La #Caravana43 Traera a Padres e Estudiantes de Ayotzinapa a Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA—El 19 de Marzo, El Colectivo Caravana 43 Los Angeles/Inland Empire daran la bienvenida a padres y estudiantes de Ayotzinapa a esta gran ciudad. Estaran en Los Angeles y Riverside hasta el Domingo, donde se habra una gran Marcha que comenzara en la Placita Olvera y terminara en el Consulado Mexicano.

Los 5 miembros que participaran en la Caravana de Los Angeles/Inland Empire son:

Blanca Luz Nava Velez, Madre de Jorge Alvarez Nava

Estanislao Mendoza Chocolate, Padre de Miguel Angel Mendoza Zacarias

Angel Neri De La Cruz Ayala, Estudiante

Josimar De La Cruz Ayala, Estudiante

Cruz Bautista Salbador, Profesor Bilingue

Van a ver dos grupos, Grupo A y Grupo B.

Grupo A llegaran a Los Angeles el 19 de Marzo, y en ese grupo viene:

Angel Neri De La Cruz Ayala y Cruz Bautista Salbador.

El Grupo B llegaran a Los Angeles el 20 de Marzo y en ese grupo viene:

Blanca Luz Nava Velez, Estanislao Mendoza Chocolate y Josimar De La Cruz Ayala.

El Itinerario durante su estadia es el siguiente:

Jueves, 19 de Marzo:

• 11:30am–Llegada del Grupo A al aeropuerto LAX; Recibimiento y declaracion de 5 minutos. (Group A arrives to LAX; Welcoming and Brief Declaration of 5 minutes)
• 2:30-4:00pm–Presentacion en Cal State Northridge.
• 4:30pm-8:00pm–Conferencia Prensa y Entrevista con Medios

Viernes, 20 de Marzo

Actividades de Grupo A

• 10:00am-12:00pm–Presentacion en Cal State L.A., Room King Hall C4073 Direccion: 5151 University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032. Los que gusten mas informacion pueden llamar al Latin American Studies Department–323-343-2298 o via email: lasprogramcsula@gmail.com
• 2:00-5:00pm–Participacion en taller en Conferencia de California Federation of Teachers (Manhattan Beach)

Actividades de Grupo B

• 11:00am Llegada al aeropuerto de Los Angeles LAX
• 2:00-3:30pm: Evento con Estudiantes y Padres de Familia de la escuela Animo Leadership High School en Inglewood, CA
• 3:30-5:00pm Evento Comunitario: Restaurante La Feria: 10903 South Inglewood, Inglewood, CA 90304

Sabado, 21 de Marzo

• 10:00am-12:00pm–Placita Olvera: Evento Cultural–Primavera Ayotzinapa y Conferencia de Prensa
• 1:00-3:00pm–Evento con la comunidad Centroamericana (CARECEN: 2845 W. 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90005)
• 5:00-7:00pm–Evento Comunitario en el Edificio de UTLA (United Teachers Los Angeles) 3303 Wilshire Blvd, 10th FL, Los Angeles, CA 90010 (Estacionamiento por la parte de atras. ABIERTO PARA TODO EL PUBLICO

Domingo, 22 de Marzo

Actividades de Grupo A

• 10:00am-11:00am–Participacion en plenaria de la Confederacion de la California Federation of Teachers en Manhattan Beach

Actividades de Grupo B

• 8:30am-10:30am–Desayuno abierto al Publico y Convivencia con la Caravana en Life Arts Center, 3485 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92501
• 11:00am-12pm–Misa por Ayotzinapa en la Iglesia: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 5250 Central Ave, Riverside, CA 92504

Actividades de Grupo A y Grupo B Conjuntos

• 1:00pm-4:00pm–Marcha de Placita Olvera al Consulado General de Mexico.

Los Compas tienen una cuenta de Banco para los que quieran apoyarlos economicamente. La cuenta se llama: Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras.

Banco—Wells Fargo

Cuenta—247 595 8100

Pueden enviar su check al:

Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras

3611 Golden Tee LN

Missouri City, TX 77459

**** El dinero es para pagar los gastos de boletos de avion y transporte terrestre de los compas de Ayotzi en Estados Unidos y para apoyar a las Madres y Padres de Ayotzinapa. Nada del dinero se usara para ningun otro fin.

AYOTZINAPA VIVE!! LA LUCHA SIGUE!!

Why Did The U.S. Excluded The St. Patrick Battalion From Its History Books?

Long Live The Saint Patrick Battalion!

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How many Irish Americans know about the St. Patrick Battalion? Chances are very slim. If you were to ask kids in Mexico about the “Batallon de San Patricio,” or simply, “Los San Patricios,” during the U.S-Mexican War, chances are that the majority would know how to answer that question.

History is interpreted by who writes it. If one has a targeted audience but omits certain information then it will be difficult for that audience to fully understand the whole scope of that historical period.

It is interesting that the U.S. History books have omitted a special part of the U.S.-Mexico War. The Saint Patrick Batallion. Why is that? Could it be that the U.S. would not want Irish-Americans from knowing the real history? Is America embarrassed how they treated the Irish people for standing next to their Mexican brothers in an unjust war?

I believe that if the Saint Patrick…

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Herminda de la Victoria Siempre en Nuestra Memoria

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Victor Jara dedica esta cancion a la guagua(bebe)Herminda que fallecio por una bala disparada por los Carabineros.

Este en un excelente documental sobre La Poblacion Herminda de la Victoria

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtkEcRCScs8

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Remembering Amazing Women on International Women’s Day

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For international women’s day, I want to remember 15 women who have inspired me one way or another through their activism, music, poetry, painting or spirituality. All of these women and countless more give me the source of inspiration and desire to continue planting seeds of hope and compassion in this chaotic world of ours.
In no particular order, here they are:

Comandanta Ramona

Suheir Hammad

Violeta Parra

Miriam Makeba

Mercedes Sosa

Wangari Maathai

Mother Teresa

Dorothy Day

Frida Kahlo

Anita Tijoux

Joan Baez

Las Jilguerillas

Julieta Venegas

Tracy Chapman

Sweet Honey in the Rock
(Song in honor of Ella Baker)

Aqui les dejo esta cancion de Dos Vientos De Voz Y Fuego que se llama Porque Esto Ya Comenzo. Esta cancion esta en el CD, EZLN: El Fuego y la Palabra en el disco de la Dignidad. Disfruten de esta rola.

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Did You Know Edmund Pettus Bridge Is Named After a KKK Leader?

As the nation remembers the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, where demonstrators from Selma, Alabama march over Edmund Pettus Bridge and were met with deadly force by the racist police, did you know that Edmund Pettus was a Alabama KKK leader?

The best way to honor the victims who gave their lives for the right of many of us to vote, is by putting pressure to the city of Selma to change the name of the bridge. To reclaim our history is to change the bridge name. It is the right thing to do. One of the names that the bridge can change them name to is Jimmy Lee Jackson. Jimmy Jackson was the young man who got killed in the restaurant in movie, Selma.

I hope elected officials in Selma and the leaders of this nation will pay attention to the name of the bridge and really start thinking of erasing some of this countries trouble history.

Let us hope that one day, folks from Selma, Alabama will no longer be able to cross the bridge name after a kkk leader and will one day cross the bridge name after one of the leaders who lost their lives so that others can have the right to vote. I hope that one day will be soon. I hope that the bridge will one day be named Jimmy Lee Jackson Bridge.

#CHANGETHEBRIDGENAME #JIMMYLEEJACKSON #JIMMYLEEJACKSONBRIDGE