This is Juarez
Photo by Misty Lindsey 2010
“I never even gave the United States much thought,” said José Luís Aguilar Rangel, 38, as he stood over his son’s coffin, which lay next to the coffin of his nephew Horacio. “But Mexico has abandoned us, betrayed us.
“Shame on them,” he said, alluding to authorities he described as too corrupt [...]
February 1st, 2010 by mattlindsey
Morning Sky – Poem for Juarez
Clouds of fire descend on my city,
dismantle the tension of the darkness,
silence the night-howling.
January 22nd, 2010 by mattlindsey
Borderland Moments
Photo by Bruce Berman of Border Blog
“We don’t play at the cantinas anymore because it is too dangerous. We do two funerals a day instead,” said musician Jose del Villar at the San Rafael cemetery after serenading a grieving widow, a black accordion strapped to his chest.
But residents have little hope. The only thing that the military [...]
January 10th, 2010 by mattlindsey
Width of a Fence
Photo by Bruce Berman of Border Blog
My spirit craves relief. The desert cries out for liberation. This afternoon is dragging on and the pain in my neck has moved closer to my brain, tender lightning storms brilliant in my skull. I just read about some more people being shot up and down. Another drug rehab place. 18 dead. [...]
January 2nd, 2010 by mattlindsey
Mornings in Juarez
The world is full of miserable places. One way of living comfortably is not to think about them or, when you do, to send money.
Tracy Kidder – Mountains beyond Mountains
Its 5:23 and the alarm on my cell phone is set to sound its melodious tune in 7 minutes, but I have been laying awake for [...]
December 31st, 2009 by mmlindsey
Student-Santa alliance benefits beleaguered bordertown
Mexico, our weary sister, continues to struggle for a brighter day. In her fight she has captured our hearts; now we stand beside her, and we are not alone. Our friend Billie has become a powerful voice for the Borderland. She is a fighter for Justice, a carrier of Hope and Love. Billie and her [...]
November 8th, 2009 by mmlindsey
Jenny – Love Will Conquer All
Our friend Jenny recently entered in to battle with breast cancer. As you can see by her expressions in the posters above, Jenny is a fighter, a warrior, a powerful spirit. Jenny is an artist who has developed an absorbing approach to canvass while living in El Salvador for the past seven years with her [...]
November 4th, 2009 by mattlindsey
in-between
Dead leaves, crushed without a thought
of the life that had once blazed within the veins of the
delicate skeletons, only move now with the
wind and the boots and the shoes; marionette puppets,
lifeless and broken.
October 22nd, 2009 by mmlindsey
War on Drugs: Failing humanity.
Our border community is now painfully divided. It is a microcosm of our hemisphere, our world embroiled in a war on drugs. The violence is a wake-up call, not only for Mexico, but also for the U.S.
Billie Greenwood – Allvoices.com
Back in April we posted a short video from The Newspaper Tree about the “War on Drugs”, [...]
September 9th, 2009 by mattlindsey
Irony in the Desert
Dear Child of God, if we are truly to understand that God loves all of us, we must recognize that He loves our enemies, too. God does not share our hatred, no matter what the offense we have endured.
Desmund Tutu
Still not sure how Chris sniped this photo; comes with his tactical training, I suppose. Anyhow, [...]
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February 7th, 2010 by mattlindsey
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