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Culture, zNew Headline

Smithsonian music label recognizes trailblazing Chicano activist with release of full-length album

Jul 15, 2016, 11:20 AM 0

LatinaLista — While the nation has grown accustomed to seeing marches, rallies and sit-ins as different democratic approaches to protest injustices and inequality, another form of protest, especially popular among the Latino/Chicano communities, has been through art. Whether it…

NewsMundo, zNew Headline

Spanish activists use flamenco to stomp their message to the masses

Nov 11, 2015, 5:47 PM 0

LatinaLista — Spain's most iconic dance form is the flamenco. Instantly recognizable by the dancers' postures, along with its six characteristics: singing (cante), guitar playing (toque), the dance (baile), vocalizations (jaleo), handclapping (palmas) and finger snapping (pitos), the flamenco…

NewsMundo, zNew Headline

Twitter campaign urges Mexicans to boycott president’s annual grito because #nadaquecelebrar

Sep 15, 2015, 2:52 PM 0

LatinaLista — September is known as Mes de la Patria in Mexico. On the night of September 15, Mexicans, the world over, wait for the 11 p.m. Grito de Independencia delivered by the country’s president in Mexico City’s zócalo. The…

Social Justice, zNew Headline

Spanish protesters create inventive way to bypass restrictive new “gag” laws with first-ever hologram protest

Apr 16, 2015, 12:23 PM 0

LatinaLista — Spain is no stranger to its citizens protesting. With massive protests happening in the country on a more regular basis since the fall of its economy several years ago and the ongoing threat of Catalan seceding from…

Local News, Southwest, zNew Headline

Demonstrators in Washington led by U.S. Rep. Steve King decry immigration reform

Aug 2, 2013, 3:37 PM 0

By Luis Hernandez Borderzine WASHINGTON – With the U.S. Senate-passed immigration bill facing political limbo in the U.S. House of Representatives, conservative factions are voicing their opposition loudly here before any compromise can be reached. Travel buses full of…

General, Music, Social Justice

Songs protesting racism is focal point of new Latino music contest

May 10, 2010, 8:49 PM 1

LatinaLista — Music isn’t just lyrics set to music in the Latino community. For generations, it’s also been a way to chronicle various protest movements within the history of Latinos in the United States. The most recent has been…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

The day after the march on Washington for immigration reform Latinos have to wonder: Did it do any good?

Mar 22, 2010, 10:59 AM 16

LatinaLista — The pictures prove it. Over 200,000 (unsubstantiated estimates go as high as 500,000) immigration reform marchers, dressed in white t-shirts and toting either American flags or signs marched and mingled at the National Mall in Washington, DC…