In Los Angeles during the 1992 uprising, many longtime Mexican American residents said, “We’re not the ones rioting, it’s those immigrants”—meaning Mexicans…
Elizabeth Martinez
Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez is a Chicana writer, activist and teacher whose many years of social justice work are legendary. She speaks on racism, multiculturalism, women's struggles and today's new movements.
In the 1960s and 70s, she worked in the Black civil rights movement and the Chicano movement. She co-founded and currently chairs the Institute for MultiRacial Justice to help build alliances between communities of color.
Martinez is the author of six books and numerous articles. Her best-known work is 500 Years of Chicano History, which became the basis for the video she co-directed. Her latest book is De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century (South End Press).
When I had a mild stroke two years ago, some assistance was needed at home to clean, prepare dinner, and help me…
B etween March 10 and May 1, 2006, five million people—mostly Latino—filled the streets in over 100 U.S. towns and cities with…
The widespread denunciation of the "Memin Pinguin" stamp recently circulated by Mexico’s postal service is absolutely righteous. The stamp presents a hardcore,…
Note : Z Magazine’s January issue carried a report on the 2004 School of the Americas protest led by SOA Watch. This…
A s 16,000 people listened, the names of 767 Salvadorans massacred at a single village rang out, one after the other, on…
Part I: Why “Anti-War” has to be “Anti-Racist” too As a speaker at a San Francisco anti-war rally last fall, I tried…
Most people in the United States and other countries would say that this country is extraordinary and probably unique in world history.…
I f ever there was a time to break the habit of calling this country "America," as if no other nations existed…
Elizabeth Martinez Since Feb. 6, the Students of Color Coalition (SCC) has occupied the tower of the University of Michigan Union building…
