Modern reflections – Xica Nation

Yacatsol: A border-crossing, multilingual, decolonial, “cura” music and art project

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Post published:September 8, 2020
Post category:Modern reflections Music Recent

Join Xica Nation / Xica Media network creator Iris Rodriguez to talk about Yacatsol, a border-crossing, multilingual, decolonial, “cura” music and art project. Produced by Radio VoxFem Xicanindia, a project which features music, visual art, film and changemaking by Xicana/Indigenous women. Episode 2, hosted by Producer Laura Varela, explores the musical stylings of Iris Rodriguez and Yacatsol. Keywords from the conversation: People, land, Texas, indigenous, resistance, music, dance, song, media, West Texas, Tonala, cumbia, Spanish, the Queen, Mexican Americans, protest, Mexican, birthplace, Edwards Plateau

National Chicano Moratorium gathered more than 30,000 activists, students, families and their children to the march down Whittier Blvd. in East Los Angeles, August 29, 1970. | Image courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library

50 Years Later: A State of War or a Permanent State of Insurrection?

Post author:Roberto Cintli Rodriguez
Post published:August 19, 2020
Post category:Modern reflections Recent

50 Years Later: A State of War or a Permanent State of Insurrection? By ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ (Vea la versión en español a continuación.) In Chicano Manifesto (1971), Armando…

YOU ARE INVITED: Watch “The Condor & The Eagle” with us! International movie release Wed 7/1

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Post published:June 27, 2020
Post category:Earth Warriors Modern reflections Recent Stories of the Land Stories of the People

Join us Wed 7/1 for a movie! Bring your family and friends, your tia, bring your kids, tell your neighbors, call your primos…