Updates from Occupied California 20 Nov 2009 | 08:10 am

I've been so long in posting because of teaching and dissertating duties. The current collapse of the University of California system has not been helping matters in the slightest. -On September 24th...

AP: Venezuela folk religion seen in secretive rituals 15 Oct 2009 | 06:23 am

(Statue of Maria Lionza a few blocks from my old apartment in CCS) By ARIANA CUBILLOS (AP) – 20 hours ago SORTE, Venezuela — Thousands of Venezuelans congregated for candlelit rituals on a remote mo...

Repost and Analysis: Venezuela Grants Land to Indigenous Communities On Indigenous Resistance Day 15 Oct 2009 | 03:25 am

**Teaching, dissertating, and the collapse of CA have kept me pretty tied up lately. Sorry. Here's a re-post from Kiraz at www.venezuelanalysis.com after a few thoughts on race in historical and conte...

UC walkout intensifies at UCSC 25 Sep 2009 | 06:06 pm

Occupy California, a coalition of undergrads and grads has occupied a building in the center of the UC Santa Cruz campus. You can also follow the action here, on twitter.

WALK OUT 25 Sep 2009 | 05:59 am

A non-Venezuela (or Honduras) post: Today, 24 September, faculty, students, grad students and staff across the University of California, California State University, California Community College and ...

English video on Zelaya's return and the coup's crackdown 24 Sep 2009 | 09:37 am

(Translation) Zelaya confirms that Insulza will arrive in Tegucigalpa this Tuesday 22 Sep 2009 | 07:58 am

TeleSUR 21 September, 2009 --- Honduras’s constitutional president, Manuel Zelaya, announced that the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, José Miguel Insulza, will arrive in Tegu...

Clinton gets it all wrong (again) 18 Sep 2009 | 11:16 am

A few days ago, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed her concern at Venezuela's ostensible militarization. In the course of a press conference with Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez, Clint...

Links between Colombian Intelligence Organisation and Venezuelan Opposition Uncovered (repost from Venezuelanalysis.com) 14 Sep 2009 | 12:00 pm

September 10, 2009 -- Tamara Pearson Normal 0 Mérida, September 9th, 2009 (Venezuelanalysis.com) - Rafael Garcia, ex director of information technology of Colombia's main intelligence agency, DAS, r...

'South of the Border' Trailer 5 Sep 2009 | 04:22 am

Oliver Stone's documentary South of the Border, which he wrote with Tariq Ali, premieres at the Venice Film Festival soon. Here's the trailer: Teaching responsibilities have kept me away for a while ...