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McCain and Obama Ignore Abuses in Colombia and Mexico3 comments

robvato wrote 3 weeks ago: McCain and Obama Ignore Abuses in Colombia and Mexico New America Media, Commentary, Roberto Lovat … more »

Tags: Border Issues, Central America, Economics, Elections, global migration, Immigration, Latino politics, LATINO VOTE, McCain

Obama, Uribe and the School of the Americas3 comments

robvato wrote 3 weeks ago: Not sure how long the “hope” machine will hold if Obama continues to be either tepid or … more »

Tags: Central America, Elections, Empire, History, Latino politics, LATINO VOTE, McCain, national security, obama

Companero Don White, Presente!5 comments

robvato wrote 1 month ago: I just got word that Don White, a much-beloved, longtime companero in the movement for peace and ju … more »

Tags: activism, History, CISPES, Don White, El Salvador and solidarity

What Obama and McCain Can Learn From Evo Morales About Immigration - and Leadership2 comments

robvato wrote 1 month ago: If you want to hear what a Real Leader sounds like with regard to immigration policy, check out Bol … more »

Tags: Barbarianisms and Other Babel, Border Issues, Culture, Elections, Empire, fellow travellers, global migration, History, HOPE, ESPERANZA

GRITtv Interview on Detention, Raids and the Terror of ICE 1 comment

robvato wrote 1 month ago: Check out this very fresh interview about a rather rancid subject: death, raids and the terror of I … more »

Tags: Border Issues, global migration, Immigration, Race, ICE detention, ICE Detention Deaths, ICE investigation, I.C.E. RAIDS

Clinton Wins Puerto Rico, a Colony With 0 Bearing on the General Election

robvato wrote 1 month ago: Touting her victory in Puerto Rico as another sign that she is the best candidate to win a general … more »

Tags: Black-Latino Relations, Clinton, Culture, Elections, Empire, History, Latino politics, LATINO VOTE, media

Obama on Latin America: "Small Change", If Any 1 comment

robvato wrote 1 month ago: (this article first appeared in the Black Agenda Report) by Roberto Lovato M … more »

Tags: activism, Black-Latino Relations, Border Issues, Central America, Clinton, Economics, Empire, global migration, History

NPR-Latino USA Commentary: On the Need to Destroy Juan Crow2 comments

robvato wrote 2 months ago: Thanks to Maria Hinojosa, Mincho Jacob and the folks at NPR’s Latino USA for letting me reco … more »

Tags: Empire, global migration, HOPE, ESPERANZA, Immigration, Labor, Latino politics, national security, Race, Sovereignty Issues

In the Bush White House, "Laptop" is Spanish for "WMD"2 comments

robvato wrote 2 months ago: Another in what smells like the latest media-enabled Bush Administration escalation of tensions wit … more »

Tags: Border Issues, Clinton, Elections, Empire, McCain, national security, obama, Sovereignty Issues, Uber-Hypocrisy

Radio Nation Interview: Politics, Economics and Psychology of Exploitation in the U.S. South3 comments

robvato wrote 2 months ago: Check out this deeper delving into the workings of oppression and social control - and the movement … more »

Tags: activism, Black-Latino Relations, Border Issues, Culture, Economics, History, HOPE, ESPERANZA, Immigration, Labor

Juan Crow8 comments

robvato wrote 2 months ago: Juan Crow in Georgia by Roberto Lovato This article appeared in the May 26, 20 … more »

Tags: national security, Latino politics, activism, media, History, Race, HOPE, ESPERANZA, Labor, Indigenous Rights

Mayday Interview With Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!2 comments

robvato wrote 2 months ago: Check out Amy’s great show on Mayday and migrant’s rights. The Reverend Jesse Jackson, … more »

Tags: activism, Border Issues, Culture, Elections, Empire, HOPE, ESPERANZA, Immigration, Latino politics, LATINO VOTE

Bush,Calderon Plot Economic and Military Integration at NOLA Summit2 comments

robvato wrote 3 months ago: At the center of today’s “Three Amigos” Summit in New Orleans between George W. B … more »

Tags: activism, Border Issues, Central America, Empire, Environment, Immigration, Labor, Latino politics, media

Nos Tienen Miedo Porque No Tenemos Miedo (They Fear Us Because We Have No Fear)

robvato wrote 3 months ago: Lovely because it’s true, this song by Liliana Felipe should stir you to remember this simples … more »

Tags: Latino politics, activism, HOPE, ESPERANZA

Pro-sovereignty Movement in Mexico Delays Energy Privatization Plan1 comment

robvato wrote 3 months ago: Mexico’s popular movement appears to be gaining steam in its efforts to prevent President Fel … more »

Tags: HOPE, ESPERANZA, Latino politics, Mexican opposition, México, Pemex

World Commemorates 6th Anniversary of U.S.-Sponsored Coup in Venezuela

robvato wrote 3 months ago: Four years ago today and only months after the U.S. had violence visited upon it on 9-11, Venezuela … more »

Tags: HOPE, ESPERANZA, Latino politics

In An Absolut World, Latinos Have Drunken Dreams of (Re)Conquista3 comments

robvato wrote 3 months ago: This ad, which was yanked by Absolut following threats of a boycott, speaks for itself and inspires … more »

Tags: Border Issues, Culture, Empire, History, Latino politics, the Politics of Language, Uber-Hypocrisy, Absolut and racism, Re-Conquista ideology

New Category: Barbarianisms and Other Babel

robvato wrote 3 months ago: Today, a great poet and a new friend conspired with personal challenges to force me to bow again … more »

Tags: HOPE, ESPERANZA, Barbarianisms and Other Babel

U.S. Media Wrong Again: OAS Condemns Colombia's Military Incursion Into Ecuador2 comments

robvato wrote 4 months ago: Denouncing Colombia’s recent military incursion into Ecuador as a violation of its charter, … more »

Tags: national security, Border Issues, History, Empire


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