Gracias Hermano Nativo ~ I wholeheartedly agree that Senor Dennis Kucinich is the most progressive candidate running with his platform. However, in connected reality we know he cannot actually win the Democratic nomination and any other choice is the same old 'lesser of two evils' result. It's the same shit, different day.....
I for one believe that John Edwards had the most winnable chance for awhile, but that is now over so as far as the Democratic nomination for President is concerned. So it will probably go to Hillary Clinton, though Obama is still a 'wild card'. However, in connected reality White Amerikans of all established parties will simply not vote for a black African-American man, thus, that leaves dear Hillary. The White vote, business as usual, will be the deciding vote, period!
Latinos will not be a decisive factor in the 08 Presidential Elections as there has not been enough community ground work in terms of local voter education and voter registration Aztlan-wide. The Black vote cold be decisive but not determinative. The White Vote still rules in present-day Amerikan electoral politics!
Many African-Americans are torn between Hilary and Obama. Certain key voting blocs could cancel each other out and no one should naively assume the next President will be a Democrat.
Hell, we ourselves of La Raza Cosmica cannot even agree on what to call ourselves as a unique people!?!?! The term 'Mexican-American' implies an endorsement of and endearment to White Racist Amerika and 'Chicano' to describe us all is too natinalistic and nostalgic about a mythical Chicano nation. We should of worked a lot more with Mexican nationals decades ago!
Narrow cultural nationalism helped to ruin the Chicano Movement of the 60's and we still have aging and nostalig former Brown Berets still mourning the past!
I myself am of Apache-Yaqui native descent, but despite the real yearnng of the Lakota Sioux, there is no independent sovereign and recognized 'Indian' nation inside the continental United States. A true sovereign nation must be able to defend and protect its own borders from any foreign encroachments. Who owns the land and its natural resources, inclding the water?!?
We will have to be patient and play the cards we have been dealt by historical forces as we search for new tactics in relation to a general strategy of mass education-liberation and we must do that as a United People of Mother Earth beyond racial-nationalist mentalities and boundaries.
I myself prefer the term 'Latinos' in relation to La Raza because it is the most inclusive, yet does not explicitly identify our indigenus roots. Are we really the 'lost tribe of Aztlan' after all?
For Liberty and Justice for All! Including Immigrants!
End the Imperilist Occupation of Iraq!
Insurgent Peter S. Lopez, HELP Field Coordinator
Email: sacranative@yahoo.com
Cell: 916/968-1023
Sacramento, California, U.S.A.
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Mexican American Political Association
Announces Primary Election Endorsement ResultsSaturday, January 19, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Nativo V. Lopez
NativoLopez@mapa-ca.org or 323.236.7990Mexican American Political Association Announces
Primary Election Endorsement ResultsLos Angeles, CA. The Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) has just finished tabulating the voting results for its primary election endorsements. A similar process will take place later this year for the general election. It might be noted that MAPA, unlike other organizations, can, according to its bylaws, endorse multiple candidates of the various political parties in both the primary and general elections. It also reserves the right to not endorse, as is seen for the Republican Party candidate(s) during the current primary contest.California Ballot Propositions:91 - Transportation funds (YES)
92 - Community College Funding (YES)
93 - Limits on Legislators (NO)
94-97 - Gaming Compacts (YES)
Candidates:
Democratic Party endorsement for primary presidential candidate: Dennis Kucinich"We concurred that Dennis Kucinich is the most consistent candidate with the principles of MAPA and the interests of the Latino voters, workers, families, and youth, and of all American voters."He has consistently called for and demanded an end to the war against the sovereign people of Iraq and an immediate return of U.S. troops to their families;"He has consistently fought for and advocated in favor of a single-payer not-for-profit healthcare system, which accords with the material and spiritual interests of all Americans, irrespective of any medical pre- conditions, age, immigration status, or income. He has clearly articulated that the U.S. healthcare system does not need the insurance companies as middlemen or moneymen as go between the medical professionals and the patients."This is the candidate who does not accept corporate contributions and steadfastly support public financing of elections as a way to rid the system of special money interests who buy and sell our politicians."Kucinich, the son of immigrants, has most consistently articulated a fair and humane option for immigration reform that accords with the interests of all American workers who have the right to protect their jobs, and also immigrants who are contributing to the wealth of America and therefore deserve to obtain legal status in a fair and judicious way. He has opposed the construction of border walls, unlike the other top tier candidates who voted in favor of constructing the wall along the Mexico and U.S. border."He has most astutely opposed the type of 'free trade' policies pursued by this and former administrations as detrimental to the U.S. economy and workers, and which result in the export of millions of jobs, and also result in undermining the economies of our neighbors, which in turn are forced to expel their workers as new migrants to the U.S. He has called for the repeal of NAFTA and has advocated for the prospect of fair trade."It is for these reasons that MAPA formally endorses citizen Congressman Dennis Kucinich for the Democratic Party presidential candidate."GREEN PARTY endorsement for primary presidential candidate: Cynthia McKinney"MAPA endorses Cynthia McKinney for the Green Party presidential candidate."MAPA reviewed the voting and political record of Cynthia McKinney and found her to be most consistent with the principles of MAPA, particularly as that relates to the urgent need for favorable and progressive immigration reform, and for the need to unite Latino and African American workers and communities."REPUBLICAN PARTY endorsement for primary presidential candidate: None"MAPA decided to NOT endorse any of the primary party Republican candidates due to their anti- immigrant assaults and slants in platform and posture, which will only continue to paint the immigrant as the Willie Horton of the 2008 elections."PEACE AND FREEDOM endorsement for primary presidential candidate" Cynthia McKinney"MAPA endorses Cynthia McKinney for the Peace and Freedom presidential candidate."No other endorsements were extended to the Libertarian or American Independent candidates.The Mexican American Political Association, an advocacy organization, was founded in Fresno, California in 1963 and has chapters throughout California. It is dedicated to the constitutional and democratic principles of political freedom and representation for the Mexican, Mexican-American and Latino people in the United States. For more information, visit the MAPA website at www.MAPA.org
Join us in this prolonged campaign for driver's licenses and visas for our families. The first step in making change is to join an organization that pursues the change we desire. We welcome you to our ranks.Other organizations leading this movement include: Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana, Mexican American Political Association (MAPA), MAPA Youth Leadership, Liberty and Justice for Immigrants Movement, National Alliance for Immigrant's Rights, and immigrant's rights coalitions throughout the U.S..CONTACT:
Nativo V. Lopez, National President of MAPA (323) 269-1575
Mexican American Political Association
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