January 2013
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“Research on aversive racism, subtle sexism, and heterosexism has shown that...”
– Derald Wing Sue (via wretchedoftheearth)
December 2012
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ara-adaneth asked: Why are you on the shit list? theexpandingshitlist
October 2012
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“After all, women of color being degraded, dehumanized and reduced to ASS — is...”
– For Corporations, When Colored Girls Are Degraded: An Open Letter to CEO Lucien Grainge of Universal Music Group (via theseasonofthewitch)
September 2012
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Largest shipment of Libyan weapons en route to... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
LONDON, (SANA)- The British newspaper The Times revealed that a largest shipment of weapons has arrived in Turkey to be delivered to the armed groups in Syria.
“A Libyan ship carrying the largest consignment of weapons for Syria…has docked in Turkey,” said The Times in an article published on Friday.
The article’s writer, Sheera Frenkel, said most of the Libyan ship’s...
“Over half of all Latino undergraduate students in higher education (53%) are...”
– Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): 2010-11 Report
“There’s a poisonous double standard in our society which says that it’s...”
– The Creepiness Question « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows (via sacet)
Example:
Judge To Woman Sexually Assaulted By Cop: ‘When You Blame Others, You Give Up Your Power To Change’
no worries: 'Disconnect' Explores Tech Dependency... →
jasonbatemanftw:
Directing his first narrative feature, documentary maker Rubin (Murderball) has assembled a solid cast and weaves together the three interconnected stories of Andrew Stern’s original screenplay with elegance and efficiency. But this is a film that voices its warning about…
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Tell Charlotte and DNC: Workers Rights for City of...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in 1968 standing with striking sanitation workers in Memphis, TN demanding basic union rights. Yet, still today, workers in North Carolina are denied the basic right to collective bargaining. Charlotte City workers have been forced to work 12 hour days 6 or 7 days a week in preparation for the Democratic National Convention and are given harsh disciplines...
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Download 2012 Fund Drive Exclusive Audio Intervew...
In exactly seven days, on September 10, 2012, we here at People Of Color Organize! will be begin our 2012 Fund Drive. By supporting this Fund Drive you will be helping us to continue to bring you independent media that matters to you! For your donation we have a lot of exclusive Perks which include over 13 and a half hours of exclusive audio interviews with activists, intellectuals,...
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What is PepsiCo Buying With Donations to...
When I heard recently that the National Association of Hispanic Journalists had accepted $100,000 from PepsiCo, with half of the money going toward scholarships and internships for journalism students, I was taken back to 1988 and a smoke-filled hotel conference room in Washington D.C.
I had just been elected to NAHJ’s board of directors, and we were debating whether or not to accept a...
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Report on June 1 Continental Day of Action for the...
The Continental Day of Action for the Withdrawal of UN Troops From Haiti — a proposal first launched at the Continental Rally that brought together more than 600 people at the chambers of the Sao Paulo City Council in November 2011 — was a victory in the fight for the Haitian people’s sovereignty, with events and demonstrations across the entire continent.
There were activities...
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Las Cafeterias' "La Bamba Rebelde" [Saturday...
Not many tracks rock the familiar rhythm of Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba” and reference Arizona racism as well as the Zapatistas, amid L.A.’s Homeboy/Homegirl Industries, but Las Cafeterias do. They’re even offering the song for free download.
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August 2012
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When the Left Apologizes for Assange [#Feminist...
When the whole scandal recently flared up again, I said I wasn’t going to talk about Assange. After numerous Facebook arguments with people on all sides, I said I wasn’t going to talk about Assange. After being screamed at for daring not to flock down to the Ecuador embassy in uncritical support of an alleged rapist, I said I wasn’t going to talk about Assange. And yet, here I find myself...
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Portland, OR: Solidarity with Grand Jury Resistors
A rally will be held in front of the Federal Court House (1000 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, Oregon) on August 30th to stand in solidarity with grand jury resistors. The rally will begin at 12:30pm and will last until 3:30.
