kingdom praxis | a.k.a. eliacín’s blog

With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope [...]

Remembering Mev Puleo, Witness of Solidarity

“What does it means to be a Christian- a follower of the way of Jesus- in a world of contradictions and conflicts? What does it means to be on the way of Jesus when I view the worlds poverty from an air-conditioned tour bus?”

Mev Puleo (1963-1996), an American photojournalist and young Catholic who actively confronted [...]

Snapping the strings - chains of oppression re-visited

Whenever a movement happens and whites happen to dominate it, that means purposeful, intentional exclusion of others — every time! It couldn’t be that minorities simply weren’t interested, could it? No! We know that those racist bigots — erm, I mean our brothers and sisters in Christ — are out there, burning crosses in their [...]

Pilgrimage to the voting both/ Worshipping the Empire

We will not renounce our part in the mission of our race, trustees under God of the civilization of the world… God has marked us as his chosen people, henceforth to lead in the regeneration of the world… he has made us adept in government that we administer governments among savage and senile people.
- Albert [...]

It is not just about the last 8 years.

It is not just about the last 8 years.
To assume that change will happen by just focusing on November 4 is a naive view of history and a adolescent understanding of democracy. On Nov. 4 people will elect a new administrator in the same system of power that perpetuates itself. There are bigger systems than [...]

Dispatches From Latin America - Tuesday Book Review

Some of you have asked me to recommend you a starter about Autonomous/ Global Justice/ Global Citizens Movements in Latin America. Today is your day.
For this Tuesday Book Review, I’m excited to share with you what I consider an excellent primer to liberation and anti-neoliberalism movements in America Latina - Dispatches from Latin America: On [...]

Generation Illegal

You’ve heard of the:

Great Generation
Baby Boomers
Gen X
Gen Y
Net Gen

How’bout Generation Illegal - Listen podcast here.

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we want change

Dear Sen. Obama,
Puerto Rico have been a colony of the USA for 110 years. 110 years! We are practically the oldest colony in the world. That’s quite shameful.
We want change. Puerto Rico want change. We have the right for self-determination. Are you going to stand up for that right, against an oppressive colonial system?
I’m listening…

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