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Interesting essay on the Latin American "post new left". A bit dewy eyed re Lula and Boric but some great points taking inspiration from Zapatists, piqueteros and the Landless Workers Movement (MST).
De la conquista a la imaginación colectiva: apologética colonial y la nueva izquierda latinoamericana

De la conquista a la imaginación colectiva: apologética colonial y la nueva izquierda latinoamericana
Ahí donde la derecha extrema vende miedo, la izquierda ensaya utopías concretas: democracia participativa, derechos colectivos, economías solidarias.

US ethnic cleansing and what to do about it
Reposting link to source article instead of screenshot of tweet that had no alt text:
Data on arrests shows that ICE was heavily engaged in racial profiling in LA, because their arrest numbers fell by ~66% after that were ordered to stop making arrests based just in factors like skin color, with place, or language spoken.
#ICE #USPol

Just finished "Dreams from Many Rivers" by Margarita Engle. It's a Latin-American history of the United States, written in poems that take on the points of view of a number of both fictional and actual people. It starts with the arrival of Spanish colonists in Puerto Rico, which was in fact the first part of the present-day States to experience European colonialism.
Its super informative and a great read to appreciate the complexities of history that ICE and the US white supremacist movement are trying to sweep under the rug. Like how the fuck do you deport a person whose indigenous and then Mexican ancestors lived in Arizona for centuries but now that it's claimed by the US since they speak Spanish they're "foreign."
It's a pretty quick read since it's a lot of short poems, and it's got lovely illustrations by Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez.
#AmReading #ReadingNow