Injustice

A troubling story from San Jose State. From a local outlet: Three San Jose State University students were charged yesterday with misdemeanor hate crime and battery after allegedly confining their black roommate with a bike lock and subjecting him to racial taunts, a prosecutor said Read more here. San Jose State’s student newspaper posted pictures […]

In the northeastern tip of Colombia, fierce resistance to Cerrejón, one of the world’d largest open-pit coal mines, has seen indigenous communities block highways and railway lines in recent weeks. These protests take place in the context of a wider movement of indigenous people trying to safeguard their territories.  “In 30 years of pillaging natural […]

This in from the YouTube page of closethesoa, or Close the School of the Americas: The School of the Americas is the Pentagon’s flagship training school for Latin American militaries. The SOA has trained hundreds of torturers, military dictators and human rights abusers. The purpose of the school is to maintain U.S. domination over Latin […]

Aeroméxico has released the following statement in response to claims that staff members refused to allow a group of indigenous people to board one of the airline’s flights in Oaxaca due to their clothing and background, as previously reported by Latino Rebels. Oaxaca Case In relation to flight AM544 from Oaxaca to Mexico City this past November 5th, […]

This came from a Facebook friend, who gave us a link from local media in Oaxaca, México. Apparently Aeroméxico employees on a flight from Oaxaca to Ciudad Hermosillo did not allow for several passengers to board the flight because they were dressed in indigenous clothing. Yeah, that is what we said. Here is a translation […]

Yesterday the National Immigrant Youth Alliance (NIYA) posted that 12 members of the #Dream30 were released. Today, NIYA corrected that to say 11. Here is the latest release it has posted: NATIONAL—Eleven Dreamers were released from El Paso Processing Center last night. There are six more who passed their credible fear interviews, but are still […]

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A Brooklyn family is suing New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority for discrimination after a bus driver allegedly called their 10-year-old son a “terrorist” and denied him entry for chanting a Muslim prayer in Arabic. The boy, now 12, is suing for civil rights violations and religious discrimination. Here’s what New York Daily News reported earlier […]

We received this updated tonight from the National Immigrant Youth Alliance (NIYA). NATIONAL—The National Immigrant Youth Alliance has heard that twelve of the #Dream30 will be released tonight. We are urging our supporters to keep up their efforts to support the remaining Dreamers, who are awaiting hearings before an Immigration Judge. Raul Juarez of New […]

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In a move that has left her mother “heartbroken,” Rocío Hernández Pérez, one of the members of the #Dream30, will be deported today to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, after pleas from organizers and family members to Latino politicians asking for help with her case went unheeded. According to both Hernández’s mother and #Dream30 organizers, Hernández’s case […]

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While most of their group has been released, the remaining members of the #Dream30 currently being detained at an El Paso center have gone on a hunger strike, according to DreamActivist: Join a day-long hunger strike to support the Dream 30. As of Monday, October 28th, all of the detained #Dream30 are on a hunger […]

This is from the Madison, Wisconsin police department, incident report #2013-337128: Details A  Janesville man was arrested for two counts of battery, with a hate crime enhancer, after punching two men on N. Henry St. early this morning. The victims were speaking Hebrew when the suspect passed them on the street. He swore at the […]

Tomorrow at noon the “Stop Watching Us” campaign will he holding “A Rally Against Mass Surveillance” in Washington D.C. to protests the NSA’s continued spying of people around the world. Group organizers claim that it will be the “largest rally yet against NSA Surveillance” with thousands expected to attend. The event will feature many notable […]

Last night, Latino Rebels reported that mothers of the #Dream30 were arrested for staging a sit-in at the office of New Jersey senator Bob Menendez. Since then, the mothers have been released. Nonetheless, here is a video of what happened.

The UC Davis police officer who gained online infamy after a video of him pepper spraying Occupy protesters went viral in 2009 has reached a workers’ compensation package totaling over $38,000. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: A former UC Davis police officer whose pepper-spraying of protesters gained worldwide notice thanks to a viral video has been […]

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We received this from the National Immigration Youth Alliance today: Administration plays hard-ball with #Dream30 NATIONAL—More denials are expected for the Dream 30, as the Obama Administration tries to put an end to their quest to come home. Two Dreamers who were part of the #Dream30 in Laredo, Texas will have court on Thursday morning at 9AM. They […]

We received the following release from Librotraficante: Houston, TX (October 21, 2013) – The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) is set to approve course requirements for the Foundation Graduation plan as well as what can be included for Arts and Humanities for Texas schools 9th–12th grade. This will shape Advanced Courses as well as […]

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