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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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#113 - The First Gen Series
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In this episode I want to introduce you to Adan and Pauline. Two first year students, please take a quick listen to our first conversation. We plan to record on Friday's and post by Monday so that there will be new fresh content on a regular basis. I want to thank all of you who have hung in there with the Reality Dysfunction this far and we're also really excited to continue this conversation about Chicano culture and Chicano politics into the 21st century.
In this new series I'll be working with students at Northern Arizona University, specifically 1st generation college students like myself, to have on-going conversations about their experiences and coming to campus, the changes that they see in themselves and the opportunities that they have to explore their history and their culture at a greater depth.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
#112 Why Peace is Impossible
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
This is a recording of a talk I thought I had lost. I gave this lecture on Nov. 15, 2014, at the Prescott College Masters Symposium. They never asked me back? The title of the talk is "Why Peace is Impossible."
I hope you enjoy it.
Friday Aug 16, 2024
#111 - Exploring Aztlan: From Myth to Insurgency
Friday Aug 16, 2024
Friday Aug 16, 2024
This presentation was given on August 15, 2024, over Zoom. It is a collaboration between the Chicano Liberation Committee of Denver, CO., and the Partido Nacional de la Raza Unida. Below is a description of the talk. This file is the presentation. Another file with the discussion will also be uploaded. The video of this meeting will be uploaded to YouTube and we will put the link to that in this description when it is.
"Aztlan represents more than a political stance; it is a declaration of Xicano identity and a call for resistance against settler colonial oppression. Aztlan embodies Xicano heritage, struggle, and a political vision for a future where our people are free from the constraints of a system never designed to serve us."
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Why build a political party?
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Short informational on the benefits of building a political party for the Xicana/o/x community.
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
Cesar Chavez and Ernesto Mireles
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
An idea I've been kicking around. Xicana/o/x spend so much time examining history - which is important. I think sometimes we forget that we're tomorrow's history. What happened 50 years ago is important but so is what's happening right now.
Be in the moment, right?
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
Counterinsurgency and the Xicano Movement
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
Saturday Jun 01, 2024
This episodes talks about how the current narratives questioning Xicano Indigeneity most likely originate with long term U.S. domestic counterinsurgency campaigns designed to depoliticize indigenous populations.
Thursday May 30, 2024
Insurgency and Aztlan
Thursday May 30, 2024
Thursday May 30, 2024
Insurgency is defined as a form of resistance against colonial or occupying forces.
Wednesday May 29, 2024
The Anti Aztlan Psyops
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Could those who label Aztlan as a tool of settler colonialism actually be long term government agents running a very sophisticated psyops in the Chicano community because they are worried about changing demographics in favor of Mexican Americans in the US and are trying to find a way to eliminate irredentist moves within the borders of the US.
Wednesday May 29, 2024
From Aztlan to Palestine
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
From Aztlan to Palestine is a presentation that examines the intersections between the Palestinian liberation struggle and the Chicano liberation struggle in the United States. Using first hand experience and documents from the Raza Unida Party archive Ernesto Ayala describes in detail the similarities between both peoples histories and social movements showing how Aztlan and Palestina are closer than one would ever imagine.
Wednesday May 29, 2024
What is the Raza Unida Party?
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
In the context of the Xicano national liberation movement and the ideology of Aztlán, the Raza Unida Party (RUP) was a political party founded in 1970 in Crystal City, Texas. It emerged in response to systemic discrimination and the political disenfranchisement of Mexican Americans. The RUP aimed to achieve self-determination for the Xicano community through political representation, education reform, and economic justice. It sought to build a unified front advocating for the rights and interests of Xicano/as, emphasizing cultural pride and grassroots activism to challenge and dismantle colonial structures within the United States.
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Self Determination
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
In the Xicano national liberation movement, self-determination refers to the right of Xicano/as to independently determine their political, cultural, and economic future. It emphasizes reclaiming control over their ancestral lands, preserving and promoting their indigenous heritage, and making decisions free from external domination and colonial influence. Self-determination is a core principle driving the quest for autonomy, justice, and the recognition of their sovereignty within the framework of Aztlán.
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Intro To Aztlan
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Aztlán as a concept serves as a powerful counter-narrative to settler colonialism, emphasizing indigenous sovereignty, historical legitimacy, cultural reconstitution, and resistance to colonial domination. These arguments collectively undermine the notion of Aztlán as a settler colonial project, framing it instead as a legitimate struggle for indigenous rights and self-determination.
Wednesday May 29, 2024
A Chicano plebiscite is different than regular voting
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Voting in a Chicana/o/x plebiscite is not necessarily equivalent to supporting settler colonial political parties like the Republicans and Democrats. Here's why:
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Aztlan is not a settler colonial ideology
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
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Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
In this episode of The Reality Dysfunction I am speaking with two exception young scholars Candelario Moreno and Selah Hernandez. We are discussing their recent presentation at the National Association of Chicana Chicano Studies conference in San Francisco. Its a good talk.
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
This episode is a recording of a National Association of Chicana Chicano Studies presentation by Melanie Vega. She is a first year student at Northern Arizona University in the political science department. The title of the panel was Voices Unheard: Accent Discrimination Against Chicanos in the United States.
Tuesday May 21, 2024
Tuesday May 21, 2024
This episode is a recording of a National Association of Chicana Chicano Studies presentation by Desirae Diaz. She is a first year student at Northern Arizona University in the psychology department. The title of the panel was Voices Unheard: Accent Discrimination Against Chicanos in the United States.
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Voices of Students for Palestine
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Spent the afternoon at the Northern Arizona University Free Palestine encampment. Students talked about why they were there and why it is important to support Palestine.
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
This recording is from the 2024 National Association of Chicana/Chicano Studies held in April 2024 in San Francisco. The three presenters are Brinley Carrillo, Demi Garcia and Violette Valencia. I have broken their presentation in to three separate podcasts to make it easier to listen. The abstract for the presentation is below.
Three years after the passing of Cesar Chavez in 1994, the United Farm workers under the direction of their new president Arturo Rodriguez began organizing Strawberry Workers in Watsonville. The Watsonville Strawberry Campaign followed the same organizing model the UFW had implemented during the grape campaigns of the 1960s-1980s. Taking on the Watsonville grower establishment through worker strikes and demonstrations
This panel will talk about the power dynamic between the growers, the UFW and the national community. Strikers and union members were treated poorly simply protesting and demanding their collective bargaining rights. The workers fighting in this campaign were known to be some of the most socially and economically exploited in the country.
Workers in Watsonville were fighting for a wage of $4.25 an hour and basic human necessities such as drinking water and clean toilets in the fields. This campaign was the biggest one for the UFW since the 1970s when it came to organizing farm labor. In addition, strawberry workers endured workplace conditions that made them even more susceptible to injuries, including no health insurance, which is especially serious when considering the amount of pesticides the workers were exposed to, and the health issues that arose from exposure.
Through interviews with public action organizers from several different states working for the United Farm Workers on the Strawberry Campaign as well as the President of the UFW at the time Arturo Rodriguez we will explore the perspective of those who were directly involved in the community organizing campaign and the reasoning behind their participation. What they saw as organizers across the country and what contributions they believe the Strawberry Campaign made to bettering conditions for workers in Watsonville.