Last Update: 07.30.2010 at 13:36:12
El Bloguipodio: De Crisis Eléctricas, Día de Veteranos y Más Reforma de Salud
La Bloguera y Dabloguiman charlan sobre el Día de los Veteranos y los homenajes en Washington, la reforma de la salud, deliciosas cenas caseras y la falta de ciberseguridad en las plantas electrógenas. Música de introducción con Remembranzas de Max Vasquez.Saludos y respuestas a nuestros amigos en el grupo deEl BloguipodioenFacebook.Contáctanos víaSkypeoGizmo.El Día de los Veteranos en Wash [read more...]
Posted 11.13.2009 at 21:05:09
Brown Guy Calls It Like It Is
Every once in a while, a post comes along that needs very few words. Here’s one from editorial cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz, a friggin’ genius who rightly calls what’s happening in Arizona as nothing more than pure Nazism. [read more...]
Posted 04.28.2010 at 20:08:20
Garrido: Only Immigration Reform will End SB1070
One day before Arizona's new tough immigration law was supposed to go into effect, a federal judge temporarily blocked some of its controversial provisions. Some aspects of the law will be carried out on schedule. But Judge Susan Bolton of Federal District Court in Phoenix issued a preliminary injunction against sections that required immigrants to carry papers with them at all times and that cal [read more...]
Posted 07.30.2010 at 15:31:08
Show Me Your Papers: Turning the Tables
In less than 48 hours Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 (SB1070) will become law. That day, 1.4 million American Latinos living in Arizona and any passing through will become potential targets of racial profiling as SB1070 gives local law enforcement the jurisdiction to request proof of citizenship based solely on “suspicion.”During the progressive conference Netroots Nation 2010 in La [read more...]
Posted 07.28.2010 at 04:22:55
Bullet Closes Grijalva's Yuma Office
The media narrative would have you believe that those of us who are againstArizona's Shame: SB1070are a bunch of violent squatters, but in reality, it's the gun-toting vigilantes in support of racial profiling and ethnic cleansing who can't control their tempersRep.Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., has closed his Yuma district office for the day after staff discovered that a bullet had shattered a window [read more...]
Posted 07.29.2010 at 12:08:00
LatAm and Twitter
From LatinoRebranded:By looking at traffic data to Twitter.com, we’ve identified several countries where Twitter is currently growing rapidly (this year). These are not necessarily countries that have a ton of Twitter users yet, but rather places where the traffic curve is pointing sharply upwards.Latin America coming strongOne interesting thing we noticed when going through the traffic data is [read more...]
Posted 06.26.2010 at 03:42:20
foCK Mail: When "Hispanic intellectuals" read us
I so wish I knew who made this cartoon. Seriously. It's brilliant.My heart melts when the internets brings to our doors people who have the need to tell us how wrong we are. In this case the we is me and the issue is my now infamous post on why I hate the word Hispanic.From: Anonymous HusseinTo: lizaSubject: MistakeYou commited a big mistake in your comment about Hispanic America."What about the l [read more...]
Posted 12.31.1969 at 18:00:00
DREAMers Pressure Senator Reid at Netroots Nation, Meet American Hero Dan Choi
[Video courtesy ofDemocracia Ahora]Update:Read DREAMerMatias Ramos's accountat firedoglake of why he stood up for the DREAM Act at Netroots Nation.After last week'scivil disobedience action in Washington, D.C., when 21 undocumented youth were arrested for peacefully sitting in Senate Office buildings, four DREAM Act-eligible youth stood in silence during Harry Reid'sremarksat Netroots Nation Satur [read more...]
Posted 07.28.2010 at 05:17:51
what i’ve learned in the last eight months
year ago i’d write without thinking. my writing was better years ago.i can still be sexy and have a mullet…but it isn’t worth trying to pull it off.i miss blogtitlan. blogtitlan isn’t coming back.i can fall in love more than once.no one will ever hurt as much as the first one. that kinda sucks and that is kinda good.i’m happier when i blog more.i love my family [read more...]
Posted 07.27.2010 at 10:19:59
The Secret Formula: How America Became a Leader By Being Open
By David MolinaNote: A federal judge just blocked parts of Arizona’s SB 1070 this morning. You can read more about that here. SB 1070 was scheduled to go into effect as passed tomorrow.Tomorrow the most anti-immigrant state law will go into effect in Arizona. While the federal government via the Department of Justice has filed a brief injunction to attempt to stop the law from going into eff [read more...]
Posted 07.28.2010 at 17:52:43
When Latino pop stars turn their back on our rights
Yesterday something seemingly innocuous rubbed me off the wrong way on Twitter. Well-known Mexican actress and singerLaura Leónwas being interviewed live on Chicago'sHomofrecuenciawhen she made the following comment, in Spanish:For me, [the LGBT community] has given me their all, they are verycreativepeople" [italics mine].Or at least that's what she said in Spanish according to what a frie [read more...]
Posted 07.28.2010 at 22:05:00
The down payment's been paid, when will the goods to be delivered?
For years, all we've heard from those opposed to immigration and immigration reform is that until the government could prove that it was "serious" about border security and enforcement, no meaningful discussion of immigration reform was going to take place. The mantra of "we can't reform immigration laws until we control immigration, and we can't control immigration unless we control our borders" [read more...]
