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SAN JOSE — “Intersections: Reflections of Home and Migration,” is the artistic expression of a local neighborhood of mostly Latino and Vietnamese immigrants. Hector Dio Mendoza, pictured with glasses, who came to the United States from Mexico 15 years ago, portrays the idea of memory and a new life in a vibrant mix of artifacts, photography and interactive media....

New Orleans neo-griot Kalamu ya Salaam announces Listen to the People radical history project & blows the roof off NYC Bowery Poetry Club Katrina benefit with a "poem" perhaps described as "Superdome Systems of Thought - Death to the System!" 25 minute, 37 MG quicktime.mov video....

For fans of rebel music and conscious hip hop, Emcee Lynx is pleased to announce the release of “Living in the Shadow”, his fifth independent release in five years featuring 16 tracks of all-original material. As always, the album is available for free download from his website, http://emceelynx.circlealpha.com. (Making the music free is a statement against the commodification of music and culture by corporations, and is the best way to make sure it is available to people all over the wor...

I both enjoyed, and was moved deeply, by the movie Brokeback Mountain. I am sure that I will see it again. Upon reflection, however, there are a few things that bothered me...

...But this begs the question: why is Munich more famous than the savage bombardment of Palestinian refugee camps back in February prior to Munich? And why did the letter bombs to three Palestinian writers not get any world attention? Why did American liberals and PEN not notice it back then? ...The movie did not tell you that by the time the Israeli terrorists finished with their “mission,” some 100 Palestinians and Lebanese were murdered on that day in April 1973....

EVENT / Announcement / Pleas join our website, building momentum for BANG4CHANGE 2006, Ciivil Rights Fest , SAT 2-25-06, in front of SF City Hall !...

Ballade of the Abolitionists Dedicated to John Brown, for the Abolition of Slavery, and to Tookie Williams, for the Abolition of the Death Penalty. By Geoffery Bard California, USA December 11, 2005...

Balboa High School and Lincoln High School reached the finals on Turkey Day and played a good football game. The score was 21-20 in favor of Lincoln High School. There was a very decent turn out at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco to watch a really good game with the High School students, parents, teachers, former students, friends, coaches, principals - all having a good time....

Come celebrate the release of a new recording honoring survivors of Hurricane Katrina and calling for racial justice from Oakland to New Orleans. Enjoy art, music and spoken word....

Here is the anti-war acceptance speech sent on CD to PEN Oakland by award-winning, UK-based author, Suhayl Saadi who won a PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Literary Award on December 2nd. For financial reasons, Saadi was unable to travel to the US himself to collect his prize....