This talk draws from an ethnography of a little-known therapeutic community of undocumented Mexican immigrants living in the United States. The foundation of this community is a grueling three-day healing ritual called an experience. This talk describes one such experience that took place in the Northern California forest in 2022, focusing on its novel practice of cathartic writing. I argue that this writing practice is far more than a tool for self-care or self-expression; it is also a medium for collectivity...
In recent decades, an explosion of critical interventions from multiple fields has emphasized the return to the archive as one of the key axes from which central problems of the culture and history of the Americas are thought about, read, and discussed. However, studies on critics and artistic practices have, to different extents, always been anchored in and in conversation with the archive.
This set of presentations sought to reflect on the way in which Latin American studies have positioned themselves...
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) dismantled barriers and nearly tripled trade and investment. However, it failed to address the development gap between Mexico and its northern neighbors, and it omitted any credible institutions to anticipate crises or shape a new partnership. Thus, instead of uniting to respond to Sept. 11 , old habits of U.S. unilateralism and Canadian and Mexican ambivalence prevailed, endangering further integration. We need to plan for the second decade of NAFTA by developing North American solutions to continental problems and opportunities. ...
Charlie Kernaghan is Executive Director of the National Labor Committee, an independent human rights organization. He is prominent in the labor movement for drawing attention to and helping correct the overseas labor practices of U.S. corporations. The New York Times calls him “the labor movement’s mouse that roared.”
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Maria Echaveste, attorney and consultant in Washington D.C. MS. Echaveste served as Deputy Chief of Staff in the Clinton White House, from 1998 to 2000. Upon leaving government service, she formed her own consulting firm, the Nueva Vista Group, focusing on public policy, strategy and advocacy.
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David E. Bonior was elected to the 10th Congressional District of Michigan in 1976. From 1991-2002, Congressman Bonior was the Democratic Whip, the second in command in the House Democratic Leadership. In September of 2002, Congressman Bonior led the last congressional delegation to Iraq to assess the humanitarian situation and encourage both the Iraqi and the U.S. administrations to give the return of the weapons inspectors a chance.
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is the constitution of the North American Common Market. It recognizes only one form of citizenship — that of multinational corporations. The North American Parliamentary Union (NAPU) is a democratic structure which will enfranchise citizens, farmers, laborers, small business people and environmentalists in the NAFTA countries as well as Central America. It will broaden the playing field so that our best democratic values will be incorporated into our social, economic and political decisions.
