History
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Review: Chains of Babylon Chains of Babylon by Daryl Maeda looks at the history of the Asian American Movement from until Documents basic character of the AAM - its anti-imperialist character, its solidarity with the African American community Its primary weakness comes from looking at the AAM from a cultural studies approach. This is evidenced in the selection of the subjects through which to interrogate... |
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Snake Dancers: A Panel of Lifelong Boston Asian American Movement Activists API Movement Boston and its partners Asian American Resource Workshop, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center present a panel of community activists: Snake Dancers: Friday, September 18, 2009 |
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Changing Neighborhood: Ethnic Enclaves and the Struggle for Social Justice Michael Liu and Kim Geron From the Journal Social Justice by permission of the authors, all rights reserved Introduction and Overview |
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NCRR Releases Archives of Japanese American Activism Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress (NCRR) have begun releasing on-line extensive documentation of their history of grass-roots organizing in the Japanese American community. In the documentation are primary documents, photos, videos, and summaries of campaigns. There is a special collection on...12/23/2008 |
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Book Review: The Snake Dance of Asian American Activism, by Michael Liu, Kim Geron and Tracy Lai
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A New History: The Snake Dance of Asian American Activism: Community, Vision, and Power 10/2/08 A new history of Asian American activism reinterprets the Asian American movement (AAM). Michael Liu, Kim Geron, and Tracy Lai describe the AAM's dramatic impact on the direction of Asian American political and social activity beginning in the 1960s, particularly in terms of neighborhood redevelopment, civil rights, international solidarity, and the Jesse Jackson presidential... |
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Chinese Progressive Association Boston 1st Newsletter This is from the introduction of first newsletter of the Chinese Progressive Association in February 1978. At the time it was called the Chinatown People's Progressive Association Introduction After months of hard work and the cooperative efforts of many people, the Chinatown People's Progressive Association (CPPA) finally had its opening on July 17, 1977. The...10/01/2008 |
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H1B Tech Service Workers Sue Employer by Tracker H1B Visa workers, usually high-tech and one of the largest sources of the Asian Indian population in the U.S., may unexpectedly be another exploited group in the U.S. Two Asian Indian workers, Vishal Goel and Paueesh Gopal, have filed suit against the Patni company, an Indian contract employer. They claimed that they were paid a base salary of 23,000 dollars, in violation of...02/09/2008 |
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I WOR KUEN POSITION STATEMENT ON THE GYM from Getting Together vol. 1 no. 5 Sept. Oct. 1971 For many years, since 1966, the use of the facilities in the Chinese Community Center located at 62 Mott St. has been denied to the people of Chinatown. This came about as the result of the businessmen who began using the Community Center for their own interests. They hold banquets, movies, festivals, etc. for their own business... |
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Environmental Justice In Hawai'i: A Hawaiian issue Rev. Kaleo Patterson There are two major problems that have and continue to adversely impact the land and sea here in Hawai'i. These problems have to do with two major employers of people, two dominant industries, in Hawai'i, namely: Tourism and Militarism. In both Tourism and Militarism the greatest...12/09/2007 |
