Archive for April, 2009
Swine Flu in the Desert
How come you’re so afraid of things that don’t make sense to you? Do people pass you up on the street all the time? Do cars pass you up on the highway? How come you’re so afraid of things that don’t make any sense to you? Do you water your raisins daily? Do you have [...]
April 24th, 2009 by mmlindsey
War on Drugs?
We came across this super interesting video on El Paso’s online newspaper. It is a commentary about the so-called “War on Drugs” from a veteran reporter who has been working the streets of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. The video is 63 seconds long and worth your time.
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Posted in Life in Juarez, Violence in JuarezTags: Ciudad Juarez, El Paso, Newspaper Tree, Rafael Nunez, Violence in Juarez, War on Drugs
April 19th, 2009 by Matt Lindsey
Border Land
A world where half of the people live in extreme poverty is neither just nor secure. Our security depends on more than military might; it depends on other people’s security, well-being, and a hope that replaces anger and fear. We simply cannot and will not beat “swords into plowshares” (remove the threats of war) until all people can [...]
April 11th, 2009 by Misty Lindsey
Hopeful Coincidences
Hope of Loving
What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure? I think it is the hope of loving, or being loved. I heard a fable once about the sun going on a journey to find its source, and how the moon wept without her lover’s warm gaze.
We weep when light does not reach our hearts. We wither like fields if someone close does not [...]
April 10th, 2009 by mmlindsey
The Desert Challenge
Love the quick profit, the annual raise,
vacation with pay. Want more
of everything ready-made. Be afraid
to know your neighbors and to die.
And you will have a window in your head.
Not even your future will be a mystery
any more. Your mind will be punched in a card
and shut away in a little drawer.
When they want you to [...]
April 5th, 2009 by Matt Lindsey
Compadres in the Desert
Ideological commitment rings hollow if it is unconnected to vivid relationships with people who are suffering and oppressed. We cannot effectively think or act on behalf of people who are only an abstraction. Those who wish to see more of reality must be willing to really know those who are oppressed.
Bernard T. Adeney
From the first days [...]
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April 29th, 2009 by mmlindsey