It’s always going to sound better coming from a lover, and I don’t fight those battles for others anymore.
Mexico president asks Biden to stop USAID funding opposition groups | Reuters
Mexico’s president asked his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden to stop the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from funding groups hostile to his government, according to a letter presented to journalists on Wednesday, echoing previous Mexican criticism of U.S. interventionism.
— Read on www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-president-asks-biden-stop-usaid-funding-opposition-groups-2023-05-03/
The Empire Strikes Back: Inside a clandestine neo-Nazi concert in Mexico City | International | EL PAÍS English
Swastikas, Nazi salutes and Hitler tattoos were all the rage at the event where Mexican and Spanish bands performed ‘hard and nationalist’ music
— Read on english.elpais.com/international/2022-11-09/the-empire-strikes-back-inside-a-clandestine-neo-nazi-concert-in-mexico-city.html
The NYPD Is Greeting Vigils for Jordan Neely With Brute Force – Hell Gate
And arresting journalists and activists documenting the crackdown.
— Read on hellgatenyc.com/the-nypd-is-greeting-vigils-for-jordan-neely-with-brute-force
After the Fire | Oxford Law Blogs
The magnitude of the Juarez fire also unraveled feelings that I could no longer keep in check, perhaps because of the accumulated horror of each one of these events, or of how unreachable, even implausible justice for the victims and their family and friends seems to be. It was also personal.
— Read on blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/blog-post/2023/05/after-fire
The Poetry Project > #272 – Spring 2023 > An Interview with Bernadette Mayer, Lisa Jarnot
I believe this interview, printed in the Feb/March 1998 issue of the Poetry Project Newsletter [#168], was a rapprochement meeting for me and Bernadette.
— Read on www.poetryproject.org/publications/newsletter/272-spring-2023-for-bernadette-mayer/an-interview-with-bernadette-mayer
errand #7
Out there, looking for an editor.
Fundraiser by Julia Arroyo : In memory and support for Banko Brown
On Thursday, April 27, Banko Brown was shot and killed by an armed security off… Julia Arroyo needs your support for In memory and support for Banko Brown
— Read on www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-and-support-for-banko-brown
How Virunga National Park became a battleground for imperialism – ScoonTv
This is a tale of the very worst of imperialistic desires, where black Africans fight a war never intended to benefit them.
— Read on www.scoontv.com/how-virunga-national-park-became-a-battleground-for-imperialism/
Madame Brouette | Cinema Awujo!
Madame Brouette | Cinema Awujo!
— Read on watch.africanfilmny.org/cinemaawujo/play/643827e58cfbf6002ca9b08b