Author: mopress

  • Somos Todos Unos: Prison Writing from Ramsey

    Dear Friends:
    The health of Ramsey Muniz has improved! On Thursday
    he again underwent a procedure called an ERCP. The
    doctor removed two stents that were previously placed
    in him and inserted another larger one. Again we
    thank everyone for the spiritual support given during
    our difficult tests of faith, hope, and the power of God.

    Enclosed is the latest essay by Ramsey Muniz, entitled
    "Somos Todos Unos." He wrote these sentiments in great pain
    (prior to having surgery). How strange that while compiling
    his writings I glance at a September 9, 2005 article in the
    Kansas City Star which states, "A Mexican army convoy
    of nearly 200 people crossed the border into the
    United States on Thursday to bring aid to hurricane
    victims. It was the first Mexican military unit
    to operate on U.S. soil since 1846. The unarmed soldiers,
    physicians, nurses and dentists aboard the convoy wore
    green uniforms with yellow armbands that said ‘Humanitarian
    Aid’ in Spanish.’" This is the essence of who we are,
    who we always have been, and always will be.

    Irma Muniz

    Somos Todos Unos
    8/14/05
    11:05 PM

    "The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, is one through which
    the United States of America annexed and seized by force Texas,
    Arizona, New Mexico, part of Oklahoma, Colorado, part of Kansas, Utah,
    Nevada, and California. The terms of this treaty were "among the
    harshest imposed by a winner upon a loser in the history of the world."
    Abe Lincoln named this entire episode for what it really was – armed
    robbery. And now you tell me, Mexicanos of the 21st century and of our
    Sixth Sun, who are the illegal aliens. It is written in our ancient
    Mexicano past that the day would come upon us once more to rediscover,
    and to reclaim that which was ours from the beginning of our creation
    as Mexicanos – not only in our Holy Land (Mexico), but the entire
    border which incorporates all of Aztlan."

    Hermanos y hermanas of the 21st century, remember our revolutionary
    brother and proud soldier of Mexi (me-shee) – Emiliano Zapata. He once
    stated unto us, "The revolution has not yet triumphed. In your hands
    still is the will and the power to save it. But if unfortunately you do
    not, then the shades of Cuauhtemoc, Tlacaelel, Nezahualcoyotl, Hidalgo,
    Juarez, and our heroes of all time will stir in their graves to ask,
    ‘What have you done with the blood of your people?" We must understand
    that our Mexicano/Mexicana revolutionaries were visionaries!

    "From the heart of the earth Mexicanos feel their resistance and
    persistence rise up in him, like the maize that is proud, turning its
    green leaves outward. Be proud like the maize and let your ancient
    roots go deep, deep, for the rains are here and it is time for us to be
    growing in Aztlan."

    –Tezcatlipoca

    It is time for all Mexicanos y Mexicanas that presently live in the
    United States of America to rise in protest against racist, oppressive,
    and inhumane actions and ill intentions against our Mexicano sisters
    and brothers who are only fulfilling our ancient legacy and history by
    crossing our rivers into Aztlan (the entire Southwest). The entire
    world, different religions, and organizations are aware of the
    atrocities against nuestra gente. Our so-called Mexicano/Hispano/Latino
    Chicano political leaders must be vocal where our cries for justice can
    be heard all the way to our holy temples and our Holy Land of Mexico!
    One life, one child, one mother is too much to take away from us and
    claim that it was the heat or the currents of our rivers. The world,
    the humane community has to become aware of the conclusion that we as a
    people, as a race, and as a nation within all nations will no longer
    tolerate the increasing deaths of our sisters and brothers at the
    borders.

    "Does history repeat itself? Or are its repetitions only penance for
    those who are incapable of listening to it? No history is mute. No
    matter how much they burn it, break it, and lie about it, history
    refuses to shut its mouth. Despite deafness and ignorance, the time
    that was continues to tick inside the time that is. When it is truly
    alive, memory doesn’t contemplate history. It invites us to make it.
    More than in museums where its pour soul gets bored, memory is in the
    air we breathe, and from the air it breathes us."

