Museo Nacional de Antropología
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Seminario de Historia y Lengua Náhuatl
Todos los Martes del 7 Febrero al 26 Junio de 2012 - De 18:00 a 20:00 Horas - Mtro. Itzá Eudave
UNAM, Mexico DF
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Banned 500 Years of Chicano History Book Offered Free to Arizona Students
“One of the most motivating books on the Chicano experience as far as working class people and students are concerned…The visual quality adds a fantastic dimension to the understanding of our past.” ~Dr. Rodolfo F. Acuña
500 Years of Chicano History is a publication of the SouthWest Organizing Project, a New Mexican community organization whose mission is to empower our communities in the Southwest to realize racial and gender equality and social and economic justice.
In case you haven’t heard, the SouthWest Organizing Project is offering 500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures for FREE to any Arizona Student and at a 50% discount to any Arizona resident.
Read More at ChicanoHistory.org
Read Letters From Arizona Students
Buy 500 Years at SWOP’s Store
Cd. Juárez Activist Norma Andrade Attacked in Mexico City
Norma Andrade, activist and founding member of Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa, a non-profit organization serving the mothers of femicide victims in Cd. Juárez, was attacked this morning in Mexico City.
According to police reports, an unknown assailant approached Ms. Andrade as she walked her granddaughter to school and stabbed her in the face.
Ms. Andrade is in stable condition and is receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital.
This is the second attack on Norma Andrade’s life in little over two months. On December 2, 20011, Ms. Andrade was shot five times outside her home in Ciudad Juárez, an attack classified by the Chihuahua State Prosecutors Office as an “attempted auto theft .” Ms. Andrade and her family were relocated to Mexico City soon after.
“Something the two [attacks] have in common is that both were meant to kill her,” said Malú García, daughter of Norma Andrade, referring to her mother, in an interview this evening with Milenio Television.
Ms. García told Milenio they are asking authorities for stepped-up protection, adding their home address was “supposed to be private.”
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Discussion: The Economic Exploitation of the 2012 “Mayan Prophecy”
As the end of the Mayan long count calendar approaches, countries such as Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have launched tourism campaigns aimed at promoting travel to renowned Mayan cultural sites. The interpretation of the calendar has led to the belief among some that Dec 21, 2012 marks the end of civilization.
Mexico, for example, is planning to spend millions of dollars in states that make up parts of the Mayan world and host hundreds of cultural events. But will the tourism boom benefit the Mayan people?
Indigenous Mayan claim they have not been entirely included in these plans and that their communities will benefit minimally. There are also concerns that their culture is being misrepresented.
Read More at AJ Stream
How The West Was Stolen
On February 2, 1848, representatives of the United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending what the US called the “Mexican-American War,” known in Mexico as the “War of United States Intervention.”
Overnight, more than a hundred thousand Mexican citizens became foreigners in their own land. Although the TGH included safeguards protecting land rights, respecting the culture and language of Mexicans, this was never honored.
164 years later, many families are still fighting for their land. This fight is especially strong in New Mexico and Texas, states that saw extended land disputes well into the twentieth century.
The justification for this war was based on the notion of “Manifest Destiny,” or the divine right to continental expansion. Essentially, religion used to excuse a racist land grab.
As we’ve seen recently in Arizona, there’s a concerted effort to keep our youth from studying the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and other important parts of Mexican history in the United States. It illustrates how after 164 years the Mexican-American war is still being fought, albeit more so with legislation than with invading armies.
For Mexicans living in the United States, especially those in the Southwest, February 2 is a day to remember that “we didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us.” Let us never forget this.
Victor Rios: From Street Life to Ph.D.
Victor Rios says he has lived two lifetimes. In his first, he was a gang member, juvenile delinquent and high school dropout. Today, he’s a sociology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who studies at-risk youth.
Día de… ¡Tamales Calientitos!
February 2, Día de la Candelaria, a hybrid of Catholic and Indigenous traditions, is typically celebrated with the sharing of tamales and warm cup of atole or chocolate.
¡Buen provecho!
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Anticomercial: Morir Mejor
Turn on any radio or television in Mexico and almost every other ad is government propaganda.
This is one of many anti-ads produced in recent weeks in response to the federal government’s ‘Vivir Mejor’ campaign, the Calderón administration’s slogan.
This United States funded and led drug war has cost Mexico more than 50,000 lives.
It’s time the US gets out of Mexico. And don’t forget to take Felipe Calderón with you!
Digital artist Tonatiuh Moreno of Guadalajara interrupts Felipe Calderón to challenge his drug war policy during a speech yesterday to local business leaders shouting, “When will this war be over?”
See video from Milenio and read more at the LA Times and La Jornada.
Let’s get one thing out of the way: Mexican immigration is an oxymoron. Mexicans are indigenous. So, in a strange way, I’m pleased that the racist folks of Arizona have officially declared, in banning me alongside Urrea, Baca, and Castillo, that their anti-immigration laws are also anti-Indian. I’m also strangely pleased that the folks of Arizona have officially announced their fear of an educated underclass. You give those brown kids some books about brown folks and what happens? Those brown kids change the world. In the effort to vanish our books, Arizona has actually given them enormous power. Arizona has made our books sacred documents now.
Sherman Alexie is a poet, short story writer, novelist, and filmmaker. His book “The Lone Ranger and Tonto’s Fist Fight in Heaven,” was on the banned curriculum of the Mexican American Studies Program.
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Mexico’s Youth Struggle to Find Jobs
More than seven million young Mexicans are jobless, with the situation among young women even worse.
The global economic crisis has forced millions out of job, but it has been particularly hard for young people.
In Mexico, the unemployment level among young people is nearly twice the national average, with more than seven million citizens between the ages of 15 and 29 out of work.
The situation for women is even worse as they struggle to find jobs. A recent study has found that unemployment is highest among the most educated women.
Report via Al Jazeera English