Posted 02.04.2010 at 23:16:00
Pide Responsabilidades por la Infracción del Derecho Internacional en Gaza y el Sur de Israel
Hoy Amnistía Internacional EE.UU. publicó una carta a la Embajadora Rice, la representante de los EE.UU. a las Naciones Unidas. Esta carta exige a las EE.UU. de pedir a las Naciones Unidas, concretamente al Consejo de Seguridad, que adoptan decisiones inmediatas para que todas las partes implicadas en el conflicto rindan cuentas por las infracciones del derecho internacional que hayan cometido. [read more...]
Posted 01.28.2009 at 15:39:38
Over 100 people turn-out for Day of Solidarity against SB1070 in Portland
Portland, Ore—Over 100 people from Oregon's faith, immigrant and ethnic communities and their supporters gathered for a rally on Thursday to stand in solidarity againstSB1070,Arizona's racial profiling law.During the action, which took place at Holladay Park in NE Portland, people could engage in several activities including watching a skit about the harmful affects on the communi [read more...]
Posted 07.30.2010 at 16:58:00
Bloguerismos: De reformas financieras y derrames de petróleo
Después de una larga ausencia, La Bloguera y Dabloguiman charlan acerca de la reforma financiera, el desastre petrolero del Golfo de México y otros asuntos en Washington.Música de introducción con Remembranzas de Max Vasquez.Saludos y respuestas a nuestros amigos en el grupo deEl BloguipodioenFacebook.Contáctanos víaSkypeoGizmo.La reforma financieraDerrame petrolero amenaza destruir miles de [read more...]
Posted 12.31.1969 at 18:00:00
Is this illegal enough for you Judge Mukasey?
Bush’s nominee for Attorney General John Mukasey does not believe that “waterboarding” is either illegal or actual torture.Let’s see, this is one form of “waterboarding”, better known around the world as Chinese water torture:And this is another representation of the same form of torture depicted in a painting at the Tuol Sleng Prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Th [read more...]
Posted 11.02.2007 at 21:05:54
What AZ judge didn't strike is cause for continued SB1070 protests
LatinaLista.net -- News coverage today of the civil disobedience happening in Phoenix had most newscasters puzzled, especially since the judge's ruling was seen as a victory for opponents of SB 1070.In covering the protests, news anchors were asking why people still felt the need to protest since the most damaging elements of the SB 1070 were stopped from being enforced. Even some of the people pr [read more...]
Posted 07.29.2010 at 22:07:05
WE HAVE MOVED!
DosCentavosIs Now Locatedatwww.DosCentavos.netThank you for all of your support! [read more...]
Posted 06.01.2009 at 13:25:00
Vicente Fox and Conservatives for Immigration Reform
***Press and Public Conference Call: Wednesday, August 4th at 2:00 PM EDT*** International Leaders Join Our 8th CfCIR Call, to Applaud the Partial Injunction of SB 1070 and to Discuss Comprehensive Immigration Reform Washington, DC/Mexico/Guatemala, Wednesday, August 4th at 2:00... [read more...]
Posted 07.30.2010 at 17:36:13
Why Didn’t the FBI Save Little Brisenia?
IF EVER THERE WERE A STARK EXAMPLE of the cruelty and inhumanity that powers so much of the white supremacist/anti-immigrant/neo-nazi movement, it is the manner in which a sweet little nine year old girl was shot dead in her own home, in the middle of the night.Shawna Forde and her lackies pulled the trigger in this case, in June of last year. Many of us relate to and deeply feel for the Flores fa [read more...]
Posted 07.29.2010 at 17:50:20
DNC Latino Leaders Conference
Please join DNC Chairman Governor Tim Kaine and the DNC Hispanic Caucus for a day full of events in Washington, DC on June 29th. [read more...]
Posted 06.29.2010 at 12:00:11
Love Thy Neighbor…
Thanks Will Coley for passing along the image!Filed under: Uncategorized [read more...]
Posted 07.30.2010 at 17:31:36
Daily Headlines: July 30, 2010
* Latin America:According to German researchers marsupials such as kangaroos and koalas may have descended from a “common ancestor” in the Americas.* Cuba:Roughlythree weeksafter ending his four-month hunger strike Cuban authorities allowed dissident Guillermo Farinas to leave hospitaland return home.* Costa Rica:President Laura Chinchilla State Department vowednot to reversea decree allowing [read more...]
Posted 07.30.2010 at 08:00:00
Watch Barack Obama's Immigration Speech Live! @ 10:45AM EDT July 1, 2010
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Posted 07.01.2010 at 13:38:00
New RSS Feed Address for DMIBlog
Please update your RSS reader to our new feed address: http://dmiblog.com/feeds/rss/index.php [read more...]
Posted 05.04.2010 at 12:52:02
Coming soon: New website
Hola, hope you’re well. We’re in the middle of redesigning a website with new features, new issues and new outlook. Will take several weeks, but be assured that we will be back singing “Carpe diem!”Saludos,RPosted in 1 [read more...]
Posted 01.25.2010 at 19:01:11
Summertime
It's got me. I'll be back very soon though. That's my word. [read more...]
Posted 07.26.2010 at 08:50:00
Fever Swamps Infect National Discourse
It didn't take long for the bright lights of the conservative revolution toconnect swine flu to undocumented immigrants.One problem with these theories (and some of them are nuttier even than I would have thought): most undocumented migrants are trapped in the U.S. and have been for some time. They know they can leave, but if they do, most won't be able to come back. So they st [read more...]
Posted 12.31.1969 at 18:00:00
Latino Netroots ...the Podcast
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