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EZLN: We Are Safe From the "Swine Flu!"

{Marcos: The Capitalist Swine Flu is much deadlier} Mexico has been a global epicentre for the recent swine flu outbreak scare that has claimed several lives. The New York Times reports today that the number of confirmed deaths in the country is now at seven, however, with 159 others attributable to flu like symptoms. That’s enough [...]

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Border Hoppers

According to Gustavo Arellano at the OC Weekly, Wadiya’s in Anaheim is OC’s first Sri Lankan restaurant. I finally checked it out this weekend, with the writer no less, and was not disappointed in the least bit. The black curry dish I consumed as part of their simple, yet delicious, buffet was as close to [...]

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The Supreme Council of Chicanismo: "We Are All Filipinos Now!"

The Case: The Retirement of the “Pride of East LA” Opinion: The “Golden Boy,” officially retired from the sport of boxing yesterday as he made the announcement in front of his statue at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Yes, reflecting upon on his career, people, including the Supreme Council, are going to give him his [...]

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The Supreme Council of Chicanismo: A.C. Slater

{What Mario Lopez Thought of his Character’s Name?} The Case: Saved by the Bell’s “A.C. Slater” Opinion: Early morning re-runs of the late 80’s/early 90’s television hit “Saved by the Bell,” constantly bring back to the mind of the Supreme Council of Chicanismo the cultural genocide that was the character named “A.C. Slater!” Ethnically ambiguous – or [...]

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Cucarachas at Calacas!

Ok, ok, maybe there will be just one cucaracha hanging around at the  premier Chicano clothing and culture store Calacas this Saturday…That being said, Lalo Alcaraz, the cartoonist of the syndicated strip “La Cucaracha,” will be appearing in OC for the first time in years since someone turned on the kitchen lights en la cocina [...]

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