    –Galeano, Eduardo H. Upside Down. p. 210.

    We cannot continue to deny who we are in this world. We must return
    to our roots and our spiritual history. The oppressor has known from
    the beginning that we are like the seed of the maize which grows from
    the deep of our Mother Earth. The oppressor was not aware of the fact
    that we are Mexikan — Mexi (God) and Kan (chosen people), or God’s
    chosen people. And if some doubt my words which come from the darkness
    of a racist/oppressive history against mankind, look around you. We
    became the majority minority in the entire United States of America.
    Most importantly, we became the majority in the land that has risen
    (Aztlan) in the Southwest of America. Please advise racist
    organizations and vigilante groups that it is really too late, because
    history is on our side!

    Why must we tolerate national policies and specific legislation
    that applies only to our sisters and brothers from our Holy Land? We
    cannot continue to wait for the conscience of our Democratic and
    Republican Hispanic elected officials to dismiss the atrocities
    committed against nuestra gente. We cannot afford to stage in a realm
    of illusions. Therefore, we the grass roots, los barrios, our
    communities, our schools in the barrios, Mexicano political prisoners,
    la gente del pueblo, will take the forthcoming issue of humanity and
    life into the entire free border within all Aztlan (Southwest of
    America).

    This is a very spiritual issue stemming from our past cultura into
    this night. We come from a past of strength, power, compassion, honor,
    dignity, harmony, and liberation. How do you know that the last
    Mexicana who died in the desert of Arizona was not your half sister?
    Somos todos uno! It saddens me to watch the reality of America when it
    presents some of our own Mexicanos/Mexicanas speaking against the most
    modern day spiritual journey from our Holy Land, crossing the borders.
    We must find it in our hearts to forgive them and remember the biblical
    message in the New Testament, "Forgive them for they do not know what
    they do."

    What can we say? Our cosmic ancient future has already been
    determined, and decreed in the heaves, and we, the Mexicanos of our
    Sixth Sun, will behold, sacrifice, suffer, and bring about a great
    mystery which must come to pass in Aztlan."

    –Tezcatlipoca

    "These people who watch us walk through the streets of the
    town are a defeated race. Their stares are tame, almost fearful, and
    completely indifferent to the outside world. Some give the impression
    that they go on living only because it’s a habit they cannot shake."

    –Jose Marti

    The most important issue within the masses of our people
    (over fifty million) is the protection, safety, and livelihood
    for our children, mothers, and families. The oppressor, the
    violator of human rights, must be put on notice that we, los
    Mexicanos of the 21st century and our Sixth Sun will no longer
    permit for our government to assist minutemen and other
    vigilante groups in tracking down our people, as if we
    were some type of animal crossing the rivers that call
    upon our raza to join us here in the Southwest (Aztlan). I
    have had visions and dreams of what is to happen to us as a
    race, and lately the message of us all uniting as one continues
    to be part of my present Mexicano political life. "While
    Europe was passing through its dark ages, Americans (Mexikas)
    were flowering in superb cultures. The Golden Age of Mexico
    is known as the Clas

    sic Period. It reached from about
    150 B.C. to A.D. 800 or 900…"

    –Peterson, F. Ancient Mexico.

    In exile,
    Tezcatlipoca
    *************************************************************

    http://www.freeramsey.com

  • Archive: Hands Across El Rio

    The following item was previously posted in the announcements section of the Texas Civil Rights Review.–gm

    A 1,250 mile, 16 day protest against the border wall
    August 25 through September 9
    BorderAmbassadors.Com

    featuring
    Hands Across the Progreso International Bridge
    Saturday, Sept. 8
    9am – Noon

    “Come show your disdain
    Against the wall of shame,
    It puts us to blame
    But it won’t solve a thang”

    Live traditional guitar music- 9 am
    “Smash the Wall”
    Pinata party-9:30 am
    “Hands across the Rio”
    Ceremony on the bridge-10 am
    “ Fiesta by the Bordos”
    D.J.- Del Barrio -11 am – 12 pm

    Sponsors:

    Weslaco League for Human Rights-1 956 373 2381-970 0604

    L.U.P.E.-1 956 565 2761

    C.A.I.R. 292 1668
    Freedom Ambassadors
    South Texas College-Govt. Dept. 956 245 2552

  • “Stars and Stripes” Forever

    By Ralph Isenberg

    (Sept. 6, 2007) Tonight I talked to Ayman in Jordan. While his trip to the United States Embassy did not produce the results we would have liked, Ayman was allowed to enter as if he was a United States Citizen because he had his two sisters with him.

