"Charity is commendable, everyone should be charitable. But Justice aims to create a social order in which, if individuals choose not to be charitable, people still don't go hungry, unschooled or sick without care. Charity depends on the vicissitudes of whim and personal wealth, justice depends on commitment instead of circumstance.
Faith-based charity provides crumbs from the table; faith-based justice offers a place at the table"
~Bill Moyers

Showing posts with label ciudad juarez. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ciudad juarez. Show all posts

Monday, February 1, 2010

Ciudad Juarez: The USA Drug Traffickers and Users' Killing Field.

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I feel that the top of my head will explode sky-high the next time I hear anyone say 'that Mexico needs to fix the drug trafficking problem' or asks 'why Mexico is not fixing.... blah, blah, blah' without going out in full force with a campaign to stop the drug market in the US or at least honestly admits that the demand makes the supply necessary.

Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas, is Mexico's deadliest city. Authorities say turf battles between the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels are largely responsible for a continuing wave of drug-related violence that cost more than 2,500 lives in 2009.

Throughout Mexico, drug-related violence has killed more than 15,000 people since President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown on cartels three years ago.


he Children of Ciudad JuarezIn cities all across the US, the Newspaper Headlines scream news of the drug-related violence in Ciudad Juares and that's good, people need to know what's going on there, however, in the columns that I read, I have not come across headlines screaming that there is such a thing as "The Laws Of Supply And Demand", I only hear profusely about the Supply, but there is a deafening silence about the Demand, specifically, that the USA is the Market where the Demand for Drugs is what makes possible the Supply from Mexico, or that the USA is the largest arms dealer and it is primarily responsible for the guns that end up in the hands of the Drug Suppliers who are doing the killing.

Now, when are we going to hear that the USA is going after the demand? Let's not forget, all that river of cash has to be going through somewhere, but I don't see how this could be accomplished without going through some banks.

What is the DEA is doing to crack down on this here in the USA? the FBI? Hmmmm, mum is the word.

Jan. 31, 2010: 13 young students killed at party in Mexico border
Feb. 1, 2010: At least 23 people were killed in separate mass shootings in northern Mexico as the country continued to reel from drug-related violence.

In Ciudad Juarez, gunmen drove up to a house where a high school party was in full swing and opened fire killing 13 people and wounding 17 others, the city public safety agency said.

Most of the victims were "youngsters," said the Chihuahua state attorney general's office.

It was the third mass shooting of youngsters in Mexico since September when, within two weeks, 28 youths were killed in two separate shootings at drug rehabilitation centers.

Most of the victims were students aged between 19 and 25, authorities said.

The war waged by several powerful drug cartels in Mexico has already left 15,000 people dead. The government has deployed 50,000 troops and thousands of police in an effort to put the violence under control.

Jan. 5, 2010: Gunman kill 13 people in single day in border city of Ciudad Juarez

Jan. 12, 2010: Mexico’s Drug War Has 69 People Murdered In One Day
Mexico opened the new year with what could be its most dubious distinction yet in the 3-year-old battle against drug trafficking — 69 murders in one day.

The country resembled a grim, statistical dart board Saturday as law enforcement and media reported the deaths from various regions, including 26 in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, 13 in and around Mexico City and 10 in the northern city of Chihuahua.

More than 6,500 drug-related killings made 2009 the bloodiest year since President Felipe Calderon declared war on the cartels in late 2006 and deployed 45,000 soldiers to fight organized crime, according to death tallies by San Diego’s Trans-Border Institute


Nov. 14, 2009: 15 people killed in 1 day in Mexican border city
15 people, including child, 3 women, killed in 1 day in Mexican border city
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Authorities say a 7-year-old boy, three women and a university professor are among 15 people who were killed in a single day in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.


Sept. 3, 2009: 17 patients killed in shooting at Mexican drug rehab center

And it goes on, and on, and on... And the USA MSM silent about the Demand for Drugs in the good old USA, what? USA arm dealers?

