(Gracias a Melanie por traer este articulo a mi atención. Si quieren ver el arte increíble y lindo de Melanie visiten su página, Dignidad Rebelde aquí.)
Ok, sé que esto no va ser el momento más rockera de mi vida, pero voy admitirlo: tengo un CD de Ricky Martin y una de mis canciones favoritas es "Vuelve" de la novela "Sin Ti". Siempre voy a tener un espacio tierno en mi corazón para el porqué fue parte de MENUDO cuando era pequeño. MENUDO fue uno de los primeros grupos que me atrajo al radio y a la música cuando estaba chiquita. ¡Quien no se acuerda de "Súbete a mi Moto"!
Bueno, en el 2005 Ricky Martin salió en defensa de jóvenes Árabes durante una conferencia para jóvenes Árabes en Jordan. El dijo que se aria en un portavoz de parte de jóvenes Árabes, si es que lo dejaban, para defenderlos y deshacer estereotipos, "I promise I will become a spokesperson, if you allow me to, a spokesperson on your behalf. I will defend you and try to get rid of any stereotypes".
Al final dijo que los comentarios negativos son hechos por ignorancia, y que a veces se tiene que ignorar al ignorante, pero también de tiene que educar, y que ellos lo tenían a él como un amigo, "Those comments are made out of ignorance and we have to sometimes ignore the ignorant, but we also have to educate the ignorant. You have me here as a friend".
Para todos ustedes aquí está el video original de Menudo "Subete a Mi Moto"…puro 80's!!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
2-4-6-8! smash the church! smash the state!
and speaking of the radical queer political tradition...
join SOUL for an evening of music & manifestos, poetry & performances... enjoy delicious cocktails & music spun by dj rosa la rumorosa! come celebrate the legacy of radical queer resistance!!
7pm : Thursday : July 30th
Galería de la Raza : 2857 24th Street @ Bryant
$5-15 at the door
It's 40 years since the Stonewall riots, time to celebrate the radical politics of the queer liberation movement!! SOUL hosts an evening of words & music featuring Gay Liberation Front veteran Tommi Avicolli Mecca, editor of Smash the Church, Smash the State. Enjoy performances by some of the Bay Area's most rebellious cultural workers, including Annie Danger, Dani Montgomery, Erica Benton, Lil Miss Hot Mess, James Tracy, Maria Poblet, Malaya Arevalo, Merle Woo, Paola Bacchetta, Thisway/Thatway, and Tina Bartolome.
This event will benefit SOUL, the School Of Unity & Liberation. SOUL is proud to build the skills of young women, young people of color, working class, and queer people as the next generation of leaders in the social justice movement.
join SOUL for an evening of music & manifestos, poetry & performances... enjoy delicious cocktails & music spun by dj rosa la rumorosa! come celebrate the legacy of radical queer resistance!!
7pm : Thursday : July 30th
Galería de la Raza : 2857 24th Street @ Bryant
$5-15 at the door
It's 40 years since the Stonewall riots, time to celebrate the radical politics of the queer liberation movement!! SOUL hosts an evening of words & music featuring Gay Liberation Front veteran Tommi Avicolli Mecca, editor of Smash the Church, Smash the State. Enjoy performances by some of the Bay Area's most rebellious cultural workers, including Annie Danger, Dani Montgomery, Erica Benton, Lil Miss Hot Mess, James Tracy, Maria Poblet, Malaya Arevalo, Merle Woo, Paola Bacchetta, Thisway/Thatway, and Tina Bartolome.
