Here be dragons.

juliosalgado83: Image inspired by something my comadre Yosimar...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:55:43 -0400

Image inspired by something my comadre Yosimar Reyes said in Chicago about the way our migrant labor is deemed low-skilled. It takes a lot of skills to work in the fields. To serve entitled people their food. To make your clothes. To take yo’ shit. And all the while trying to keep our sanity. That’s some skills.

fotojournalismus: Protests in Brazil against hike in bus, metro...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:30:44 -0400

fotojournalismus:

Protests in Brazil against hike in bus, metro fare

“Thousands of protesters are taking to the streets in Brazil’s two biggest cities, protesting against 10-cent hikes in bus and subway fares. Police used tear gas and rubber bullets Thursday night to disperse thousands of protesters in Sao Paulo who had been chanting, “The love is over — Turkey is right here” before fleeing the law enforcement onslaught. At least 55 people were injured and 60 arrested during the fourth demonstration in a week.

The crowd that formed earlier Thursday outside the Municipal Theater in Sao Paulo drew together a combination of students, citizens protesting police violence, representatives from various left-leaning parties and supporters of the original protest, which called for better and more equitable access to public transportation.

Sao Paulo is plagued by grindingly slow traffic and poor public transportation, so its low-income residents often face long, dreary commutes. Bus fare was recently raised from about $1.40 to about $1.50. Minimum wage is just over $350 a month.

At first, the crowd moved peacefully through the streets, with some waving Turkish flags in recognition of the protests there. A small minority wore masks. Workers and residents cheered from windows; others complained of traffic jams caused by the protest. When the group neared Roosevelt Square, police began to fire tear gas.”

Photographs :

1. Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators protesting increases in public transit fares in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June 13, 2013. (Sebastiao Moreira/EPA)

2. People protest the increase in bus and subway fares in Rio de Janeiro on June 13, 2013. (Nicolas Tanner/AP)

3. Two demonstrators hug each other tightly as they are surrounded by riot police using tear gas during a student protest in Rio de Janeiro June 13, 2013. (Tasso Marcelo/AFP/Getty Images)

4. A woman offers a flower to a police officer during a protest against a rise in bus and subway fares in Rio de Janeiro on June 13, 2013. (Nicolas Tanner/AP)

5. Masked demonstrators protest an increase in bus and subway fares in Rio de Janeiro on June 13, 2013. (Nicolas Tanner/AP)

i never want to leave colombia.

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:47:36 -0400

nunca.

“LA GENTE DE ESTOS CONTINENTES HAN CAMINADO EN ESTAS TIERRAS...

Fri, 31 May 2013 18:17:30 -0400

“LA GENTE DE ESTOS CONTINENTES HAN CAMINADO EN ESTAS TIERRAS DESDE EL EMPIESO DEL TIEMPO

LA TIERRA ES DE LOS QUE LA TRABAJA

TIERRA INDIGENA”

anarcho-queer: Cops Who Killed Kimani Gray Named In 5 Lawsuits,...

Fri, 31 May 2013 18:06:15 -0400

anarcho-queer:

Cops Who Killed Kimani Gray Named In 5 Lawsuits, Attempted To Fabricate Evidence In Each Case

The NYPD sergeant and cop involved in the fatal shooting of Brooklyn 16-year-old Kimani Gray have been named in five federal lawsuits — which cost the city a total of $215,000 in settlements, court records show.

Sgt. Mourad Mourad racked up three suits while he was a plainclothes cop on Staten Island, and Officer Jovaniel Cordova racked up two at Brooklyn’s 70th Precinct — all alleging various civil rights violations including illegal stop and search and false arrest.

Prosecutors later dismissed all but one of the arrests against the six plaintiffs, and the criminal cases were sealed.

Mourad and Cordova had been placed on desk duty while the NYPD and the Brooklyn district attorney’s office continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the March 9 shooting in East Flatbush that has since sparked ‘riots’. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has said Gray was shot after he pointed a .38-caliber revolver at the sergeant and cop, who had approached a group of youths on the street.

