Crosspost: Thanksgiving and Forgotten Genocide: Brainwashing of American Textbooks

Check out this great post over at Muslim Reverie:
George Orwell, author of “1984”, once wrote: “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.”
Such holds true about the history of “Thanksgiving.” Those who are indigenous to the land we now call the “United States of America” have been long misrepresented, [...]

Lou Dobbs gets nailed by Maria Celeste for lying about immigrants being lepers. thumpandwhip.com

Read the full post at http://thumpandwhip.com. Telemundo’s Maria Celeste hammers Lou Dobbs for his lying about illegal immigrants supposedly bringing leprosy into the U.S. He says it was a reporte…

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Response To Another Lopsided Immigration Article

We need to take an honest look at immigration holistically, looking at the causes, rather than simply being stuck on the effects. Being stuck on the effects seems to be a tactic used by the anti-immigrants in order to keep the debate away from any sort of humanistic feel.
Before this country had its western [...]

Native American Indian Traditional Code of Ethics

From Pearls of Wisdom
1. Each morning upon rising, and each evening before sleeping, give thanks for the life within you and for all life, for the good things the Creator has given you and for the opportunity to grow a little more each day. Consider your thoughts and actions of the past day and seek [...]

We Taught That It Was Right To Kill, Nidal Hasan

Claiming Nidal Hasan’s shooting of his fellow soldiers sets back the Muslim community is as irresponsible as claiming all Muslims involved in a crime are terrorists.  First and foremost we must focus on finding answers by viewing each other as human beings.  Knowing that around 140 soldiers have committed suicide over the past year it [...]

Police Brutality in LA Goes Unanswered

As Police Chief William J. Bratton was recently recognized for his great service to the city of LA we’re reminded today that brutality was allowed to take place under his watch. Today we find out that the officers who beat participants in the 2007 May Day rally will not be prosecuted.
If we believe the [...]

Story of an Undocumented Student

My Testimony: An Unedited Version!
My name doesn’t matter. Where I was born, however, is of great importance….
I was born in a small town in Guanajuato, Mexico. Acambaro, the place where my parents and most of my family members claim their heritage, is also the only link to a past that I have yet to dismantle.
I [...]

Ethnic Hatred in Suffolk County – NY Times

With the country’s use of war as a toll for “positive” change it’s no surprise its citizens feel that hatred, intimidation, and murder and good tools to use against those you don’t agree with. When we’re able to find a better way to bring about positive social change we’ll see let’s violence. As [...]

Officials Say Detainee Fatalities Were Missed – NY Times

Officials Say Detainee Fatalities Were Missed
By NINA BERNSTEIN
Published: August 18, 2009
More than one in 10 deaths in immigration detention since October 2003 were omitted from an official list, the Obama administration said.
It’s really not hard to understand how deaths in detention centers can be missed. When people are marginalized and treated as subhuman there [...]

Stop Deportation of Dream Student Herta Llusho

Cross posted from Change.org

To: Sen. Debbie Stabenow MI, Sen. Carl Levin MI and Janet Napolitano (Department of Homeland Security), see more…Rep. Nancy Pelosi CA-08, Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick MI-13, Sen. Harry Reid NV, Sen. Debbie Stabenow MI, Sen. Carl Levin MI and Janet Napolitano (Department of Homeland Security)
Started by: Mo A
Please sign and send this letter, [...]