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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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Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
To secede or not to secede, that is the question.
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Once again The Reality Dysfunction takes on an often overlooked aspect of this election. The noise around post election violence is becoming more and more strident everyday but what does that really mean for the Xicano/Latino community. Its to the point words like civil war are being thrown around like it may be an inevitability. Recent the questions was posted by Dr. Roberto Cintli Rodriguez if white supremacist declare a civil war and secede from the United States will POC follow their example? (you can read his article here) It's a provocative subject and one that deserves consideration within the realm of Xicano politics. Included here are jpegs of a letter that is being passed around in the Prescott, AZ., area from the leader of the local milita. Read the messages below.
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Music:
Kid Frost "This if for La Raza"
Rebel Diaz "Which side are you on"
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Xicano Institute for Teaching and Organizing
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
In this special segment of The Reality Dysfunction we are posting a recent discussion that took place with MeXicanos 2070. This discussion centered on the Xicano Insitute for Teaching and Organizing (XITO) and it's emergence from the Tucson Mexican American Studies struggle. How is XITO carrying on the legacy of the MAS struggle in the teacher training work it is doing across the country?
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Juvenile Life without Parole: Efren Paredes and the fight for his life
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
In this episode of The Reality Dysfunction we talk to Efren Paredes Jr, who at age 15 was convicted of a murder he did not commit. He has been incarcerated for the past 31 year. He battled tirelessly to overturn the Juvenile Life Without Parole Laws in the country, which changed in 2012. After battling the Berrien County prosecutor for 10 years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that youth should not be sentenced to life without parole Efren will finally be entering the court room next week on Oct. 5 for his last chance to appeal to the Berrien County court to stop pursuing a sentence of life and give him a term of years. Which would make him eligible for parole immediately after the resentencing hearing. In effect he has been held in the MDOC system without a legal sentence for 10years, on top of already having served 21 years for a crime he did not committee.
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
Wednesday Sep 30, 2020
In this episode the dysfunctional crew talks to Jennifer Allen Aroz, League of Conservation Voter's (LCV) senior vice president of community engagement who founded Chispa in 2014.
Chispa is the community organizing/engagment arm of LCV that is staffed by Xicana/o/x and Latina/o/x organizers in barrios and cities across the country creating community based committees that are addressing environmental justices issues.
Here is a link to learn more about Chispa and the work they are doing across the country. https://www.lcv.org/chispa/