This event will benefit SOUL, the School Of Unity & Liberation. SOUL is proud to build the skills of young women, young people of color, working class, and queer people as the next generation of leaders in the social justice movement.
against white picket fences
it's tiring, the drowning of the queer rights movement in the quest for hetero-normative assimilation, currently known as "marriage equality". ugh. for more on this read what the adorable lil miss hot mess has collected here, in the aptly titled post: marriage vomit.
and hurray for the queers holding down the radical politics! the ones who recall the pre-stonewall riot at compton's cafeteria in the tl, which saw working-class drag queens unleash years of pent up fury on homophobic cops. the ones fighting every day for decent & affordable housing, for immigrant & workers' rights, for universal healthcare. the ones who shut down the ny stock exchange to protest a pharmaceutical industry shamelessly profiteering from human suffering. the ones who continue to call out sf mayor gavin newsom as the defender of the ruling class that he is, who aren't blinded by his blatant political opportunism in the form of bestowing "marriage rights".
as tommi says in the introduction to his excellent anthology on the early years of the queer rights movement:
As long as queer people are homeless, hungry and without jobs or medical coverage, as long as LGBT workers don't receive a living wage, as long as the wealth of this country is in the hands of a few, as long as the means of production are owned by that very same monied class, we queers will never truly have achieved what gay liberation set out to do four decades ago.
: tommi avicolli mecca
thanks to jonathan for sending along this performance by jamaica-born stacyann chin. it's brilliant! the best & most well-spoken articulation i've seen in a long time of what's gone wrong with a movement that started with a riot (take your pick, stonewall or compton's) & is currently racing towards the white picket prison...
stacyann chin at culture project soho :
and hurray for the queers holding down the radical politics! the ones who recall the pre-stonewall riot at compton's cafeteria in the tl, which saw working-class drag queens unleash years of pent up fury on homophobic cops. the ones fighting every day for decent & affordable housing, for immigrant & workers' rights, for universal healthcare. the ones who shut down the ny stock exchange to protest a pharmaceutical industry shamelessly profiteering from human suffering. the ones who continue to call out sf mayor gavin newsom as the defender of the ruling class that he is, who aren't blinded by his blatant political opportunism in the form of bestowing "marriage rights".
as tommi says in the introduction to his excellent anthology on the early years of the queer rights movement:
As long as queer people are homeless, hungry and without jobs or medical coverage, as long as LGBT workers don't receive a living wage, as long as the wealth of this country is in the hands of a few, as long as the means of production are owned by that very same monied class, we queers will never truly have achieved what gay liberation set out to do four decades ago.
: tommi avicolli mecca
thanks to jonathan for sending along this performance by jamaica-born stacyann chin. it's brilliant! the best & most well-spoken articulation i've seen in a long time of what's gone wrong with a movement that started with a riot (take your pick, stonewall or compton's) & is currently racing towards the white picket prison...
stacyann chin at culture project soho :
Monday, July 20, 2009
el reggae no se vende
hey, felicitaciones to luís & co. on their new radio show! find them in tuscon, az @ 90.9 fm or online...
song requests? send them (international reggae, dub, dancehall, etc) to : elreggaenosevende@hotmail.com
i request this one!
jr. gong the dreadful : damien marley
song requests? send them (international reggae, dub, dancehall, etc) to : elreggaenosevende@hotmail.com
i request this one!
jr. gong the dreadful : damien marley
Saturday, July 18, 2009
que onda, carnala
awhile ago, nadeen, wanting to polish up her gangster spanglish, asked me what is the female equivalent of "carnal" as in "que onda, carnal"? jejeje! she made me laugh ;) but that reminded me of the daily texican! to clear up the "carnal" question i pointed her to one of my favorite blogs that isn't around anymore, daily texican, and his cholo word of the day. i highly recommend dt for all those who want to improve their chicano slang :)
this is from one of my favorite posts:
Cholo Word Of The Day - Chota
La Chota is very similar to La Jura a previous word of the day. It seems we have a good number of word to describe the fuzz.
Word: Chota
Meaning According To DT: police, jura, fuzz, 5-O
Used in a sentence: "Meli, si vez a la chota, run porque sino te meten a el bote." "Porque chingados me van a encerrar, si I haven't did nothing."
Translation according to DT: "Melinda, if you see the nation's finest, run because they will incarcerate you!" "Why would those civil servants put me in jail, I haven't done anything?"