Sunday, February 22, 2009

V-DAY SF'09: "LOS MONÓLOGOS DE LA VAGINA" - Until the Violence Stops / Hasta que La Violencia Pare

(Spanish & English notice, English below)

POR PRIMERA VEZ EN SF -- FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SF


Tickets: $25.00 - $45.00 -- Flyer / Volante

March 8, 2009 - Teatro Brava, "Brava! Para Mujeres en las Artes" -
2781 24th St. (24th @ York) - Dos Presentationes: 2 p.m. & 6 p.m.

March 8, 2009 - Brava Theater, "Brava! For Women in the Arts" -
2781 24th St. (24th @ York) - Two Presentations: 2 p.m. & 6 p.m


MARZO ES EL MES DE LAS MUJERES - MARCH IS WOMEN'S MONTH




Únete a este esfuerzo totalmente Comunitario asistiendo a esta Obra Teatral que cuenta con un elenco de 36 mujeres, todas ellas Activistas de la Comunidad, unidas por el afán común de despertar la conciencia al problema de la violencia doméstica y para recabar fondos en beneficio de tod@s aquell@s que necesiten ayuda para romper el círculo de la violencia familiar - todos los ingresos, excepto la renta del Teatro, van a ser donados a "La Casa de Las Madres" En SF y "Casa amiga" En Ciudad Juárez, México, dos organizaciones que proveen lo necesario para salir de un círculo de violencia en el que se puedan encontrar. (Casa de Las Madres en SF HELP CRISIS LINE 1.877.503.1850)

Si por cualquier motivo no pueden asistir, hay otras maneras de Colaborar / Contribuir:

1. Haciendo una Donación, que puede ser deducida de sus impuestos, pueden mandar cheque ó money order a nombre de "La Casa de Las Madres" (Memo:V-DAY SF09) @ 730 South 11th St. S.J. CA 95112 - Tax ID 94-2330864
2. Comprando voleto/s para regalar a un familiar, amigo/a - Pasando la voz é instando a otras personas que se aúnen al MOVIMIENTO V-DAY, no nadamás en el 2009, pero "HASTA QUE LA VIOLENCIA PARE" - Hay todavía mucho por hacer y un largo camino que recorrer.
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Join this totally Community effort byattending this Theater Play with a cast of 36 women, all of them Community
Activists united with the common eagerness of raising the awareness to the domestic violence problem and to raise funds in benefit of all of those who need help to break the family violence cycle - all of the funds raised, except rental of the theater, will be donated to "La Casa de Las Madres" In SF and "Casa Amiga" In Ciudad
Juarez, Chihuahua - Mexico, two organization who provide what's needed to get out from a cycle of violence that anyone may face. (Casa de Las Madres en SF HELP CRISIS LINE 1.877.503.1850)

If for some reason you can not assist, there are other ways to Collaborate / Contribute.

1. By making a Tax-Deductible Donation, by sending a check or money order to "La Casa de Las Madres" (Memo:V-DAY SF09) @ 730 South 11th St. S.J. CA 95112 - Tax ID 94-2330864
2. Buying [a] ticket/s and give to family members or friends - By passing the word and asking other people
to join the V-DAY MOVEMENT, not only for 2009, but "UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS"

There is still a lot of work to do and a long road to travel.

My best wishes for you all.

Aurora

SFCA 022209

Producers:

Lupe Bautista (408) 768-5490; Teresa
Pedrizco (408) 807-5955

V-Day San Francisco 2009

http://www.myspace.com/vday09sf
www.vday.org

Tickets/Boletos: Until The Violence Stops: Teresa (408) 807-5955
Tickets/Boletos: Los Monólogos de la Vagina: Brava Theater Center (415) 641-7657 or ww.brava.org

Feel free to inquire about sponsorship and volunteer opportunities








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instead of circumstance. Faith-based charity provides crumbs from the table;
faith-based justice offers a place at the table." -- Bill Moyers


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