movement for justice in el barrio
Jan 21 2008 12:38
anyone know them? New York based.
About to do a UK tour.
Jan 21 2008 12:53
#2
yea, they're a large grassroots direct action style anti-gentrification/housing activist group in NYC of mostly (exclusively?) mexican immigrants. they are 'associated' with the zapatistas. a few nyc-nefac people work with them closely.
From our fall activity reportback:
These are some of the activists at the frontlines of a citywide battle for the block. In October, they came together in the heart of East Harlem to "share words of struggle, support and solidarity" at the first ever NYC Encuentro for Dignity and Against Gentrification. Since 2004, MJB has fought from the ground up "for social justice and for humanity" and against the displacement of their people from their neighborhood. They are writing a new chapter in a long history of resistance in El Barrio, historic home of low-income immigrant families (the average annual income of Mexican immigrants here is $10,000).
Also see:
http://www.narconews.com/Issue42/article2037.html
http://www.narconews.com/Issue47/article2859.html
Jan 21 2008 12:55
#3
and definetly check them out.. i dunno if they have a perfectly worded position paper on 'reification and dialectical ass-trumpets from the sky' but they are worth checking out as a fighting class struggle org.
Jan 21 2008 15:19
#4
Indeed - AF are partially facilitating there UK tour so we shall see quite a bit of them.
Jan 22 2008 10:20
#5
i've heard interesting stuff about them. a wob i stayed with in new yawk sent me a document about/by them. if anyone's interested, PM me with yer email.
Jan 22 2008 11:07
#6
wanna help with london date? PM me 
Jan 22 2008 14:25
#7
do i need to bring flowers and chocolates for you? that's what you do on a date, right? it's been five years since my last one.
Jan 22 2008 18:20
#8
of course 
...make it chocolate flowers.
Jan 23 2008 10:20
#9
i'll see what i can do 
http://www.indypendent.org/2007/11/18/rent-wars-of-east-harlem-it-takes-a-village-to-raise-hell/
and
one on the NYMAA which they don't provide a seprate link for.
nice site NYMAA tho