**
pachucas & police (east l.a.: 1940s)
and in honor of the pachuc@s, who left us a great & rebellious legacy (and a lot of excellent slang), a little maldita vecindad...
pachuco : maldita vecindad
The pachucos are youths, for the most part of Mexican origin, who form gangs in southern cities; they can be identified by their language and behaviour as well as by the clothing they affect. They are instinctive rebels, and North American racism has vented its wrath on them more than once .... Their attitude reveals an obstinate, almost fanatical will-to-be, but this will affirms nothing specific except their determination . . . not to be like those around them.
octavio paz : the pachuco and other extremes (the labyrinth of solitude), 1950
daily texican, come back que te extraaaaño!
nadeen, carnalita, ay te wacho ;)
this is from one of my favorite posts:
Cholo Word Of The Day - Chota
La Chota is very similar to La Jura a previous word of the day. It seems we have a good number of word to describe the fuzz.
Word: Chota
Meaning According To DT: police, jura, fuzz, 5-O
Used in a sentence: "Meli, si vez a la chota, run porque sino te meten a el bote." "Porque chingados me van a encerrar, si I haven't did nothing."
Translation according to DT: "Melinda, if you see the nation's finest, run because they will incarcerate you!" "Why would those civil servants put me in jail, I haven't done anything?"
**
pachucas & police (east l.a.: 1940s)
and in honor of the pachuc@s, who left us a great & rebellious legacy (and a lot of excellent slang), a little maldita vecindad...
pachuco : maldita vecindad
The pachucos are youths, for the most part of Mexican origin, who form gangs in southern cities; they can be identified by their language and behaviour as well as by the clothing they affect. They are instinctive rebels, and North American racism has vented its wrath on them more than once .... Their attitude reveals an obstinate, almost fanatical will-to-be, but this will affirms nothing specific except their determination . . . not to be like those around them.
octavio paz : the pachuco and other extremes (the labyrinth of solitude), 1950
daily texican, come back que te extraaaaño!
nadeen, carnalita, ay te wacho ;)
¡Feliz Cumpleaños Nelson Mandela!
¡Nelson Mandela, ex-presidente de Sur Africa y luchador por vida contra el apartheid hoy cumple 91 años de vida!
Sigue luchando, sigue cantando, y que tengas muchos años mas de energía para luchar contra la injusticia.
Nelson Mandela, ex president of South Africa and lifetime fighter against apartheid today is 91 years of age!
Continue fighting, continue singing, and that you have many more years of energy to fight against injustice.
"Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all"/ Que haiga trabajo, pan, agua y sal para todos
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others"/ Para ser libre no solo es suficiente abandonar las cadenas de uno, pero de vivir en una manera que respeta y realza la libertad de otros
"I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended"
Yo he caminado esa carretera larga a la libertad. He tratado de no fallar; He hecho mal pasos en el camino. Pero he descubierto el secreto que después de escalar un cerro grande, uno solo encuentra que hay muchos otros cerros que escalar. He tomado un momento aquí para descansar, para tomar brevemente la gloriosa vista que me rodea, de ver para tras la distancia que he venido. Pero solo puedo descansar por un momento, porque con libertad viene responsabilidades, y no me atrebo a vacilar, porque mi largo camino no ha acabado
You can read Nelson Mandela's speeches and articles here.
Soweto: Tijuana No!
The Specials: Free Nelson Mandela
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
mexico builds u.s. border wall
jajajaja jajajaja jajajaja
Mexico Builds Border Wall To Keep Out US Assholes
courtesy the onion (via james, of course:) ¡¡¡¡¡¡que viva méxico lindo y querido!!!!!
