CALL FOR ARTICLES! Fall Edition of Guerrilleros de la Pluma – Journal of the Raza Press and Media Association (October 2, 2013 Submission Deadline)
For this issue, the RPMA will be publishing articles that offer a critical analysis or perspective of the State of the Movimiento.
During the height of the Chicano Power Period, La Raza called for, among others, an end to; our exploitation in the workplace, police brutality, wars of aggression, and failing schools. We demanded that our history be respected by the creation of Chicano Studies. Our gente – alongside other oppressed communities – made important civil rights gains during this period and supported Raza liberation movements in our hemisphere. Many of those gains have now been eroded and many of the activists and organizations from those times no longer exist, have mainstreamed into more conservative assimilationist positions, or have outright sold-out.
For this issue, the RPMA specifically plans to publish pieces that offer a critique or commentary of the question of the State of the Movement and whether our struggle is either for human rights or civil rights, assimilation or liberation, acceptance or rejection of the theft of Southwest lands from Mexico. Other topics are the role of the non-profits and the Democratic Party in the Movimiento. Have we as a community and our movimiento gone forward in the past four decades, why or why not? Where are we now and where is our movimiento going?
All submissions will be read and are subject to edits as necessary and our editorial board will select the most relevant pieces connected to our theme for this issue. Authors will be informed of any edits prior to publishing.
Articles should be 2 1/2 to 3 pages long (800-900 words). Articles should be submitted to the RPMA by emailing us at: newswire@razapressassociation.org
Por una Prensa Comprometida con el Pueblo!