Fight Against the Elimination of the Mexican American Studies program in Tucson, Arizona

Fight Against the Elimination of the Mexican American Studies program in Tucson, Arizona

Outlawing Shakespeare: The Battle for the Tucson Mind is a documentary that focuses on the elimination of the Mexican American Studies program within the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) in Arizona. Under a federal de-segregation decree, Mexican American Studies...

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Eric Mann on Uprising with Sonlai Kohatkar: What Obama’s Win Means for Movements

Eric Mann on Uprising with Sonlai Kohatkar: What Obama’s Win Means for Movements

"Roberto and I disagreed on whether or not it would be "better if Obama won or not," but we both agree that he is a pro-imperialist president." - Eric Mann  Two days after the election, I made an appearance on Uprising! as a...

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Self-Care, Organizational Care, and Movement-Building

Self-Care, Organizational Care, and Movement-Building

This article was originally posted on Organizing Upgrade on October 8, 2012. It is part of the ongoing conversation on Self and Community Care on Organizing Upgrade.  The discussion in Organizing Upgrade on the relationship of self-care to movement-building, initiated by B....

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Voices Radio: Marianne Williamson on Sister Giant

Voices Radio: Marianne Williamson on Sister Giant

Best selling author Marianne Williamson will be on Voices From The Frontlines, Tuesday November 6th at 4pm PST. Williamson will be discussing Sister Giant, an event in Los Angeles from November 10-11th creating a dialogue for "Americans who are interested in...

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Measure J equals gentrification, racism, and pollution with public funds

Measure J equals gentrification, racism, and pollution with public funds

By Sunyoung Yang and Eric Mann Published on 10/30/12 in the Daily News Los Angeles MEASURE J is the latest version of gentrification, racism, and environmental pollution packaged as urban progress. It is Mayor Villaraigosa's swan song for L.A. as he moves...

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No On Measure J with Sunyoung Yang, Barbara Lott-Holland and Damien Goodmon

No On Measure J with Sunyoung Yang, Barbara Lott-Holland and Damien Goodmon

Today we devote the hour to a critically important Ballot Measure that has not received as much attention as many of the other measures and propositions. I'm talking about Measure J. Measure J proposes to borrow tens of billions of dollars,...

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