Mexico Builds Border Wall To Keep Out US Assholes
courtesy the onion (via james, of course:) ¡¡¡¡¡¡que viva méxico lindo y querido!!!!!
larry lattimore ¡presente!
the memorial service for larry lattimore was this past saturday afternoon. it was a beautiful & fitting tribute for a man like that, a working class hero, a beloved compañero. held at grace tabernacle in the bayview, the last surviving black neighborhood in san francisco, the officiating pastor wore a keffiyeh around his shoulders, played the saxophone, and spoke of larry as a fierce warrior in the fight against the ruling class. at them marches in the street, he called, when larry would roar, you just knew the enemy was backing up! ..amen! people called back. they talked about the times larry put himself in front of the police line, the way he would watch out for people's kids, his love for the grito ¡si se puede!, his relentless fight for a living wage for all workers.
larry was a lead member at p.o.w.e.r./people organized to win employment rights for the better part of 11 years. he was a workfare worker who organized fellow g.a. recipients to fight for their rights as low-wage laborers. he confronted evil real estate developers trying to steal the bayview from its residents. he stood with immigrant women workers against state repression & poor working conditions. he was the campaign co-director of the sf living wage coalition which won for san francisco the 2nd highest minimum wage in the entire united states.
larry is loved. he is missed. ¡larry vive vive! ¡la lucha sigue sigue!
**
these songs are from the mixed cd that was given as a recuerdo at the memorial...
move on up : curtis mayfield
for god's sake (give more power to the people) : the chi-lites
i shall be released : nina simone
larry was a lead member at p.o.w.e.r./people organized to win employment rights for the better part of 11 years. he was a workfare worker who organized fellow g.a. recipients to fight for their rights as low-wage laborers. he confronted evil real estate developers trying to steal the bayview from its residents. he stood with immigrant women workers against state repression & poor working conditions. he was the campaign co-director of the sf living wage coalition which won for san francisco the 2nd highest minimum wage in the entire united states.
larry is loved. he is missed. ¡larry vive vive! ¡la lucha sigue sigue!
**
these songs are from the mixed cd that was given as a recuerdo at the memorial...
move on up : curtis mayfield
for god's sake (give more power to the people) : the chi-lites
i shall be released : nina simone
Friday, July 10, 2009
león gieco, ¿que te pasa?
sólo le pido a dios
que la guerra no me sea indiferente
es un monstruo grande y pisa fuerte
toda la pobre inocencia de la gente
**
all that i ask of god
is that the war not make me indifferent
it's a great monster that tramples
upon the fragile innocence of the people
:( ugh. mercedes sosa is one thing but león gieco???!! enemy of the dictadura & champion of the working class and occupied factories? composer of the sooo beautiful & popular anti-complicity anthem solo le pido a dios?
i almost could not believe it but yes, it's true. scheduled to play in israel next week. the call coming out of palestine is very clear: leon gieco, boycott israel! what the hell? thankfully, his fans are giving him a hard time about it as well. check out these comments that have been left on his website :) it's making me happy to read them.
viernes 10 de julio 2009
martes 7 de julio 2009
León, ¿cómo se entiende que vayas a cantar a la capital del estado GENOCIDA de Israel? Me pregunto sinceramente cómo puede salirte la voz estando ahí, con los todavía calientes cadáveres de 1400 palestinos que masacraron en ese campo de concentración que es Gaza. Si los nazis se vengaban matando 10 a 1, los de Israel son 10 veces peores que los nazis: matan 100 a 1. Habiendo una campaña mundial de BOICOT a Israel http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=87936 me pregunto nuevamente: ¿cómo se entiende lo tuyo? Contame entre los que empiezan hoy un boicot contra vos.
Daniel Robles, de Tucumán
martes 7 de julio 2009
Sólo pido a Dios que su viaje a Israel le de el coraje para denunciar las sistemáticas violaciones a los derechos humanos que ese Estado comete, no sólo contra un pueblo sometido y vejado como el palestino, sino también contra una minoría de israelíes de origen palestino.
