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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 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/
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
In this second part the Dysfunctionals finish their conversation with Michigan State University professor Dr. Yomaira Figueroa. This converstation got so interesting it went long and we had to break it into two parts. Listen to the first part here. Below is a link to Dr. Figueroa's website.
And as always mad respect to The Fugees.
http://www.yomairafigueroa.com/
Guantanamera by The Fugees
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
This week the Dysfunctionals talk with Michigan State University professor Dr. Yomaira Figueroa. This converstation got so interesting it went long and we had to break it into two parts. Listen to the first part here. Below is a link to Dr. Figueroa's website.
And as always mad respect to The Fugees.
http://www.yomairafigueroa.com/
Guantanamera by The Fugees
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
Turning out the BIPOC vote in battleground states
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
In this episode of The Reality Dysfunction, the dysfunctionals talk with Pete Vargas the Resturant Organizing Center Michigan director who is raising money and moblizing Black and Brown organizers to help defeat Donald Trump in the fall.
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Dr. Carlos Aleman - Building Political Power and Networks in the Deep South
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
This week on The Reality Dysfunction the dysfunctionals are talking with Dr. Carlos Aleman the deputy director of Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama a non-profit organization, created in 1999, which aims to improve the quality of life for Latinos living in Alabama. In addition to these duties Dr. Aleman recently ran for Homewood, Al., city council and won with a resounding 58% of the vote. It is important to note that Homewood is 80 percent white. A truly impressive win.
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
RNC - The Cucuy is gonna get ya!
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
The week the Dysfunctionals take on the Republican National Convention and it ain't pretty.
Monday Aug 24, 2020
How we see - the DNC.
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
This week the dysfunctionals take on the Democratic National Convention and it's underwhelming Xicano/Latino presence. It's a free ranging conversation but important as we come to grips with our political presence in this country.
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
“Developing our Bench” field notes from a winning electoral campaign.
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
In this episode of The Reality Dysfunction, our dysfunctional gang talks with three term state of Michigan House representative Vanessa Guerra. Representative Guerra, (D-95th district) won the August 4, primary against four time incumbent Saginaw County Clerk Michael Hanley. Guerra won by a landslide 6000 votes in largely rural county in which Mexicans make up eight percent of the population. The gang has many questions for Guerra and she has lots of advice for young people (and old) about running for office and how and when to get involved.
In addition to Rep. Guerra our usual dysfunctional crew of Alexandra Lozada (NY), Juan Carlos Vega (Washington DC), Rainer Delgado (MI), Daniel Soza (MI), Francisco Lopez, (CA), Carlos Hernandez (TX) and Ernesto Mireles (AZ). Also joining us for the podcast are Maria Zavala Paredes, Carolina Sanchez and Cecilia Olvera.
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sports Mascots part 2 -
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Greetings Dysfunctionals in the second part of our conversation on sports mascots the crew is speaking with Karen Schaumann-Beltran, Maria Zavala Paredes, and Monica Washington Padula the leader of a successful 6-year campaign in Paw Paw, Michigan, to rid the local high school of their racist Redskin’s mascot. Their stories are gripping and will give all of us real insight into how a successful anti mascot campaign is conducted and the personal price the people organizing the campaign pay.
The cast of dysfunctional regulars appears, Alexandra Lozada, Daniel Soza, Francisco Lopez, Rainer Delgado, Juan Carlos Vega and myself Ernesto Todd Mireles.
This is the link to the article referenced several times in the podcast.
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Sports Mascots Part1
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
In this episode of The Reality Dysfunction the crew takes on the issue of sports mascots and the deeply ingrained anti-indigenous nature of so called "respect" in the naming of sports teams.
Monday Jul 27, 2020
The 1930s Repatriado: The Mass Deportation of People of Mexican Ancestry
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
National Level Politics - Getting past ourselves to create political power.
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
In this episode of The Reality Dysfunction we talk about national politics and how we can get past our own egos, drop the fingerwagging (name shaming), identity boxes and what it will take to build a politcal persona in the Xicano/Latino community across the country.
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Why can't 50 million "Latinos" force an immigration amnesty?
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
In this episode of The Reality Dysfunction your panel discusses immigration, someof the recent successes and the importance of getting involved and a little bit on why we cant get this amnesty done.
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Space + Time = Will: Insurgent Aztlan and National Liberation
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Do Mexicans Hate Black People?
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
In this freewheeling episode of The Reality Dysfunction, the dysfunctionals discuss the subject of Brown on Black prejudice.
Saturday Jun 13, 2020
Abolish the Police!
Saturday Jun 13, 2020
Saturday Jun 13, 2020
Abolish the police has been the battle cry across the country for the past couple of weeks. This abolitionist movement is not new and has been working for decades to achieve this goal. This week, our gang of dysfunctionals talks about their own hopes around abolishing the police.
We are joined again by Dr. Cirien Saadeh of Minneapolis who is talking about some of the push back by the non profit sector to stop the total disbanding of the police.
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Rioters, Looters? How about Freedom Fighters? Black Lives Matter!
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Friday Jun 05, 2020
Today we are talking about the recent rebellions taking place across this country as reactions to the deaths of Geroge Floyd, Breona Taylor and Auhmad Arbery. Black men and women visciously murdered by the police all within the past month.
Our dysfunctional crew of experts takes on the topic and how it applies to the Xicano/Latino community and what we need to be doing in our own communities to support and validate Black lives while preparing politically to end the mass incarceration of children on the border, men and women in prison, and the disregard the colonial system has for Black and Brown lives. This episode was recorded on June 3, 2020.
In this episode we mention a few different links. You can find them below.
Sign the petition to reinstate the Raza Unida Party Facebook page. https://www.change.org/REINSTATERAZAUNIDA
Also, if you get a chance check out my latest blog post You Say You Want a Revolution?
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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