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Today's MMP coverage roundup
By
Chris Kelly
· April 16, 2005 08:31 PM
- BoingBoing's post Snapshots of volunteer "Minutemen" on US/Mexico border' includes three pictures. Two are of MMP volunteers, and the third is of a poster that... isn't from the MMP. The poster uses the phrase "wetback gangs", so naturally most people who read BoingBoing are going to falsely assume that the MMP endorses or is involved with the poster. Xeni Jardin also refers (in Spanish) to the MMP as racists and says she sees no difference between them and lynch mobs. In case you care and you think BoingBoing was trying to mislead you, you might want to contact them and suggest they do better in the future. - The BoingBoing post's photos are from Mark Ebner, whose report on the MMP will appear in the supermarket tabloid Globe next week. - The Onion has one of their Infographs about the MMP. While a couple of the "stats" are slightly funny, two are not, including this: "Allowing each Minuteman one kill a day..." (Contact info) - Bryan Barton of the T-Shirt incident fame has his video of the incident posted here. - On the 10th, the Oakland Tribune published a guest editorial from a Univision anchor entitled "Project Minuteman is meaningless". If you need a laugh it might be worth a glance. - And, from this: On April 17-18, a California delegation of immigrant rights and human rights activists will be in Douglas, Arizona to respond to the presence of vigilantes on the US/México border, and to their hate messages. This group of 20-40 activists, in coordination with allies in Arizona, will counter the national media coverage and international attention that the "Minutemen" have received with our message: We will not tolerate vigilanteism against immigrant communities! Immigrant rights are human rights! The first comment to that entry says that illegal aliens aren't "immigrants" because this is their land to begin with. - Another comment links to "Minuteman Project Misconceptions - Confessions of two Indymedia Reporters". - Also, there's a Wikipedia entry on the MMP. If you're familiar with writing Wikipedia entries, I strongly encourage you to edit that entry for accuracy, and perhaps add in a section about media coverage of the MMP. |