A woman who told the Daily News she witnessed the shooting from her apartment window said Gray did not have a gun in his hand. She previously told Internal Affairs investigators she couldn’t see what the kids were doing “from the angle I was at.” (which was a distance away from where he was shot).

The settlements in the prior cases ranged from $20,000 to $92,500, with no admission of wrongdoing by the city.

“Our clients’ interactions with Sgt. Mourad and Officer Cordova expose a disturbing pattern of unconstitutional and aggressive stop-and-frisk practices,” said lawyer Brett Klein, who filed four of the five suits.

“In each case, Mourad and Cordova attempted to cover up their misconduct by falsifying and fabricating evidence.”

The suits are:

Derek Franks received a $92,500 settlement for a suit against Mourad and other unidentified cops, alleging he was illegally stopped and frisked on May 7, 2007. He spent four months in Rikers Island until charges were dropped.

Andre Maraj and Dary Harville each received $22,500 settlements, which alleged they were falsely arrested by Mourad and others. Harville claimed he was “slammed” into a car.

Peter Owusu received $22,500 for the “emotional distress” he suffered as a result of a car stop and arrest by Cordova. Owusu claims he was placed facedown in a puddle and handcuffed. He later pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.

Steve Morency got $35,000 after accusing Cordova of an illegal stop inside an E. 17th St. building. Morency claimed he was punched in the face and needed three stitches to close a cut above his eye.

Jontel Sebbern received $20,000 stemming from his arrest after a car stop. He was ordered out of the car by Mourad and others, who frisked him and pulled his pants and underwear.

“You can take me to the precinct but you’re not going in my underwear here,” Sebbern told the cops, says the complaint.

Editors Note: Today, Saturday March 16th, makes one week since Kimani was killed. There will be another protest at 55th street and Church ave. at 7pm. We’re expecting a large turnout, come by if you can.

Tattooed applicant goes right off Air NZ

Fri, 31 May 2013 17:52:40 -0400

Tattooed applicant goes right off Air NZ:

apihtawikosisan:

thousandyearsbunny:

Claire Nathan, the woman who was barred by Air New Zealand from working as an air hostess because of a ta moko on her forearm, says she no longer wants to work for the airline.

Air NZ refused to hire her because of her traditional ta moko. Yet they use the Maori symbol for its company logo.

How typical. Consume the parts of culture you want, and denigrate the rest.

Ah, smells like colonialism.

thecouscousqueen: it isn’t actually but ok

Fri, 31 May 2013 14:56:52 -0400

thecouscousqueen:

it isn’t actually but ok

qweent: Tulsa OK 1921: US Government Bombs US City National...

Thu, 30 May 2013 10:00:29 -0400

qweent:

Tulsa OK 1921: US Government Bombs US City

National Guard troops patrolling the streets armed. Thousands of black people held in a convention center. Hundreds of black dead, with bodies piled like wood. That was not New Orleans, that was Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June 1921.

On May 30, 1921 a young black man named Dick Rowland, stumbled into a white woman, while entering an elevator. He was accused of assault, and arrested the next day. Newly rich from oil Tulsa, was a Ku Klux Klan town. Rowland was sentenced to be hanged. The Tulsa Tribune called for a “Negro lynching tonight.”

The white mob was surprised when they were met by several dozen armed black men, dressed in their World War I uniforms. This led to a racist three day destruction of the black neighborhood of Greenwood. The Red Cross reported 300 mostly dead black people.

Greenwood called “Little Africa,” was a relatively wealthy community. White mobs, many deputized, destroyed every house, store, church or school. The mob met resistance from an armed black population. Governor Robertson declared martial law. The National Guard arrived with machine gun mounted trucks, and airplanes hovering over Greenwood. It was the first time an American city was bombed from the air, by the US government.

Over 6,000 black people, were round up and held in the convention center and fairgrounds, as long as eight days. The homeless were shuttled into a tent city, where typhoid and malnutrition took over. Blacks were allowed out of the convention center, with a tag, with an employers name. Thosands fled the city.

Attempts to turn Greenwood into an industrial zone were unsuccessful. For several years, it was deprived of paved streets, running water, and garbage collection.

See: Tulsa Reparations Coalition and thank you to Internationalist Group for presenting this story in your newspaper.