A federal grand jury has convened and already 4 people in the Pacific Northwest have been subpoenaed to testify against their comrades. Two of the subpoenaed live in Portland and...
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Exposing the Music of White Racist Hate
Wade Michael Page was, among other things, a musician. The man who, on August 5, stormed into a Sikh temple outside Milwaukee, Wis., and opened fire, killing six worshippers and wounding several others, was the singer of a hardcore band called End Apathy.
Rough and aggressive, with a clear “fuck all authority” theme running through all the lyrics, this is the kind of music that...
fistfuls of honey: White people please come... →
cocobroyale:
“Is Gabrielle a credible person just because she is an Olympic champion? She is not giving any names or dates, leading us to believe that the accusation is fake.”
-Excalibur Gymnastics CEO Gustavo Maure in response to Gabrielle telling Oprah she was called a “slave”
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Men Defining Rape: A History | Mother Jones →
Men have been in the business of deciding when it is okay and when it is not okay to rape women for thousands of years. If Missouri Rep. Todd Akin’s claim that women’s bodies magically fend off rapist sperm or the GOP’s meditation on what’s really rape sound medieval to you, that’s because they are. Check out our timeline of the male notions and common-law statutes that have defined rape over...
We are far too young and clever: Cultural... →
mia-the-wonder-slut:
diggingforroots:
I suspect that this would fall under “unpopular opinions” but, yes, I think you can be culturally appropriative of food. I’ve never heard/seen anyone talk about food specifically as being culturally appropriated, but I highly doubt that my thoughts…
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Today: Immigrant Youth March on RNC
Undocumented youth from the Latino community from across the state of Florida will organize hand-in-hand with African American leaders for a large scale march at the Republican National Convention to remind candidates and elected officials that their anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric will not dissuade African-Americans and Latinos from flexing their political muscle despite the fraudulent voter...
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People of Color Organize Fund Drive starts...
People of Color Organize is launching a Fund Drive on Indiegogo in September to expand our site! We are expanding to provide more benefits to you, the readers, listeners, and viewers of our site. We have some great Perks lined up and some surprises for everyone during the drive. Be on the lookout for more information and detail in the weeks to come!!!
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Latino conservatives ditch Republican Party
univisionnews:
Some Latinos are fleeing the Republican Party in opposition to hardline immigration policies.
By EMILY DERUY
The Latino Republican group Somos Republicans is losing members in the wake of the party’s adoption of Arizona-style hardline immigration positions.
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Los Angeles: Support Unionized Washeros This Week
Join us in getting your car washed from Monday, August 27 to Thursday, August 30 - and make history!
You will be one of the only people in the nation to get your car washed by unionized workers.
After years of struggle, workers (know as Car Washeros) have secured the only three union car wash contracts in the country.
The Car Washeros held many of their organizing meetings at the Library, and...
Republicans approve the "most conservative...
think-progress:
It includes:
No abortion in cases of rape or incest
A salute to mandatory ultrasounds
No legal recognition of same-sex couples
Arizona-style immigration laws
Audit the Federal Reserve
No women in combat
No statehood, but more guns for Washington D.C.
Find details at ThinkProgress
Banned Books from Arizona's banned Ethnic Studies... →
posttragicmulatto:
Arizona banned these books when they banned ethnic studies.
Banned Books List
High School Course Texts and Reading Lists Table 20: American Government/Social Justice Education Project 1, 2 – Texts and Reading Lists
Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years (1998), by B. Bigelow and B. Peterson
The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader (1998), by R. Delgado and J. Stefancic
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communismkillsitonthedancefloor:
My political views are simple:
Free, safe abortions for anyone who needs them.
Kill all rapists.