    “It really felt good” he said. He continued “for a few minutes I felt like I was home where I belonged.”

    The above may seem too small to report. To Ayman the moments he spent in the embassy (considered to be sovereign soil of the United States) was very important. Being there was important enough to get Ayman through another day.

    One day Ayman, you and your family will once again be on the sane soil I call home for it is your home also. It is not a matter of “if” but “when.”

    Make sure your family understands this and if possible I would like to suggest that the family once a week walk together past the embassy and look at the “stars and stripes.” These are the colors of your home.

    Ayman Suleiman at work in the USA before deportation to Jordan

    Ayman Suleiman, American worker

  • Albanian Attention to Texas Immigrant Increases Fears of Deportation

    By Greg Moses

    On Sept. 5, an obscure Texas immigration case became a front-page item for the government-friendly Albanian newspaper Korreiri, raising new fears that if Texas immigration authorities deported an Albanian refugee, he would be in danger for his life.

    News of the case entered cyberspace on Sept. 4 when the Texas Civil Rights Review published a plea from Dallas immigration attorney John Wheat Gibson in behalf of his client Rrustem Neza.

    Neza had been taken to the Dallas-Fort Worth airport during the previous week for deportatoin, explained Gibson, “but he pleaded for his life so loudly that airline officials would not let him board the plane.” Gibson sought further attention to the case in hopes of preventing another deportation attempt.

    According to another Dallas immigration activist, immigration authorities would usually attempt a second deportation in about ten days. If a subject’s actions once again prevented deportation, procedures would usually involve drugging the subject for a third trip.

    Gibson’s appeal from Texas on Sept. 4 became front page news in Albania on Sept. 5, resulting in heightened fears among Reza’s family and friends that deportation would be a life-threatening maneuver.

    After talking to Gibson on Sept. 7, Dallas immigration activist Ralph Isenberg sent a note to the Dallas immigration office with a copy of the newspaper clip. The note was addressed to the Dallas office lead counsel, Paul Hunker, and was delivered via email and courrier:

    Dear Paul,

    Based on information I have been provided (see enclosed) if Rrustem Neza is deported he will in all likelihood be executed shortly after arriving in Albania. While I understand you have no legal authority in this matter you do nevertheless have great influence over what Immigration Custom Enforcement (ICE) in Dallas does. I am asking that you please for the sake of a human life advice ICE to use the discretion they have and not deport Mr. Neza. New information has come to light regarding his case which belongs in a court of law. As a sidebar, I also understand that the parents of Mr. Neza fled Albania under threat of death once the Dallas deportation story broke on every newspaper and television station in Albania. It is my understanding that this information will be certified by an affidavit no later than Monday, September 10, 2007. Thank you for looking into this matter for me. When an opportunity arises to save a life, we as humans must act in the positive.

    Sincerely,

    Ralph Isenberg

    Speaking by telephone about Friday’s note, Isenberg explained to the Texas Civil Rights Review that the Dallas office has the right to exercise discretion over Neza’s fate.

    ”The man is frightened out of his mind,” said Isenberg. “A credible fear is not what the receiving country is perceiving. It’s what the person who’s being deported is perceiving.”

    As Gibson’s note of Sept. 4 explains, the fear on Neza’s part originates from information that he claims to have about a political assassination in Albania.

    ”In a way there’s only a very little about what’s going on in Albania that’s relevant,” explains Isenberg. “All this young man needs to show is grounds for a legitimate and credible fear.”

    At last report, Neza was being held at the Rolling Plains prison of Haskell, Texas, where he has been for the past eight months.

    Korrieri Sept. 5, 2007

    Korrieri, Sept. 5, 2007