Los años de plomo

Examines U.S. history from the Mexican American perspective, including long before 1776, 1830-1910 conquest and colonization, Mexican Revolution, the poor of Mexico were wanted up North, in occupied America, 1929-1960, World War II, strikes, the Zoot Suit riots, stereotypes, culture (viva nuestra cultura), the movement (el movimiento), Raza Unida party, rolling back gains of the 60s, justice for farmworkers, immigration in the 80s, boom in the arts.

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Juan Bautista Alberdi escribió El crimen de la guerra en 1872, bajo la profunda impresión que le produjo la derrota paraguaya en la llamada Guerra del Paraguay y sus secuelas en la población de dicho país: "El crimen de la guerra. Esta palabra nos sorprende, solo en fuerza del grande hábito que tenemos de esta otra, que es la realmente incomprensible y monstruosa: el derecho de la guerra, es decir, el derecho del homicidio, del robo, del incendio, de la devastación en la más grande escala posible; porque esto es la guerra, y si no es esto, la guerra no es la guerra. Estos actos son...