RENEGADE EYE

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I had no idea what to expect but Bogotá is amazing. The...

Mon, 27 May 2013 00:35:58 -0400

I had no idea what to expect but Bogotá is amazing. The mountains alone are enough to make me want to stay forever. We’ve got one more day here and then we’re off to Manizales. So, here’s a really weird selection of photos.

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Sun, 26 May 2013 13:00:30 -0400

aauw: A super awesome infographic on abortion laws across the...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:30:28 -0400

aauw:

A super awesome infographic on abortion laws across the world

leaving for colombia tomorrow

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:21:29 -0400

freaking out.

big time.

clothes everywhere.

books everywhere.

one suitcase overflowing.

possibly need to do laundry.

definitely need to go to target.

letsssss go!

antanlontan: She is a Tree of Life, II, Florida, 1950, Consuelo...

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:46:51 -0400

antanlontan:

She is a Tree of Life, II, Florida, 1950, Consuelo Kanaga
(via)

Photo

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:45:25 -0400

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Fri, 24 May 2013 00:45:02 -0400

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Thu, 23 May 2013 23:51:19 -0400

stringsdafistmcgee: NEED

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:31:16 -0400

stringsdafistmcgee:

NEED

reclaimingthelatinatag: Emmy Award-nominated Liza Garza...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:15:01 -0400

reclaimingthelatinatag:

Emmy Award-nominated Liza Garza is a poet, vocalist and songwriter. Infusing the cultural soul of Mexican folk tunes in modern ballads with the intricacy of Hip Hop rhyme schemes, she bridges the ancestral with the modern. With perfomances that include The Lincoln Center, The Apollo, the National Association of Latino Arts & Culture, HBO Def Poetry Jam and numerous stages world wide, diverse people are finding a home in her voice. [x]

Liza is amazing. This Mexican-American Muslim Latina sings about social inequities and structural violence. She has performed with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, Amir Sulaiman, Mos Def, and Jill Scott. Garza graduated from the University of Michigan, where she formulated her own degree in Performance Activism. Watch to her perform “My Everything” on HBO Def Poetry. You can also learn more about her here and follow her on tumblr here.

Oh! And she also makes and sells some seriously cool earrings.

anarcho-queer: Elderly Pakistani Man Stabbed To Death After...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:10:07 -0400

anarcho-queer:

Elderly Pakistani Man Stabbed To Death After Leaving Mosque In Birmingham

A 75-year-old man stabbed to death yards from his home may have been targeted in a racially motivated attack, according to police.

Mohammed Saleem, who used a walking stick, was stabbed three times in the back as he returned home from prayers at his local mosque in Small Heath, Birmingham, on Monday night.

The blows were struck with such violence they penetrated to the front of his body.

The father of seven also had no defensive wounds in what has been described as a swift, vicious and cowardly attack by the man leading the murder investigation, Detective Superintendent Mark Payne of West Midlands police.

Officers want to trace a white man, aged 25-32, of medium height and build, spotted on CCTV footage running near the scene of the attack around the time it happened, just before 10.30pm.

Police also want to trace a seven-seat people carrier captured on CCTV, driving near the mosque with the two male occupants, both white and in their 30s, who are considered “significant witnesses”.

In an emotional family appeal on Thursday, two of Saleem’s daughters, Shazia Khan, 45, and Nazia Maqsood, 44, called for the attackers to hand themselves in. They tearfully described their father as a “widely respected member of the community” and “much-loved”.

thatlupa: jaycubs: A Glasgow nightclub has installed a...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:09:24 -0400

thatlupa:

jaycubs:

A Glasgow nightclub has installed a two-way mirror which allows male revellers in private booths to spy on unsuspecting women as they visit the toilet! With no notification or signage anywhere in the venue many female club goers have been left feeling embarrassed and used. Although they do briefly show the mirrors in a promo video, the club has been quickly deleting comments and posts on their social media from club goers trying to alert others to the situation. This is pretty much illegal and hugley violates privacy. Thank you The Shimmy Club for giving us a shiny, new, creative and cool take on objectification.
article here

Just a “bit of fun”, says Management.