Tag: Border Issues

Revolution of the Snails – Encounters with the Zapatistas

 Staff  January 15, 2008  0 Comments on Revolution of the Snails – Encounters with the Zapatistas

By Rebecca Solnit of TomDispatch.com I grew up listening to vinyl records, dense spirals of information that we played at…

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“The One Percent Doctrine” and the New Hampshire Presidential Debates

 Richard Nadeau  January 7, 2008  13 Comments on “The One Percent Doctrine” and the New Hampshire Presidential Debates

A sense of depression and hopelessness crept over me as I watched the CNN replay of Republican and Democratic debates…

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Immigration Backlash: Violence Engulfs Latinos

 Staff  December 7, 2007  0 Comments on Immigration Backlash: Violence Engulfs Latinos

by Brentin Mock Published by the Southern Poverty Law Center There’s no doubt that the tone of the raging national…

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More Untold Stories From the Fires: MEXICO SAVED OUR ASS!!

 Frank Gormlie  November 15, 2007  5 Comments on More Untold Stories From the Fires: MEXICO SAVED OUR ASS!!

There’s another big story out there from the fires that hasn’t really been told: excuse the vernacular, BUT MEXICO SAVED…

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UPDATE FROM CALEXICO BORDER PATROL ‘RIOT’: Charges dropped on two, but third charged with felonies

 Frank Gormlie  November 14, 2007  12 Comments on UPDATE FROM CALEXICO BORDER PATROL ‘RIOT’: Charges dropped on two, but third charged with felonies

Here is an update from the Calexico “No Border” folks — this is in regards to the arrests and injuries…

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Protest At Calexico Gets Ugly As Border Patrol Charges Peaceful Demonstrators — Batons Swing & Rubber Bullets Fired

 Staff  November 13, 2007  2 Comments on Protest At Calexico Gets Ugly As Border Patrol Charges Peaceful Demonstrators — Batons Swing & Rubber Bullets Fired

We don’t have to go to Pakistan to see citizens beaten by law enforcement authorities. You just had to be…

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Mike Davis: the un-told story of how immigrants were affected is “the central human tragedy of the recent fires”

 Frank Gormlie  November 2, 2007  1 Comment on Mike Davis: the un-told story of how immigrants were affected is “the central human tragedy of the recent fires”

By the time we arrived at Mike Davis’ talk at the City Heights Rec Center on Landis Street, it was…

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Border Angels Rally to Protest Discrimination In Fire Relief Efforts

 Staff  October 28, 2007  1 Comment on Border Angels Rally to Protest Discrimination In Fire Relief Efforts

Protesting discrimination and intimidation in this week’s fire relief efforts, San Diego’s Border Angels sponsored a rally and press conference…

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