This mural, on 24th St in San Francisco’s Mission district, is one I’ve often noticed and liked. Painted by the group Homey (Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth) it unfolds across 117 feet of concrete, showing people challenging the barriers –cultural, societal and physical — that oppress and divide them. But I never really [...]
Censorship in the Mission
October 19th, 2008 1 Comment
Tags: border · censorship · israel · palestine · san francisco
Melilla, a photoessay by Flo Razowsky
January 19th, 2008 No Comments
Flo — activist, photojournalist, friend and inspiration — has just posted a beautiful new photoessay from the Spanish-Moroccan border at Melilla.http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/slideshow/9398
“This portfolio is part of a bigger project focused on the look of borders become manifest, the look of the land and the people when the arbitrary line in the sand takes form. These shots [...]
Tags: border · Flo Razowsky · Human Rights · Photos
On the Edge:The Femicide in Ciudad Juarez
January 8th, 2008 No Comments
The first section of Steev Hise’s film “On the Edge: The Femicide in Ciudad Juarez” can now be viewed online at http://panleft.net/cms/ote-podcast1
He will be poisting a new segment every Monday for the next 8 weeks — definitely a film worth checking out.
For more information about the film, visit http://political.detritus.net/juarez
Tags: border · Human Rights · Impunity · Juarez · Mexico · Women's Rights





