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New generation defends San Diego’s Barrio Logan, Chicano Park (video)
It’s been five decades since San Diego’s Barrio Logan activists (like POCHO fave Chunky Sanchez) fought for Chicano Park. Now a new generation is stepping up to make sure this vital community resource thrives. One of them is POCHO’s Chicano Punk Rock Artesano Joaquin “Junco” Canché who is concerned with the effects of gentrification. (His segment starts at 5:35.) [Video by Voice of San Diego.]
The Mexican Standoff made a video about the border wall, ‘El Muro’ (video)
DREAMers from SoCal’s alt Mex music scene teamed up as The Mexican Standoff to record El Muro because they have feels about Trump’s wall. They never say his name, however.
On YouTube they explain:
Mas…The Mexican Standoff made a video about the border wall, ‘El Muro’ (video)
COCO’s Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) sings ‘Remember Me’ to L.A. City Council (video)
Voice of COCO’s Miguel, Anthony Gonzalez, backed by Mariachi Divas, performed Remember Me for a packed audience in the chambers of the L.A. City Council on Coco Day, Tuesday.
Today is COCO Day in the City of the Angels! #RepresentationMatters
COCO and Black Panther are a double watershed moment in Hollywood film history.
Mas…Today is COCO Day in the City of the Angels! #RepresentationMatters
I stand with Emma! #GunControlNow #WeCallBS #StandWiththeKids (video, toon, poster, free print-quality PDF download)
***REPOSTED FROM FEB. 18 DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND***
“They say that tougher gun laws do not decrease gun violence. We call BS!
They say a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with a gun. We call BS!
They say guns are just tools like knives and are as dangerous as cars. We call BS!”
Stoneman Douglas massacre survivor Emma Gonzalez called on Trump and Congressional death-complicit GOP legislators/enablers to tighten gun restrictions in an impassioned speech at an anti-gun rally in Fort Lauderdale Saturday (video below).
We stand with Emma, and we are happy to make this illustration available for free as a high-resolution PDF file for printing placards and posters.
Trump: ‘But I AM hard on Russia!’ (toon)
Ex-Mex Prez Vicente Fox disses Trump on Bill Maher (NSFW video)
Former Mexican presidente Vicente Fox, no angel himself, tells Bill Maher that he speaks for 120 million Mexicans who Trump insulted. And he doesn’t mince words. [NSFW video.]
#WeCallBS! POCHO readers #STANDwithEMMA (photos)
We asked POCHO readers — on Twitter and IG and Facebook — to send in selfies with the Lalo Alcaraz EMMA GONZALEZ poster (she approves, by the way — see below) and here is what we got.
La Cucaracha: Janet Air, secret Area 51 airline, needs flight attendants
[EDITOR’S NOTE:Janet Air? Huh? Click here to learn more.]
Chris Rock: Forget gun control, we need bullet control! (NSFW video)
Comic and actor Chris Rock has a modest proposal: What if bullets cost $5000 each? [NSFW F-bombs.]
United States of America scores another gold medal! (toon)
[Payton Hoegh toons regularly at Weekly Political dot com.]
