Wednesday, April 05, 2006
On Being "NICE"
I just wrote a letter to some APS School Board members because I've heard rumors that Prinicples are threatening to expel students if they walk out in support of immigrant rights.
The email address is boarded@aps.edu if you want to share similar sentiments.
Also, I heard last night that more anti-immigrant calls have gone into the US Senate than pro-immigrant. So if you haven't called yet, please call your Senator and tell 'em to support workers' rights, vote FOR the McCain amendment.
Here's a poem/song that someone sent on a list and I'm posting it here because I know it would be appreciated by some!
It isn't nice to block the doorway
by Malvina Reynolds
It isn't nice to block the doorway
It isn't nice to go to jail
There are nicer ways to do it
But the nice ways always fail
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
You told us once, you told us twice
But if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind.
It isn't nice to carry banners
Or to sit in on the floor
Or to shout our cry of Freedom
At the hotel and the store
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
You told us once, you told us twice
But if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind.
We have tried negotiations
And the three-man picket line,
Mr. Charlie didn't see us
And he might as well be blind.
Now our new ways aren't nice
When we deal with men of ice,
But if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind.
How about those years of lynchings
And the shot in Evers' back?
Did you say it wasn't proper
Did you stand out on the track?
You were quiet just like mice
Now you say we aren't nice
But if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind.
The email address is boarded@aps.edu if you want to share similar sentiments.
Also, I heard last night that more anti-immigrant calls have gone into the US Senate than pro-immigrant. So if you haven't called yet, please call your Senator and tell 'em to support workers' rights, vote FOR the McCain amendment.
Here's a poem/song that someone sent on a list and I'm posting it here because I know it would be appreciated by some!
It isn't nice to block the doorway
by Malvina Reynolds
It isn't nice to block the doorway
It isn't nice to go to jail
There are nicer ways to do it
But the nice ways always fail
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
You told us once, you told us twice
But if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind.
It isn't nice to carry banners
Or to sit in on the floor
Or to shout our cry of Freedom
At the hotel and the store
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
You told us once, you told us twice
But if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind.
We have tried negotiations
And the three-man picket line,
Mr. Charlie didn't see us
And he might as well be blind.
Now our new ways aren't nice
When we deal with men of ice,
But if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind.
How about those years of lynchings
And the shot in Evers' back?
Did you say it wasn't proper
Did you stand out on the track?
You were quiet just like mice
Now you say we aren't nice
But if that is Freedom's price
We don't mind.
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"Let freedom ring!"
This recent trend of peaceful activism by our young raza is inspiring, as long as it remains positive and meaningful. Just read my brother's blog on the march that was held in El Chuco:
http://carlos.marentes.com/blog/?p=8
Around the country, the message has been clear, let's just hope the man on the hill is litening.
This recent trend of peaceful activism by our young raza is inspiring, as long as it remains positive and meaningful. Just read my brother's blog on the march that was held in El Chuco:
http://carlos.marentes.com/blog/?p=8
Around the country, the message has been clear, let's just hope the man on the hill is litening.
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: 7:11 PM
I fear too many are suffering from migraphoblia:
http://www.workingforchange.com/comic.cfm?itemid=20607
Machi
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