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I'm a Gen` X'er and most of my political influences come from the 1960's, 1970's and into the early 1980's.   In 1994 there was a little light with the birth of the Zapatista movement in Mexico.  I really didn't see much political relevance (Relevence to POC) all the way through the 2010 or so--with the advent of "Occupy Wall Street."  And later, the more socially powerful, Black Lives Matter movement.  Anyway, back to my point--I gain so much of my inspiration still from people like MLK,  Che Guevara, Malcolm X, Robert F. Williams, Audrey Lorde, Huey Newton, Kwame Ture, Angela Davis, George Jackson, James Baldwin,  and so many more great leaders of the struggle in the past.  Groups like the Black Panthers, AIM, Los Macheteros, the Yellow Peril, the Brown Berets, the Weathermen, and others are part of the reason we (POC) have the 'civil' rights we possess today.  But how many students, let alone LIS students ever get to read about them, let alo...

We need critical information studies now! EthnicStudies Readings + LIS education = some good shit.   Are there any Ethnic-studies based LIS classes in the US?   I draw much of my inspiration and my thinking is different than most of my colleagues because of my exposure to writers like   # Acuña   # Fanon # Newton   # Baldwin   # Peltier   # Churchill   # RobertFWilliams   # MalcolmX # SubcomandanteMarcos   # bellhooks   and others... We need something like this to help create change in LIS.

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Alien Alien is a reaction against the anti-colonial independence movements from the 1950's, 60's, and 70's. Colonializers travel to planet. They are infected by a monster that had already infected a former colonial force. It is unstoppable. They must destroy it before it can make it back to the homeland. Creature is Black Filmed in 1979--at the end of the independence movement--Zimbawe was up to be independent in 1980. Predator Predator is a reaction against the left in Central and South America. Predator has dreads. Is not White. Is the ultimate hunter--indigenous people were and are the best hunters in the world. Operation Condor 1987

Jeremy Christian allegedly murdered two people, severely injured another and traumatized two young women on a MAX commuter train in Portland Oregon recently.  Portland is a city with a history of violence against People of Color, a history of bigotry and a segregate city at present.  It isn't surprising that Christian  felt comfortable enough to begin yelling white-supremacist things at two teenage girls.  These are two high school girls, age 17.  When three gentlemen tried to stop this harrassment 'Free Speech," Christian Stabbed them violently.   Christian at 'free speech' event in PDX Charles Murray versus Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor