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Broadcasting from Occupied Territories, War of the Flea Media, it’s The Reality Dysfunction podcast. A space where diverse a group of brown folk from across the nation explore the political experiences and the social future of our Xicano/Latino community. #Control the Narrative. #Resist the Dysfunction.
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Saturday May 30, 2020
On the ground in Minneapolis
Saturday May 30, 2020
Saturday May 30, 2020
This episode of The Reality Dysfunction has us talking to Dr. Cirien Saadeh and Cruz Rodriguez, both of them are organizer/activists in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This conversation was recorded on Friday May 28, the day after the Minneapolis Third Police Precinct building was torched by protesters demanding justice on behalf of the murdered George Floyd.
Floyd was choked to death by Derek Chauvin a Minneapolis police officer with a history of violent behavior toward people of color. In the last few days spontaneous uprisings have occurred in cities across the United States all demanding justice and an end to the murder of black and brown people by the police.
Below you will find links to a number of organizations that are doing important work on the ground in Minneapolis. Donate if you can.
*note* do not include “BLM” in your payment note, some are getting blocked. Also many orgs listed below are in immediate need as well, please check out that section.
Immediate Need (updated 5/30 6:00pm) :
- WFPC Direct Action and Rapid Response Spreadsheet (consistently updated, supply drop offs, sign ups, donations, etc.) centralized frontlines fund: https://secure.everyaction.com/fxrNs65SYEiFw59Zegwcnw2?fbclid=IwAR0PYYLjqSscr1uK6dbru074-Tih8tsMlbsKEGDqLJ0A49Cl7oI7BaAlcUQ
- @melly3141 on venmo (on the ground, food and supplies)
- $Isakdouah on cashapp (buying gas masks for protestors)
- zelle number: 6125989366, $yhaante on cashapp (on the ground, supplies/first aid)
- @cypress-kenney on venmo (warm meals for organizers and frontliners)
Listed on 5/29 (have not been updated of status but most likely still accepting funds)
- @gabisoglam on venmo, $sapphireluxxe on cashapp (Black trans woman in need of funds for medical attention w/out insurance coverage and funds to support a care team sending out supplies and care)
- $notmuna on cashapp, https://www.paypal.me/munaahmed (Black woman protester in need of funds)
Listed on 5/28 (have not been updated of status but most likely still accepting funds)
- $voxpayne on cashapp (on the ground, supplies and hospital bail fund)
- @femmeempowermentproject on venmo (on the ground, supplies/herbal medicine care)
- @cassidyminarik on venmo (on the ground, supplies)
- @miasolange on venmo (on the ground, supplies)
- $CarmenMeans on cashapp (donations for local food bank, also accepting items for donation: https://twitter.com/prozacandblunts/status/1266068258572111876)
- @sonianeculescu (on the ground, funds for unhoused folks)
Organizations and Groups (consider making monthly donations!!):
- Minnesota Freedom Fund (bail funds): UPDATE 5/29 2:49pm, MFF asking for donations to also be directed to other orgs listed below!! They have received a flood of support, please share the wealth!!! Keep donating here as well!!!
- Reclaim the Block (organizing)
- Black Visions Collective (organizing and mutual aid)
- Northstar Health Collective (medical donation):
- MN Healing Justice Network / Spiral Collective (long haul care, ongoing trauma response, immediate funds to healers on site at Cup Foods and Moon Palace Medic Relief)
- Unicorn Riot (on the ground independent media)
- Lake St Council (help clean and rebuild lake st. businesses):
- Women for Political Change Mutual Aid Fund (mutual aid and resource coordination)
- Women for Political Change Frontline Fund (protestor supplies and redistributed funds to direct protestors)
- Divine Natural Ancestry (free food for the people, local farm led by Black womxn)
- Minnesota Youth Collective (organizing and space)
- Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en La Lucha, CTUL_TC (organizing and space)
- Twin Cities Recovery Project (Grief and trauma support, long haul care, ongoing trauma response, immediate funds to healers on site at Cup Foods and Moon Palace Medic Relief)
- Twin Cities DSA (groceries for meals for community members)
Individual Funds:
- @gabisoglam on venmo, $sapphireluxxe on cashapp (Black trans woman in need of funds for medical attention w/out insurance coverage and funds to support a care team sending out supplies and care)
- $notmuna on cashapp, https://www.paypal.me/munaahmed (Black woman protester in need of funds)
Lawyers:
- BEST # FOR PROTESTORS TO WRITE ON THEIR BODY: 612-444-2654 National Lawyers Guild MN Chapter: https://nlgmn.org/, https://www.facebook.com/nlgminnesota, contact is Michelle Gross nlgminn@gmail.com
