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The Reality Dysfunction Platform is the latest in unapologetic, thought-provoking discourse on Xicano identity, resistance, and liberation. Through podcasts, essays, and dialogue, we challenge conventional narratives, confront colonial legacies, and amplify voices committed to social transformation. Whether exploring cultural politics, insurgent theory, or grassroots organizing, The Reality Dysfunction Platform is where radical thought meets real-world action. #Control the Narrative. #Resist the Dysfunction.
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Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
Tuesday Oct 01, 2019
Milta Ortiz is smart, passionate about her community and showcases her commitment through the arts. Ortiz is a bilingual, bi cultural playwright, poet, and performer born in El Salvador. She moved to the United States at the age of eight and was raised in Northern California. She currently a director of the Borderlands Theater Company in Tucson, AZ., where she lives with her family.
I had some trouble with the recording so the first couple of sentences are a little garbled but its fine after that.
Here is the Wikipedia page for Milta.
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Thursday Sep 12, 2019
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
In this episode of The Reality Dysfunction Dr. Ernesto Mireles and Oscar Medina a recent Ph.D. student in Sustainable Education and a high school teacher in Tucson, AZ., talk about their own educational journey and how bringing Indigenous epistemologies to Raza students is helping to heal the inter-generational trauma of settler colonialism.
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Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
Adriana Abundis is a rising star in the Xicanx educational world. Working as a teacher in San Antonio, Tx., for the past eight year Abundis has immersed herself in the life and culture of that city. She is an emerging muralist who is creating visual resistance and opportunities for her students to immerse themselves in the history and cultury of their Xicanx community. She has led and created 3 inspirational murals on the West Side of San Antonio that stretch over 3,000 square feet and continues to create artistic symbols of indigeneity, identity and pride with her art network: Arte de Lush.
Please listen in on the future of Xicanx education in the Occupied Territories. Brave New Voices for a New Century.
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Wednesday May 08, 2019
Wednesday May 08, 2019
In this episode of The Reality Dysfunction Prof. Ernesto Mireles and Alex Yanish talk with historian Dr. Nora Salas and Daniel Osuna creator of the presentation 1492: Invasion or Discovery, 500 years of Indigenous Resistance. (https://youtu.be/qOgaK1UEJns)
This wide ranging conversation begins with the recent MEXA situation and goes through the necessity of building mass movements, the role of social media in building mass movements and the lack of leadership in the currenty Xicano movement.
We apologize for the sound on Brother Osuna's comments. We did the best we could and will work to improve it for the next time we have him on.
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Friday May 03, 2019
Friday May 03, 2019
The last discussion on the master work Left/Right: On the Significance of a Political Distinction. In this episode we go after it, Freedom and Authoritarianism and the Book end chapter Polestar.
In this special episode, we go after the most nefarious enemy, THE CENTRIST...
NY TIMES: CENTRIST ARE THE MOST HOSTILE TO DEMOCRACY
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Monday Apr 08, 2019
Monday Apr 08, 2019
A special episode! Alex Yanish and Dr. Ernesto Mireles sit down to talk with Maddox Wolfe about their organizing with the National Audubon Society, their theories of power and change, electoralism, and even a little about RED EMMA.
Maddox is a long time friend of The Reality Dysfunction and is doing great work nationally.
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Monday Apr 08, 2019
Monday Apr 08, 2019
Third of a four part discussion by Prof. Ernesto Mireles and Alex Yanish on the book by Norberto Bobbio which investigates the importance of the Left/Right political distinction in contemporary politics.
In this episode the Reality Dysfunction works through Chapter 5, Other Criteria and Chapter 6, Equality and Inequality. Why is the distinction so confusing? Does the Right or Left have the monopoly on Equality or is it about how one defines what inequality really means? The conversation continues...
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Tuesday Mar 19, 2019
Tuesday Mar 19, 2019
The Reality Dysfunction sits down with Turiya Coll of Sonoran Prevention Works. We sit down with the Northern Arizona Harm Reduction Coordinator to talk about Harm Reduction and different ways of approaching people who use drugs.
#Harmreduction #Arizona
Monday Mar 11, 2019
Monday Mar 11, 2019
First of a four part discussion by Prof. Ernesto Mireles and Alex Yanish on the book by Norberto Bobbio which investigates the importance of the Left/Right political distinction in contemporary politics.
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