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I'm Luis J. Rodriguez, the author of Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. and several other books in short fiction, children's literature, nonfiction, and poetry. On my web log I'll be posting all the latest news concerning my work as a writer, along with news and opinions on the many political, social, spiritual and cultural activities that I find interesting.
Luis J. Rodriguez | December 30, 2005
This has been quite a year: War in Iraq continued with US casualties passing the 2,000 mark (more than 840 killed this year alone); members of the Bush Administration faced indictments in the CIA outing case; Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf States, exposing the insecurities in our Homeland Security system; accusations of torture were [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | December 19, 2005
So the Republicans in the House want to make illegal immigration a felony—and to build a 700-mile fence on the Mexican border. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. But consider the source: These are the same fools who most ardently supported Bush’s war in Iraq without real evidence (including backing the Patriot Acts’ most [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | December 15, 2005
These past couple of days, I’ve taken part in some Internet debates on the execution of Stanley Tookie Williams. Here I present some of my responses.
One person claimed that Tookie was no hero–that he deserved to die because he was found guilty of murdering four people in cold blood. And if he was a real [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | December 13, 2005
This past weekend, several of us drove by San Quentin Prison on the way to and from a Mosaic Multicultural Foundation meeting (which included plans for “Voices of Youth, Voices of Community” events in the Bay Area next year; I’ve done these events with some of the most troubled youth in LA, utilizing poetry, [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | December 6, 2005
“Should we kill this Crip?” This was the main headline in the December 4 Los Angeles Times’ Current magazine, one of several about Stanley “Tookie” Williams. The subtitle was “He’s a murderer. He should die.”
Umm. This sounds as if an enemy Blood member could have written that. I mean what’s the difference between what a [...]
