Latin America
Oaxaca: The struggle is the same
I received a phone call last night from a friend in Mexico. He said that there was a demonstration in Oaxaca for Gaza yesterday. Oaxaca is Mexico’s 2nd poorest state after Chiapas and is a major site of police brutality, government corruption, and popular resistance, particularly against the right-wing administration of Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz. [...]
Zapatista’s Festival of Dignified Rage condemns Israel’s massacre against Palestine
From “La Jornada” | Translation by KABOBfest San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, December 30 | In wrapping up the year, the first World Festival of Dignified Rage, which began on the 26th in Mexico City, travels to Chiapas to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) uprising. This Wednesday, [...]
CNN en Español’s interview with Pedro Brieger on Brazil’s possible involvement on Gaza
We just got DirecTV Latino (hbb loves soccer), which includes CNN en Español. I’ve never watched it much before, but my friend Alvaro and I turned it there in time for the evening news show, “Panorama Mundial,” which he promised was actually pretty good. The first story, of course, was Gaza. And Alvaro was right. [...]
From around the world: An Argentinean declaration against the attacks on the Gaza Strip
Declaration against the attacks on the Gaza StripSee the original text in Spanish | Translation by KABOBfest The Argentinean Association of Solidarity with Palestine (AARSOPAL) condemns the criminal and inhumane Israeli bombardment against the Gaza Strip which clearly reveals the Zionist occupier’s politics of expansion and genocide. Under false pretenses of self defense, Israel has [...]
Dignified Rage
From a friend currently in Mexico, participating in the Zapatistas’ Festival of Dignified Rage (El Festival de la Digna Rabia): “yes, the situation in gaza is INSANE. They stopped one of the panels today to have a special announcement about it and a group from Spain that does Palestinian solidarity work read a denouncement of [...]
For all the Chavez haters
This month, Francisco Rodríguez published an article in Foreign Affairs entitled “An Empty Revolution: The Unfulfilled Promises of Hugo Chávez“. The piece attempts to make the case that Chavez’s economic policies have not benefited the poor — that in fact, the poor are hurting more now than ever. The Center for Economic and Policy Research [...]
Tito Kayak highlights intersecting struggles
The following story is from last April, but needs to be posted as not enough people know about the amazingness that you are about to witness. But first, some background: Puerto Rican activist “Tito Kayak” (born Alberto De Jesus Mercado) is internationally known for creeping into places he shouldn’t(?) be, and planting flags in places [...]
Chavez Loses Something; Take That May
I had faith in the Venezuelan people, but I must admit I was holding my breath. But the good people of one of my favorite countries defeated their president’s attempt to legally and constitutionally become a dictator. Much to the dismay of KABOBfest’s official Chavez apologist, Maytha. President Hugo Chavez suffered a stinging defeat Monday [...]
Obama, Osama, Yo Mama
It’s not that Mitt Romney doesn’t trust his speech writers. It’s that, darn it, all you brown people look so much alike! [Think Progress] Israel to trade in gold-digging nafka for more cost-effective sharmootah even though, man this one’s got a real set of teeth on her. [Jpost] Israel encourages launch of gas-gouling rockets by [...]
“Israelis are pee everywhere!”
Yesterday’s FUCK YOU AND SHUT MOUTH post was too kute. I have such a soft spot for broken English. Not only does it send me back to my younger years growing up in that illegal immigrant household with the 8 people in the closet-sized studio apartment, it also reminds me of moms who (she’s so [...]
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