Hitler. I couldn’t believe my ears. He said, upon me asking why, that it was because of him, a state of Israel exists today.…
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ajar
Necesito unas cachetadas guajoloteras diría mi tío. Y es que gracias a quién soy no me ando preguntando tiro por viaje quién soy sino que tengo fundaciones fuertes sobre mi misma persona. Y es por eso que la realidad me da unas guajoloteras pero si de amor jarocho. Debería, después del todo, estar más conciente…
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Tlatzaccan Cauhtemoctzintli Itenahuatil
As a tijuanense xicano I generally resist any aztec or maya ideological interference in my world vision, or cosmovisión, as gachupines are kin to name the latter. This because my desert culture in itself has been oppressed by the latter; or by the current ideologists in power. I tend to stick with Kumai, pai pai…