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Remembering The Contributions Of Joaquina And Pedro Rodriguez In Northern Colorado
Remembering Joaquina Rodriguez, the common roads that we walked together- – and the history that she, Pedro, and her familia helped to create in Northern Colorado. 2026
Remembering the contributions of Joaquina and Pedro Rodriguez in Northern Colorado (here with a poem framed and read by Bowdie Hernandez on behalf of Familia Rodriguez at Al Frente de Lucha 47 year commemoration). Continue reading
Visit to Wounded Knee Cemetery And Memorial Site
Visit to Wounded Knee cemetery and memorial site – with monument reading “This monument is erected by surviving relatives and other Ogallala and Cheyenne River Sioux Indians in memory of the Big Foot Massacre Dec. 29, 1899.” Continue reading
Poor People’s Campaign march and rally in Pomona with Rev. Gene Boutilier
At beginning of Poor People’s Campaign march and rally in Pomona with Rev. Gene Boutilier. In addition to a history of civil and human rights organizing for decades, Rev. Boutilier and I have the commonality of being part of Poor People’s Campaign marches back in 1968 – he in the actual march in Washington D. C. and I in a Solidarity march as a college student. Continue reading
Graciela Olmos — “La Bandida.”
Her real name was Marina Aedo. But history knows her as Graciela Olmos — “La Bandida.” Born in 1895 in Chihuahua, she lived ten lifetimes in one. Most people have never heard her name. That ends today.
A memory Today In May of 1970
A memory today. In May of 1970, I helped lead a strike of students at the University of Colorado in protest of the killing of four Kent state students against the war (on May 4th) and the killing of Black students at Jackson State . Continue reading
Don’t Mourn, Organize
Don’t mourn, organize. Continue reading
On The Phenomenal Plunder Of Land From Mexico During The Mexican/American War
Right on analysis from L A Times columnist Gustavo Arellano on Trump’s remarks regarding the Mexican/American war and his use of it to continue “his deportation deluge:
Se Repite De Vuelta
Las escenas que vemos en redes sociales de agentes federales persiguiendo a inmigrantes en Los Ángeles evocan, para algunos, un capítulo vergonzoso de la historia estadounidense.
Hace casi 100 años más de un millón de personas de origen mexicano, inclusive ciudadanos estadounidenses, fueron expulsados a México.