Daniel
lunes 6 de julio 2009
Leon, qué te pasa hermano!!! cómo podés ir a cantar a Israel!!! Ponés los DERECHOS HUMANOS en tu sitio, en tu prédica, componés "Solo le Pido a Dios" y vas a cantar a un estado que VIOLA SISTEMÁTICAMENTE todos los derechos humanos del pueblo Palestino, les afana la tierra, les demuele los hogares o se los ocupa, los tortura, los mata como en Gaza cada dos o tres años, aplica el APARTHEID, construye un muro... y esto viene sucediendo desde 1948. León, Israel es uno de los principales fabricantes y vendedores de ARMAS del mundo. Vos tenés que separar el ser judío de ser pro-Israel o sionista. Que vayas a cantar a un Estado Apartheid y neo Nazi es una terrible contradicción con lo que decís ser.
Carlos
lunes 6 de julio 2009
Hola… he visto que pensas actuar en Israel... en un país invasor, opresor y genocida. Acaso pensas actuar también en Palestina?
Jorge
lunes 6 de julio 2009
Estimado León, he leído la noticia de su próxima actuación en Tel Aviv. Usted debe saber que Israel, desde 1948, mantiene bajo criminal ocupación al pueblo palestino en un régimen de apartheid peor que el de Sudáfrica. Israel viola los derechos humanos, incumple la IV Convención de Ginebra y las resoluciones de la ONU. Hay un llamado internacional para hacer BOICOT a Israel mientras se mantenga en la vulneración de la legalidad internacional. Le pido, por favor, que no cante en Tel Aviv. Le pido su solidaridad y apoyo al pueblo palestino.
María
¡¡¡¡que viva palestina libre!!!!
foto: palestinians attend a rally commemorating the 61st anniversary of the dispossession of the palestinian homeland, in the west bank city of qalqiliya, 14 may. (khaleel reash/maanimages). posted at electronic intifada.
que la guerra no me sea indiferente
es un monstruo grande y pisa fuerte
toda la pobre inocencia de la gente
**
all that i ask of god
is that the war not make me indifferent
it's a great monster that tramples
upon the fragile innocence of the people
:( ugh. mercedes sosa is one thing but león gieco???!! enemy of the dictadura & champion of the working class and occupied factories? composer of the sooo beautiful & popular anti-complicity anthem solo le pido a dios?
i almost could not believe it but yes, it's true. scheduled to play in israel next week. the call coming out of palestine is very clear: leon gieco, boycott israel! what the hell? thankfully, his fans are giving him a hard time about it as well. check out these comments that have been left on his website :) it's making me happy to read them.
viernes 10 de julio 2009
Leon: Hay un Gieco de antes y otro de despues. Hay un Leon de antes de su presentacion en Israel y otro Leon de despues. Hay un Gieco que canta sobre la memoria y otro Gieco que la pierde. Tu presentacion en Israel me decepciona, por todo lo que eso implica: violacion de derechos, masacres y que no... Con tu presentacion en Israel les estas dando tu consentimiento. Recapacita.
Angel
Angel
martes 7 de julio 2009
León, ¿cómo se entiende que vayas a cantar a la capital del estado GENOCIDA de Israel? Me pregunto sinceramente cómo puede salirte la voz estando ahí, con los todavía calientes cadáveres de 1400 palestinos que masacraron en ese campo de concentración que es Gaza. Si los nazis se vengaban matando 10 a 1, los de Israel son 10 veces peores que los nazis: matan 100 a 1. Habiendo una campaña mundial de BOICOT a Israel http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=87936 me pregunto nuevamente: ¿cómo se entiende lo tuyo? Contame entre los que empiezan hoy un boicot contra vos.
Daniel Robles, de Tucumán
martes 7 de julio 2009
Sólo pido a Dios que su viaje a Israel le de el coraje para denunciar las sistemáticas violaciones a los derechos humanos que ese Estado comete, no sólo contra un pueblo sometido y vejado como el palestino, sino también contra una minoría de israelíes de origen palestino.
