No Borders and Binaries

“California will collapse before breakfast, London before lunch, and most of Europe just before dinner.”
Sharan Burrow, president of the International Trade Union Confederation.
The Global Forum on Migration and Development opened in Manilla today with delegates from 151 countries in attendance.
Obviously, the United States mainstream news media is not about to pick up on [...]

I mentioned earlier that the computer-generated 55-second video footage of giant fireworks on film at the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was pure simulacrum–with no relation to ‘reality.’ It turns out that there was more “staging” than meets the eye at the 2008 Beijing games.

First, a 9-year old lip-synced the song “Ode [...]

“I’m here and this is my dream. So it’s cool.”

Cejudo, crying the moment the match ended and wrapping himself in an American flag, defeated Tomohiro Matsunaga of Japan 2-2 on tiebreaker and 3-0 in the best-of-three match.
He is the son of undocumented Mexican immigrants who bypassed college to pursue his dreams of being an [...]

(Anyone recognize the familiar subject line–LOL?)
I realized I haven’t blogged in a while and am missed by some. I don’t know where to begin–each time I turn around something idiotic is happening. I am tired of documenting stories about government authorities going after our fellow students and migrant workers. Men, women and children, who are [...]

The Idaho Supreme Court ruled today that an undocumented immigrant who was injured in Ada County was entitled to medical assistance from that county regardless of his immigration status, stating that “the concept of residency does not distinguish between citizens and those who have entered this country illegally.”
The ruling reversed a board opinion and resembles [...]