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Perhaps outside of the wealthy fortresses in certain gilded LA neighborhoods, we are a series of favelas of extreme poverty cordoned off by cops, walls, and freeways. But perhaps another barrier exists — one that permeates our minds and tells us where those of us who live in those favelas can and can’t go and what we can and can’t do. Perhaps this was the barrier that was broken on April 29, 1992. The response to the not guilty verdict was not “let’s file an appeal.” The response was “fuck this!”
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While Babeu did not resign from office, he did resign from his position on the Mitt Romney Arizona Presidential team. Bebeu also says he is committed to continue his congressional bid. Before people go and get all homophobic on Babeu we should point out four interesting things about this situation.
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Recently, Jasiri (follow his twitter), Paradise Grey, and Rhmefest joined Immortal Technique at a community benefit show in Phoenix, AZ for PUENTE (watch Video). The show was full of energy and enthusiasm as the brave youth fighting the racists attacks in Arizona got some well deserved R & R.
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As we honor Martin Luther King Jr. on this day we would do well to remember the things Dr. King fought for and not simply how he is portrayed by the government, school system, and mainstream media. Dr. King stood for many things in his life and work. It is true that stood for equality and dreamed of a time when all races and ethnic groups could live in equality and harmony. But Dr. King was clearly an extremely liberal political leader....
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The album has fantastic and distinct music with an important message for our times. In fact, important messages. It Is the kind of music you can dance to while grabbing hold of exposed contradiction in US immigration policy and feeling united as workers. The album has some great cameos from Residente of Calle 13, Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, and Ceci Bastida on "Canta El Río," produced Thom Russo and Uproot Andy.
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With so much to want to shed in Arizona like bigotry, family separation, the foreclosure crisis, Arizona’s ranking 50th in education spending, and tense racial profiling and division it is completely ridiculous to suggest that the ire of our pen should be directed at a human rights organization. Even if you disagree with their tactics....
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Tech added, "when we heard from people who said, 'ow your depriving Arizona of the artists ... it dawned on me that these people weren't complaining when children were being ripped apart from their parents." ...
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Jasiri X will be contributing some blogs, thoughts and comments on this site and we hope to be soon working on some immigration stuff with him and others. To learn more about Jasiri and his work go to jasirix.com. In the meantime, watch this hot new video he dropped about the occupy movement. Welcome brother!...
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Big banks like Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Wells Fargo think they can get away with using our money to enrich their bottom line. And as long as we keep letting them hold our money, we’ll never achieve a new bottom line that puts people before huge profit."...
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The media is totally wrong for ignoring the Occupy Movement for lack of a clear vision or set of demands. At first we all looked for that because we are trained to say, "who are they," and "what do they want?" But this is an unprecedented moment in history. So I just wanted to share my own initial thoughts after a bit of reflection. Let me know what you think and pass it along. Here is what I think millions of people know and feel to be true....
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