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Category Archives: Poor People’s Campaign

What’s behind our terrible immigration policy?

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The large-scale direction of immigration policy is dictated much more by economic conditions and the necessities of the ruling class for cheap manual labor than by what’s democratic, logical or humane. 

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migration, Poor People's Campaign

Not better, not back to normal: Five graphs on the U.S. economy

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by Tim W. ShenkCommittee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) Based on a talk given to leaders of the New York State Poor People’s Campaign, February 24, 2021. While the pandemic […]

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Poor People's Campaign

Christmas, 2020: A conversation with Sandra Cisneros

December 31, 2020by cuslar Leave a comment

by Tim W. ShenkCommittee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) I am sitting under Tia Tere’s Christmas tree,her first apartment in this, our new world:my sisters by my side,I wear a […]

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migration, Poor People's Campaign

‘Cruel Manipulation of the Poor’: Memorial Day reflections

May 25, 2020by cuslar Leave a comment

by Tim W. Shenk CUSLAR Coordinator   CUSLAR was founded in 1965 by Cornell University students and clergy seeking justice after the unjust U.S. military invasion of the Dominican Republic. […]

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Poor People's Campaign

Oye Mi Gente: Las múltiples crisis de las comunidades latinas en EEUU

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  Por Tim Shenk Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) Presentación en el foro virtual, “Oye Mi Gente: Foro Público de la Comunidad Latina de la Campaña de la Gente […]

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migration, Poor People's Campaign, Right to health

May Day in times of pandemic, automation

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by Tim W. Shenk, CUSLAR Coordinator What does it mean to honor the legacy of organized workers around the world in a time of pandemic and automation? When I lived […]

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Poor People's Campaign, Right to health

Easter reflections: “If they kill me, I’ll be resurrected in the people” – St. Oscar Romero

April 12, 2020by cuslar Leave a comment

by Tim W. Shenk, CUSLAR Coordinator Easter is Resurrection, the triumph of the poor living under empire, the final victory of life over death. Today as we face multiple crises, […]

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migration, Poor People's Campaign

#ElPasoFirme: Border Network Brings Compassion in midst of Violence, Militarization

February 27, 2020by kstfleur82 Leave a comment

By Kimberly St Fleur “Mommy! Mommy! I see my dad!” Those were some of the words I heard while in El Paso, Texas volunteering at the seventh edition of the […]

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migration, Poor People's Campaign

Hugs Not Walls: The Border Issue of the CUSLAR Newsletter

January 29, 2020by cuslar Leave a comment

By Tim W. Shenk Coordinator, Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) Excerpted from the opening article of the issue, Making Sanctuary: Claiming and Defending our Human Rights. Access the full […]

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migration, Poor People's Campaign

On the border and in New York: Everybody’s got a right to live

October 30, 2019by cuslar Leave a comment

  Reflections prepared for a presentation at the forum titled, “Everybody’s Got a Right to Live,” hosted by the New York State Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral […]

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migration, Poor People's Campaign

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  • CUSLAR on TeleSUR – Archbishop Oscar Romero: ‘If they kill me, I will be reborn’
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