“Ya No Somos Pocos” Comentario: Por Herman Baca Presidente, Comité Pro Derechos Read more…
On Sat. May 8, 2010, the Save Our Barrios Coalition will march through Barrio Logan to inform the community about the need to unite and stop all “redevelopment plans” until the voice of the community is heard.

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Black stand-up comedians make a living telling jokes about getting stopped by police officers all the time for the “crime” of “Driving on a Sunday afternoon while Black.”</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The joke is true. It is true as has been documented by court-ordered studies in New Jersey and California.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I have asked myself many times in many different ways over the past few weeks this one question, why, why us. You see at my age I just want to be at peace and live my life. A lifetime of tension filled scenarios should be replaced with the freedom to be who I am and not feel the hair on the back of my neck stand at attention when the word Mexican is spoken in a crowd of strangers. Or feel that my rights are infringed upon simply by being in Arizona and looking and acting like an undocumented worker.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Hay veces pensamos que la crisis del neoliberalismo sólo afecta a las economía latinoamericana por el hecho de que estamos muy cerca del centro capitalista.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; No es así. La economía neoliberal también afecta a otras latitudes del mundo. Hoy los griegos son víctimas de los “corredores del mercados” y otros delincuentes de cuello blanco.</p>

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<p><strong>SPECIAL ARIZONA BUYCOTT EDITION</strong></p>
<p> All together, now: ¡A LA CHINGADA WITH ARIZONA’S SB1070!</p>