- Noah M. Johnson “I am willing to give free legal advice to anyone associated with tonight’s protests”: noah@uptownlawyer.com , 612-827-6781 (office), 763-213-9068 (cell)
- T. Zathras “If anyone is in need of legal representation due to their participation in tonight’s protests, DM me. I may not have criminal law experience but I will represent you for free”.: https://twitter.com/TZath/status/1265488843534467080?s=20
- Criminal and Juvenile Defense Clinic at University of St. Thomas is offering free legal representation, probably will have to leave message but team will respond quickly: 651-962-4960
- Legal Rights Center: 612-337-0030, AFTER HOURS: 612-444-2654 (Nat’l Lawyers Guild)
- Rachel Crane “IMMIGRATION SPECIFIC - Not an attorney, but work with many immigration attorneys. I can put people in touch with attorneys who will do pro bono immigration work for those whose participation in these protests has an impact on immigration status”: 805-815-6209 or rachelleahcrane@gmail.com
- Martine Law “If any peaceful protestors were wrongfully arrested and need pro bono representation please invite them to call” 612-208-8076
George Floyd Family/Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
NATIONAL LIST:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CjZMORRVuv-I-qo4B0YfmOTqIOa3GUS207t5iuLZmyA/edit
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
This special episode of The Reality Dysfunction was recorded April 23, 2020, in a Zoom/Facebook live webinar hosted by Mexicanos 2070 an organization I have been working with for close to a year now.
In this presentation the moderator is myself Dr. Ernesto and the panelists are all current members of the Raza Unida Party located in the Pacoima/San Fernando area. Our speakers are Ernesto Ayala, Jenaro Ayala, Estela Ayala, and Amado Guzman. This is a dynamic conversation about the current state of Xicano/a politics and the necessity of building organization in our communities.
Saturday May 23, 2020
Gentrification
Saturday May 23, 2020
Saturday May 23, 2020
In the episode of The Reality Dysfunction: X/L Edition our panel of dysfunctional experts on the Xicano Lation community take on the issues of gentrification. As the children of white flighters find their way back into the inner city Xicanos/Latinos find themselves faced once again with physical, emotional and economic displacement from neighborhoods that have generational significance.
Perhaps a part of the solution to gentrification can be found in the development of political, economic and educational strucutures that push the Xicano/Latino community beyond our colonized relationship with the United States.
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Monday May 18, 2020
A conversation with the Brown Berets
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
This special episode of The Reality Dysfunction is a recording made May 14, 2020 in a Zoom/Facebook live webinar hosted by Mexicanos 2070 an organization I have been working with for close to a year now.
The moderators on behalf of Mexicanos 2070 are Daniel Osuna and Ernesto Ayala. The three Brown Berets present are Connie Gonzalez of San Bernardino, Sergio Lujan of El Paso, Tx, and Argelio Grion of Northern Califas. They are speaking on behalf of their own chapters and La Mesa a national organizing structure for Brown Beret chapters all over the country.
This is a fascinating discussion, especially for anyone wanting to know more about the current state of the Xicano movement.
Friday May 15, 2020
We ain't fake news
Friday May 15, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
In this episode of The Reality Dysfunction: X/L edition the crew takes on where we get our news and how important it is to maintain those open lines of communications in our respective communities. One way to combat misinformation is to double check your facts. Social media gives a whole new perspective on the practice of chisme so we have to ask ourselves, how can we use the advances of modern technology to push a social, political and economic agenda forward for our community? We talk about this and more.
Monday May 04, 2020
Monday May 04, 2020
In this episode of The Reality Dysfunction we have the very real pleasure of talking with Margo Cowan, Lupe Castillo and Gage Stewart. Margo and Lupe are organizers of many decades who have taken on the US immigration system over and over with surprising success. Their secret is building community power through community mobilization. We talked about their ongoing campaign - Justice for All - which takes as one of its central tenets that the right to legal counsel should not depend on charity. It is a brilliant campaign that Castillo and Cowan are heading up through their grassroots “fighting machine” Keep Tucson Together. These veteranas are on point.
Lupe Castilla is arrested at Tucson MAS protest
Here is the link to the campaign website:
https://sites.google.com/view/justiceforallinpimacounty
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