Daniel
lunes 6 de julio 2009
Leon, qué te pasa hermano!!! cómo podés ir a cantar a Israel!!! Ponés los DERECHOS HUMANOS en tu sitio, en tu prédica, componés "Solo le Pido a Dios" y vas a cantar a un estado que VIOLA SISTEMÁTICAMENTE todos los derechos humanos del pueblo Palestino, les afana la tierra, les demuele los hogares o se los ocupa, los tortura, los mata como en Gaza cada dos o tres años, aplica el APARTHEID, construye un muro... y esto viene sucediendo desde 1948. León, Israel es uno de los principales fabricantes y vendedores de ARMAS del mundo. Vos tenés que separar el ser judío de ser pro-Israel o sionista. Que vayas a cantar a un Estado Apartheid y neo Nazi es una terrible contradicción con lo que decís ser.
Carlos
lunes 6 de julio 2009
Hola… he visto que pensas actuar en Israel... en un país invasor, opresor y genocida. Acaso pensas actuar también en Palestina?
Jorge
lunes 6 de julio 2009
Estimado León, he leído la noticia de su próxima actuación en Tel Aviv. Usted debe saber que Israel, desde 1948, mantiene bajo criminal ocupación al pueblo palestino en un régimen de apartheid peor que el de Sudáfrica. Israel viola los derechos humanos, incumple la IV Convención de Ginebra y las resoluciones de la ONU. Hay un llamado internacional para hacer BOICOT a Israel mientras se mantenga en la vulneración de la legalidad internacional. Le pido, por favor, que no cante en Tel Aviv. Le pido su solidaridad y apoyo al pueblo palestino.
María
¡¡¡¡que viva palestina libre!!!!
foto: palestinians attend a rally commemorating the 61st anniversary of the dispossession of the palestinian homeland, in the west bank city of qalqiliya, 14 may. (khaleel reash/maanimages). posted at electronic intifada.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
frederick douglass day
coincidence has had me out of the country on most fourths of july the past several years, a distance from u.s. patriotism which i always truly appreciate. this year finds me just a hop skip & jump from the tijuana border crossing, with spanish spoken all around as the default language, pepe aguilar & angeles azules on the radio, and carne asada & tortillas on the parilla, but i'm definitely still in the united states (gigantic mexican flag waving to us from the other side notwithstanding). oh well.
i did get an email from ayoka wishing me a happy frederick douglass day, though;) a-ha! now that's more like it!!
from frederick douglass' (in)famous address of july 4th, 1852:
...What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sound of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants brass fronted impudence; your shout of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanks-givings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy -- a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour.
¿verdad que sí? ¡eso!
speaking of ayoka, we were sitting in her car on san jose ave in the mission the other day, eating mitchell's ice cream (macapuno, chocolate-dipped x2 of course), and she played for me on the car stereo a song performed by bettye lavette. oh, it's just gorgeous (sigh)... and has been in my mind ever since.
i'm walking through the desert
and i am not frightened although it's hot
i have all that i requested
and i do not want what i haven't got
i do not want what i have not got : bettye lavette (original, sinead oconnor)
thank you, ayoka, ms. lavette, & frederick douglass!
happy frederick douglass day to everyonel!!
i did get an email from ayoka wishing me a happy frederick douglass day, though;) a-ha! now that's more like it!!
from frederick douglass' (in)famous address of july 4th, 1852:
...What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sound of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants brass fronted impudence; your shout of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanks-givings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy -- a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour.
¿verdad que sí? ¡eso!
speaking of ayoka, we were sitting in her car on san jose ave in the mission the other day, eating mitchell's ice cream (macapuno, chocolate-dipped x2 of course), and she played for me on the car stereo a song performed by bettye lavette. oh, it's just gorgeous (sigh)... and has been in my mind ever since.
i'm walking through the desert
and i am not frightened although it's hot
i have all that i requested
and i do not want what i haven't got
i do not want what i have not got : bettye lavette (original, sinead oconnor)
thank you, ayoka, ms. lavette, & frederick douglass!
happy frederick douglass day to everyonel!!
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