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Lolita Lebron: Paragon of the Puerto Rican Independence Struggle

https://carlitoboricua.blog/2021/02/28/lolita-lebron-a-bold-fighter-for-puerto-rican-independence/ Lolita Lebrón, A Bold Fighter for Puerto Rican Independence February 28, 2021 By Carlito Rovira Throughout Puerto Rican history, women have played an exemplary and leading role in the struggle against colonialism and oppression. Political and military leaders like Mariana Bracetti, Lola Rodríguez De Tío, Juana Colón, Blanca Canales and many others, have been models of courage and devotion to the struggle for independence and self-determination. One of the most widely known and respected women from the 20th century Puerto Rican liberation struggle is Lolita Lebrón. [...]

By |2021-03-01T23:56:19-05:00March 1st, 2021|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Beyond Capitalism, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Cuba, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, Latin America, Movements, People, Politics, Prisons, Protests and Rallies, Puerto Rico, Solidarity, Women|0 Comments
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Biden Administration Day One Immigration Actions

by National Immigration Law Center https://www.nilc.org/biden-administration-day-one-immigration-actions/ Excerpts   On January 20, 2021, just hours after being sworn in, President Joe Biden took several immigration-related actions that together signal a new era for immigration policy. They comprise an important first step towards redressing some of the ways in which immigrant communities have been profoundly harmed — in particular, over the past four years — and towards the United States becoming more welcoming of immigrants and refugees. These Day One actions are the first of what we will fight [...]

By |2021-01-30T04:18:15-05:00January 30th, 2021|Activism, Biden, California, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Human Rights, Immigration/Migrant rights, Indigenous, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Movements, Politics|0 Comments
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Propositions on the CA Ballot; Measure on LA County Ballot

Propositions on the CA ballot based on info at https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/   PROPOSITION 14: Have California continue funding stem cell research, by borrowing up to $5.5 billion. Prop. 14 would generate the money to keep open the state’s own stem cell agency, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and expand its research capacity. That would include dedicating $1.5 billion for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, stroke, epilepsy, and other brain and central nervous system diseases. The rest of the money would go for other research, medical training, building new research facilities [...]

By |2020-10-01T01:56:24-05:00October 1st, 2020|Anti-Racism/Racism, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Constitution, Education, Elections, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Movements|0 Comments
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Call For Solidarity After Paramilitaries Burn Zapatista Coffee Harvest In Chiapas

Two weeks ago in Zapatista territory, paramilitaries linked to the ruling party in Mexico looted and burned two Zapatista warehouses which stored this year’s coffee harvest. This is the latest in an accelerating series of attacks on the Zapatista project since the current administration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) took office. Many of you will remember that in 2017 as Trump took office, the Zapatistas sent four tons of their coffee harvest to migrant and other communities in struggle in the US as an organizing resource. [...]

By |2020-10-01T01:53:25-05:00October 1st, 2020|Anarchism, Anti-capitalism, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, Indigenous, Indigenous Nations, Justice/Injustice, Mexico, Movements, News, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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PDF of August 2020 issue of Change Links

By |2020-08-01T18:31:08-05:00August 1st, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Calendar, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Commentary, COVID-19, Economy, Events, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Humanism & FreeThought, Immigration/Migrant rights, In Memoriam|0 Comments
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Poetry Corner: Black and Brown Fight Tonight

"Black and Brown Fight Tonight" By David A. Romero [Excerpt]   Black African-American By way of West Africa Transatlantic slave trade From American plantations To the first private prison From the prisons to the fields Fields to the factories Factories to unemployment Unemployment to poverty The inner city Smoldering Almost no way out But Sports Conditioning Fists Flying. "Black and Brown Fight Tonight" is included in My Name Is Romero, a book of poetry by David A. Romero, published by FlowerSong Press of McAllen, TX. My Name [...]

By |2020-08-01T18:27:36-05:00August 1st, 2020|Anti-Racism/Racism, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Historical, Indigenous Nations, Poetry Corner|0 Comments
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The Oxnard Civil “Gang” Injunction is Officially Dead

The Oxnard Civil “Gang” Injunction is Officially Dead A Victory for the People and the Constitution By Armando Vazquez In a news release on Tuesday, July 21, 2021 it was reported that the “Oxnard Police Department Will Work With District Attorney’s Office to Vacate Civil Gang Injunctions” Since 2004, Chiques Organizing for Rights and Equality (CORE), has been organizing and fighting in the community and the courts for the total rescission of the two unconstitutional Oxnard Civil “Gang” Injunctions. Our CORE fight has been foundationally based on [...]

By |2020-08-01T18:26:24-05:00August 1st, 2020|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Constitution, Gentrification/Displacement, Ventura County|0 Comments
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