July 15th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in Chile, Empire, Social Justice, alternative, catholic, christianity, education, resistance
(HT - Catholicanarchy)
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June 29th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in Community, Family, Praxis, Puerto Rico, Social Justice, economy, education, eliacin, faith, resistance
I’ve always been drawn to the underdogs, the raggamuffins, the workers and the unassuming simple people. Perhaps because of my own family history. I grew up in a working barrio in Puerto Rico. My family life was simple, but not the voluntary simplicity option of the middle class, but the un-voluntary simplicity of the [...]
June 27th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in America, America Latina, Chile, Politics, Salvador Allende, Social Justice, alternative, latin america, liberation, socialism
Salvador Allende, was born in June 26, 1908. He was the first Marxist leader of a nation (Chile) to gain power through democratic process. Allende was murder on September 11, 1973 by the Pinochet lead coup d’teat supported by the CIA.
“¡Viva Chile! ¡Viva el pueblo! ¡Vivan los trabajadores!”
(”Long live Chile! Long live the people! [...]
June 24th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in Children, Community, DIY, Social Justice, alternative, campaign, creativity, generosity, poverty, solidarity
This comes from my friend Eugene Cho
using facebook to fight global poverty
After mocking social networking sites for awhile, I finally joined Facebook one year ago. And while there are still some things that I strongly dislike about Facebook [e.g. constant invitations to Applications], I am a big fan. It works. I’ve [...]
June 18th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in Art, Social Justice, alternative, solidarity, street art
I first encounter one of Swoon’s street art pieces in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2003. Since then I’ve been a big fan.
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June 16th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in America, America Latina, Food and Drink, Latino America, Liberated Spaces, Politics, Social Justice, altermundismo, alternative, anti-globalization, cooperatives, coops, diversity, globalization, hispanic, horizontalism, indigenous people, kingdom, latin america, liberation, mexico, resistance
Reclaiming Corn and Culture :: Mexico’s grassroots choose co-ops and fair trade :: By Wendy Call
Reclaiming Corn and Culture
by Wendy Call
For 14 years, NAFTA has displaced farmers and spurred migration. The answer from Mexico’s grassroots: co-ops and fair trade.
Coffee beans are stacked in front of a mural in the Café Museo Café in San Cristóbal [...]
June 14th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in Empire, History, Independence, Politics, Puerto Rico, Social Justice, colonialism, colonization, decolonization, globalization, liberation, resistance
Puerto Rican independence fighters denounce colonial rule
BY OLGA RODRÍGUEZ
UNITED NATIONS—Nearly three dozen people from Puerto Rico, the United States, and several other countries testified on Puerto Rico’s colonial status before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization June 9.
A resolution cosponsored by the Cuban and Venezuelan governments calling on the U.S. government to end colonial rule [...]
May 24th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in America, America Latina, Emerging World, Empire, Politics, Social Justice, altermundismo, alternative, colonization, economy, education, globalization, latin america, liberation, resistance, socialism
Se Viene el Estallido!
UNASUR Official site -Español & English
Union of South American Nations - Wikipedia
The Union of South American Nations (Dutch: Unie van Zuid-Amerikaanse Naties, Portuguese: União de Nações Sul-Americanas, Spanish: Unión de Naciones Suramericanas, and abbreviated as UNASUR and UNASUL) is a supranational and intergovernmental union that will unite two existing customs unions – [...]
May 17th, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in Community, Politics, Praxis, Social Justice, alternative, anarchism, articles, authors, creativity, resistance, solidarity, subvert, sustainability
Howard Zinn: Anarchism Shouldn’t Be a Dirty Word | Democracy and Elections | AlterNet
Ziga Vodovnik: In your People’s History of the United States you show us that our freedom, rights, environmental standards, etc., have never been given to us from the wealthy and influential few, but have always been fought out by ordinary people [...]
May 2nd, 2008 | by Eliacin | published in Community, Current Affairs, Emerging World, Latino America, Liberated Spaces, Religion, Revolution, Social Justice, americans, anabaptist, anarchism, anglican communion, blogger, christianity, church, colonization, cooperatives, early church, education, incarnational, kingdom, leonardo boff, liberation, liberation theology, resistance
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