http://xispas.com/blog Chicano Culture, Art, and Politics Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:19:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en March 3rd, 2008East Los Angeles Record Producer, Rudy Benavides who was instrumental during the 60s in establishing the West Coast Eastside Sound along with Rampart Records founder, Eddie Davis, passed away on Sunday March, 2nd at White Memorial Hospital from congestive heart failure. He was 67 years old.Rudy started his ... http://xispas.com/blog/2008/05/rudy-benevides-rip.html By Carlos Munoz, Jr., Berkeley, CAArmando Torres Morales, DSWSeptember 18, 1932 - March 12, 2008After a long bout with cancer, Dr. Armando Morales passed away on March 12 at his home in Stevenson Ranch with his wife and family by his bedside.Armando, the son of Lupe and Robert ... http://xispas.com/blog/2008/03/armando-morales-rest-in-peace.html by Denise Chávez:Raul Salinas, known as raulsalinas, that great human being, transformed by life and fire, has died. Raul was a featured poet at the Border Book Festival in 2000. It was a memorable performance as Raul danced, sang and gyrated through the power of his words his English, ... http://xispas.com/blog/2008/02/raulsalinas-en-paz-descanse.html From the blog of Luis J. Rodriguez--www.luisjrodriguez.com/blogIt will be thirty seven years today after the Chicano Moratorium against the Viet Nam War was first held in East Los Angeles -- at the time the largest anti-war demonstration in a community of color in the country. Some 30,000 people came from ... http://xispas.com/blog/2007/08/chicano-moratorium-against-vietnam-war.html The following letter was sent to us in February. It's from Margot Pepper, one of Xispas' good friends and an long-time activist for social justice and immigrant rights. We apologize for taking so long to put this on our blog. Still, we feel it's very pertinent and important even now. ... http://xispas.com/blog/2007/07/open-letter-to-immigration-judge.html Indigenous people and their elders have reacted angrily to remarks Pope Benedict made during his trip to Brazil, calling the conservative leader of the Roman Catholic Church "arrogant and disrespectful" for saying that Indian people "willingly" converted to Christianity. Pope Benedict XVI made his first official visit to the Americas ... http://xispas.com/blog/2007/05/we-repudiate-popes-comments.html From the weblog of Luis J. Rodriguez:All good things must come to an end. Today, I ended my week of guest hosting on the Front Page talk show with Dominique Di Prima on KJLH-102.3 FM. It was a wonderful experience. According to Dominique, I was the first Latino ... http://xispas.com/blog/2007/05/basis-of-black-brown-unity-in-us.html We are very excited to inform you that Academia Semillas Del Pueblo’s charter has been renewed for another 5 years!On Thursday, March 29, 2007 over 1,000 parents, students, educators, community members and supporters walked from Plaza Olvera to LAUSD headquarters to attend the history-making board meeting for Academia Semillas del ... http://xispas.com/blog/2007/03/academia-semillas-del-pueblo-wins.html Academia Semillas del Pueblo is a vital indigenous-centered educational institution. Based in El Sereno, it was created five years ago by members of the greater East Los Angeles community for the community, which for decades has suffered with some of the worse schools in the LA Unified School District.Tomorrow, March ... http://xispas.com/blog/2007/03/save-academia-semillas-del-pueblo.html From the weblog of Luis J. Rodriguez, March 26, 2007:I'm glad to invite everyone to the grand opening of Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural this Saturday, March 31, from 4 to 8 PM. It will be at the new space that we've finally painted and organized after we were forced to ... http://xispas.com/blog/2007/03/grand-opening-of-tia-chuchas-new-space.html