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Today: Burn Your Bills and Debts
From birth, we’ve been told that in order to achieve success, we have to get into debt. We take out huge mortgages and student loans under the assumption that doing so will allow us to achieve the American Dream. We buy things we can’t afford and work jobs we don’t want, striving towards promises of success that seem to be getting emptier by the day. Despite our best efforts,...
Cops Shoot Bystanders in Midtown New York →
erikawithac:
latinegrasexologist:
NYT has now confirmed—though they bury the fact—that the gunman, Jeffrey Johnson, indeed did not fire his weapon at cops, and both Bloomberg and Commissioner Kelly lied about it, apparently.NYT: Bloomberg and Kelly said cops “returned fire” but: “A law enforcement official said later on Friday that Mr. Johnson did not fire his weapon.”
holy shit
NYC's No Lark: Huey Newton on Women's/ Gay Rights →
poundingonafarmhouse:
A speech given by Huey Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, on the issue of gay rights
August 15, 1970
During the past few years strong movements have developed among women and among homosexuals seeking their liberation. There has been some …
The new Liberal Enlightenment: Wahhabism meets... →
resistance-episteme:
I suppose it was only inevitable that the same liberal imperialists who tried to market the most repressive and archaic Arab regimes as symbols of the democratic, freedom-loving “international community”, and who desperately try to present sectarian executioners, rapists and terrorists as an armed “resistance” fighting “tyranny”, would promote a group of psychologically...
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Pussy Riot: Whose Freedom, Whose Riot? [#Feminist...
Recently there has been lots of noise around the arrest of three members of Pussy Riot, a Russian anarchist female punk band. The media almost unequivocally represented them as the modern heroines of our time, fighting for freedom, democracy, sexual liberation and peace against a dark and ruthless dictatorship (articles are to be found in the NYT, Le Monde. The Guardian, etc.) Feminist groups...
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POCO Podcast: Organizing Against the RNC in...
The Republican National Convention is coming to Tampa, Florida next week, and a constellation of groups are coming out to protest the GOP and its positions, from abortion rights to immigration. This edition of the podcast, Jared Hamil, spokesperson for the Coalition to March on the RNC, talks about some of the work involved in building actions, positioning language to speak out against...
Protests spill over to other S. African mines in... →
deafmuslimpunx:
Labour unrest has spread to at least two more platinum mines after police killed 34 strikers and wounded another 78 at the Lonmin platinum mine last week.
Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa was in Rasimone miners from the Royal Bafokeng mine have joined thousands who are protesting at the Lonmin mine.
The striking miners say they want a pay increase and their living conditions improved.
...
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Today: Deadline for Wall Street South Solidarity...
This September thousands of people will come to Charlotte, NC to join Coalition to March on Wall Street South for the community mobilization to raise the issues impacting low-income communities, the ongoing environmental devastation, and opposition to policies that puts funding for war, incarceration, and deportations above meeting people’s needs.
Our coalition is made up of over 90...
This is Why We Fight: A Tale From an Abortion...
myplannedparenthood:
“Every so often, I have a patient interaction that reminds me why I get up for work every morning with enthusiasm, and why it is so important that we remain committed to preserving access to abortion care within this country.”
How the Dark vs. Light Skin Debate Misses the... →
fuckyeahfeminists:
Regarding the choice of actors chosen for the Nina Simone biopic
I’m also not surprised that the screenplay for the Nina Simone biopic wasn’t written by a black woman, and thus, per her daughter’s concerns, will use that as license to perpetuate inaccuracies.
And finally, though sadly, I’m not surprised that black women have busied themselves with the question of who will...
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Denver: August 21st: All in the Streets Against...
On July 31, metro area police murdered yet another unarmed person. 22 year old Kevin Ryberg was shot multiple times while being held in the back of a Denver police cruiser while it was en route to the District 2 police station in Northeast Denver.
Ryberg is alleged to have assaulted the officer driving the car. Police claim he was able to slip out of his handcuffs and somehow get through a...
