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Martinez: Domestic Workers Rising Up
Zmag Article, January, 07 2009
Elizabeth Martinez
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New labor activism among women of color working as domestics.
Martinez: Latinos Create a New Political Climate
Zmag Article, June, 01 2006
Elizabeth Martinez
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Between March 10 and May 1, 2006, five million people—mostly Latino—filled the streets in over 100 U.S. towns and cities with cries for justice in its treatment of migrant workers. Their dignified determination and fearless persistence startle...
Martinez: Combating Oppression Inside And Outside
Zmag Article, February, 01 2005
Elizabeth Martinez
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T here is a promising new development among social justice activists aimed at overcoming racism, a longtime barrier to unity. In the anti-war and global justice movements, activists from mostly- white organizations have been challenging oppressio...
Martinez: ¡No Más! No More! We Must Stop The Dirty Wars!
Zmag Article, January, 01 2005
Elizabeth Martinez
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A s 16,000 people listened, the names of 767 Salvadorans massacred at a single village rang out, one after the other, on a sunny afternoon last November in Columbus, Georgia. After each name we shouted "Presente!"—a ...
Martinez: Looking for Color in the Anti-War Movement
Zmag Article, November, 01 2003
Elizabeth Martinez
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As a speaker at a San Francisco anti-war rally last fall, I tried to emphasize the importance of seeing the threatened war on Iraq in terms of this country’s racism here and around the world. In that spirit, I ended my comments with a chant by s...
Martinez: Don't Call This Country "America"
Zmag Article, August, 01 2003
Elizabeth Martinez
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I f ever there was a time to break the habit of calling this country "America," as if no other nations existed in this hemisphere, it is in the current era of Permanent War and arrogant empire-building.
Martinez: Black & Brown Workers Alliance Born In North Carolina
Zmag Article, March, 01 2000
Elizabeth Martinez
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In recent years, thousands of Latino migrants have come to work in the Southeast and often remained as permanent residents. In North Carolina alone, the number of Latinos rose from about 77,000 in 1990, according to the Census Bureau, to over 300,...
Martinez: The New Youth Movement In California
Zmag Article, March, 01 2000
Elizabeth Martinez
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Last February, 42 mostly professional adults—lawyers, teachers, civil rights leaders, and older activists—were arrested for shutting down the Oakland jail to demonstrate against a vicious juvenile crime la...
Martinez: Weaving A Net That Works
Zmag Article, September, 01 1998
Elizabeth Martinez
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It was lunchtime in a dusty barrio near Tijuana, Mexico, where the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice (SNEEJ) had come to meet in July 1993. The schedule called for us to march to a transfer station for hazardous waste,...
Martinez: High School Students In The Lead
Zmag Article, March, 01 1998
Elizabeth Martinez
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 Who’s got the power? We’ve got the power. What kind of power? Youth power!" The train was packed with dozens of high school students who had walked out of classes and jumped onto the BART subway without paying. They came from San Fra...
Martinez: It's a Terrorist War on Immigrants
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Elizabeth Martinez
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In the spring of 1997, a Latino immigrant who had worked legally in the United States for 40 years committed suicide after receiving a letter saying that under the new welfare law his Supplemental Security Income (SSI) migh...
Martinez: The Movie That Makes Magic With Pennies
Zmag Article, March, 01 1997
Elizabeth Martinez
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Falling in love with a movie can happen now and then, but how often does a dazzling film like Follow Me Home come along? A film whose politics make the revolution seem possible after all, whose aesthetics are brilliantly unpredictable and whose ac...
