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Eliacín in Sojourners Magazine

Sojourners Magazine, June 2008

Look mom, I’m on the cover of a magazine!
Last March I received an email from one of editors Sojourners Magazine letting me know that they wanted to run a profile of me as part of 10 Young Christian Leaders to Watch. I’m honored to be among such a great group of fellow young conspirators in [...]

1 of the 10 Young Christian Leaders to Watch

Coming soon to a magazine rack near you.

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NPR : Redefining What It Means to Be Black in America

NPR : Redefining What It Means to Be Black in America

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Life & Debt

Life & Debt - Blue Scholars
Listen
I like… making you so happy!
Yo, life and debt, light a cigarette smoke the stress,
take a deep breath baby, let’s rearrange the mess we’ve inherited
Alienated from what is rightfully yours in my land
is life, money is time paid for labor
Working eight to five, sometimes six seven eight
we come home [...]

Confronting the Empire

Abolition of poor countries external debt
Control of international financial capital and taxation for wealth redistribution and development financing
Moratorium on the WTO to reorient international trade
Public control (oversee) of transnational companies
Defense of labor rights
Development of a solidarity economic sector
Environmental reconstruction and sustainable development
Creation and extension of universal health care and education system
Food sovereignty
Democratization of mass communication [...]

Shock Doctrine

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Naomi Klein  - Shock Doctrine

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