By Val Reynoso In her article “For Many Latinos, Racial Identity Is More Culture Than Color,” Navarro addresses the complexities of Latinx racial and ethnic identities especially in regards to the US census. She explicates how the race classifications offered by the US census are not satisfactory to many Latin American descendants for numerous reasons; some of these reasons being
Read moreBy Val Reynoso After watching one of Lyndon Johnson’s speeches, I was reminded of how US politicians will use their platforms for lip service and euphemisms for imperialism in defense of the status quo which majority of citizens have accepted as the truth. Johnson spoke about the Hart-Celler Immigration Act of 1965, which essentially liberalized immigration regulations, made family reunification
Read moreBy Val Reynoso The U.S. boasts itself on being the land of the free; however, this narrative shifts in regards to U.S. government censorship of non-Western media, particularly through major social media outlets such as Facebook. Contemporary social media giants and politicians have been complicit in the censorship of media coverage that opposes that of mainstream news, with the justification
Read moreTonight, the United States’ fascist regime led by Donald Trump announced it has begun bombing Syria. We completely condemn the US declaration of war and utterly oppose US imperialism. As we said a year ago, US claims of chemical attacks by the Syrian government must be taken as propaganda. The US lied to get into war with Iraq, Lybia and
Read moreThis report was first published by Anticonquista. We are grateful to share this information. By Val Reynoso Venezuela and Colombia are Latin American nations located in the northern part of South America that are covered in diametrically-opposed ways. U.S. propaganda claims the Venezuelan government is authoritarian and repressive, often describing the country as a socialist “hell hole.” Meanwhile, it claims
Read moreBy Val Reynoso Capitalism is a system in which the means of production are privatized and held by corporations and other powerful groups of people, is founded on the idea of the free market (laissez-faire), privatized personal gain and is reliant on imperialism to exist. The Taino of Hispaniola were among the first to feel the wrath of Spanish imperialism
Read moreThere is a fairy tale the rich and their lackeys like to tell often. In fact, we hear it so much, many of us believe it. The story goes like this: A long time ago, America was sexist, racist, run by rich folks and did bad imperialist things. But now that’s over and everything is good and America is the
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