THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 05.11.19
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: SAL BALDENEGRO ON ARE PICKET LINES AND MARCHES EFFECTIVE? THE EL RIO PARK CONTROVERSY REVISITED, NEW LATINOPIA DOCUMENT: PUERTO RICAN PROFESSORS LETTER TO HON. RAUL GRIJALVA … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MAS with SAL BALDENEGRO 5.19.19 “ARE PICKETS AND MARCHES EFFECTIVE?”
Are pickets, marches, etc., effective? Were the demonstrations, pickets, marches, etc., of the Chicano Movement effective? During an interview (by a college student for a term paper) I was asked that … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENTS 1970 EL RIO PARK
In 1970, the Mexican American communities of Tucson, Arizona, came together to fight for a public park for the children of two of the poorest barrios in the city. What began as a struggle for a local … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA DOCUMENT APPU PROFESSORS LETTER TO HON. RAUL GRIJALVA
CONTEXT: In 2016 Congress created PROMESA (Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act) and appointed a seven-member commission (known in Puerto Rico as La Junta) to administer a … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC CONJUNTO AZTLÁN “ROSARIO”
Conjunto Aztlán is a San Antonio-based music group with roots in the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1970s. The group is comprised of Juan Tejeda, J.J. Barrera, Clemencia Zapata, José Flores … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD TAFOLLA ON THE AMERICAN LITERARY CANON
Latinopia Word Tafolla on The Literary Canon from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. The American literary canon are the authors and their works who have been deemed over time to be the best of American … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD TRONCOSO ON THE AMERICAN LITERARY CANON
The American literary canon are the authors and their works who have been deemed over time to be the best of American literature. With few exceptions the canon has historically excluded diverse … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD BOWLES ON THE AMERICAN LITERARY CANON
The American literary canon are the authors and their works who have been deemed over time to be the best of American literature. With few exceptions the canon has historically excluded diverse … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD RICHARD MONTOYA ‘WHAT IS GREATEST CHICANO POEM?”
In 1974, Chicano poets José Montoya and José Antonio Burciaga traveled to New York to meet with Puerto Rican poets of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. On a street corner in Loisaida (the Lower East Side of … [Read more...]
MARK GUERRERO’S CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES – GEORGE OCHOA
This month Mark Guerrero visits with George Ochoa, who was a member of The Slauson Brothers band and Cannibal and the Headhunters in the '60s and Olde Tyme Religion and Yaqui in the '70s. Although not … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD DAVID BOWLES LORDS OF THE EARTH
Latinopia Word David Bowles Lords of the Earth from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. David Bowles is the author of short stories, novels, non-fiction, poetry and children's books. In the science fiction … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD TAFOLLA ON THE TEXAS INSTITUTE OF LETTERS
Carmen Tafolla is an accomplished author of prose, poetry and chidlren's books and past Poet Laureate of the city of San Antonio, Texas. She is also President of the prestigious Texas Institute of … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.04.19 “LA JUNTA – INCONSTITUCIONAL?”
Me enseña la experiencia que tanto tiene la vida de paradoja y congruencia, como de armonía y disonancia. Se suman a mis tribulaciones el acontecer reciente en torno al presente y el futuro de este … [Read more...]
MIS PENSAMIENTOS with ALDREDO SANTOS 5.12.19
Bienvenidos otra vez a La Voz Newspaper! In this issue of La Voz you will find a number of interesting stories and news items. Let us call to your attention our feature story on El Cinco de Mayo. … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD CHRISTINE GRANADOS “MAN OF THE HOUSE”
Christine Granados is an author who was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. Her writings reflect her experiences growing up along the U.S./Mexico border. Her collection of short stories "Brides and … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD ALEJANDRO MORALES THE BRICK PEOPLE
Latinopia Word Alejandro Morales The Brick People from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Alejandro Morales is a prolific Chicano author whose works include the novels Caras Viejas y Vino Nuevo (1975); Reto … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT PROFILE “1862 CINCO DE MAYO”
EL CINCO DE MAYO. Why celebrate an otherwise minor holiday in Mexico in the U.S. (or elsewhere for that matter)? Because El Cinco de Mayo is important to Chicanos and to freedom-loving Americans … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA ART CARLOS ALMARAZ CAR CRASHES
Latinopia Art Carlos Almaraz Car Crashes from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Renowned Chicano artist Carlos Almaraz (1941-2017) was honored with a retrospective of his works at the Los Angeles County … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC QUETZAL “MIGRA”
Quetzal is an East Los Angeles Chican@ band whose music reflects the social, political and cultural struggles of Latinos in the United States and Latin America. Founded in 1994 by Quetzal Flores, the … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MAS with SAL BALDENEGRO 4.13.19 “HONOR CESAR CHAVEZ: SUPPORT TOMATO PICKERS…”
"Safe" events don't create real change... It's the season to honor César E. Chávez and his legacy of labor activism on behalf of farm workers. However, many of the contemporary Chávez celebrations … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 1325 A.D. “WHAT IS AZTLÁN?”
The term Aztlán is used throughout the barrios of the Southwest to refer to the ancient homeland of the Mexica people--the ancestors of today's Mexicans and Mexican Americans. But what exactly is … [Read more...]