Resist

Stories of migrants travelling through Mexico to reach the USA

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/02/mexicos-southern-border/cynthia-gorney-text
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http://current.com/items/76273562/il_treno_della_morte.htm
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http://www.latimes.com/extras/enrique/splash.htm

by anonymous on 01/12/08 | Read More

Mexico / US border - an important site of cultural exchange, migration flows and inequalities

I’m greatly encouraged by the possibility of part of the film focusing on the site of Tijuana, as Gael discussed with Annie Lennox. Not only is it clearly an important site of cultural exchange, migration flows and inequalities but, as with many border areas, the creation of difference is on some levels only imaginary because the strict lines of cultural division that national borders insist upon, do not accurately embrace the realities of movements between and against them.
Importantly the factory culture of female workers in Cuidad Juarez, would also be an interesting inclusion perhaps, where the many unsolved “femicide” cases speak volumes on some of the extremely negative aspects of machista culture. Of course, I do not intend to…

by anonymous on 15/11/08 | Read More

Mexico - A Wall and a War

My form of resistance is a silent one.  One that is common when living in a bordertown. It is one of sadness and hope.  It is that of the border wall and a drug war.  Both are things that seem like they have no solution.
I’ve lived in Los Angeles, San Diego & Tijuana, MX.  Out of all three, my favorite place of all was Tijuana, MX.  Many view it as a party town, but its not.  It’s more than that.  It’s an explosion of culture. A world within a city. It is a fusion of new and old. It is truly a concrete jungle.  But its a beautiful one full of life and movement.  There aren’t many places where…

by Anya Meave on 17/06/08 | Read More