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On 2/20/08, <b>Mojica Arts</b>
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<dd>Homenaje al Xicanindio -<br>
<dd>A Celebration con Poesía<br>
<dd>Un Poetic Viaje con<br>
<dd>las Palabras de raulrsalinas<br><br>
<dd>Tribute to Xicanindio -<br>
<dd>A Celebration with Poetry<br>
<dd>A Poetic Trip with<br>
<dd>the words of raulrsalinas<br><br>
<dd>RIP/DEP Raul R. Salinas<br>
<dd>March 17, 1934 -<br>
<dd>February 13, 2008<br><br>
<dd><a href="http://www.raulrsalinas.com/">www.raulrsalinas.com</a><br>
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<dd>Join us as we pay tribute, in his own words, to legendary poet and
activist<br>
<dd>Raúl R. Salinas.<br><br>
<dd>This Saturday, February 23<br>
<dd>7pm<br>
<dd>FREE<br>
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<dd>Donations will be accepted on behalf of his wife, Lila Salinas, for
funeral and other arrangements.<br><br>
<dd>Galería de la Raza<br>
<dd>2857 24th St. @ Bryant<br>
<dd>San Francisco<br><br>
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<dd><a href="mailto:info@galeriadelaraza.org">info@galeriadelaraza.org</a>
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<dd>415.826.8009<br>
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<dd>¡Raúl R. Salinas, Presente!<br>
<dd>March 17, 1934 - February 13, 2008<br><br>
<dd>Jazz Hipster | Pinto | Cockroach Poet | Human Rights Activist |
Xicanindio | Elder | Comrade<br><br>
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<dd>It is with profound sadness and heartache that we inform you of the
passing of Calaca Press Field Commander, Raúl R. Salinas.<br><br>
<dd>Raul, the author of the seminal Chicano experience poem, Un Trip
Through the Mind Jail,</i></b> was not only an accomplished poet but a
dedicated community activist who gained a political consciousness while
serving approximately 13 years inside some of America's most notorious
prisons (Huntsville, Soledad, and Leavenworth among others). While in
prison at Marion he was befriended by Puerto Rican Nationalist Rafael
Cancel Miranda (famed for an armed assault on congress on March 1, 1954
with fellow Nationalists including Lolita Lebron). Sr. Miranda was a
major influence on Raul's lifework. Imprisoned during the early Chicano
Movement years he was active in the prison rights struggles of that time.
His book, raúlrsalinas and the Jail Machine: My Weapon is My Pen:
Selected Writings</i></b> by Raúl Salinas (edited by protégé Louis G.
Mendoza) highlights his struggles and victories inside America's prison
system. Including winning a landmark pr! ison rights case.<br><br>
<dd>After his release from prison in 1973 he dedicated his life to
Chicano and Native American causes. He was a member of the Centro de la
Raza in Seattle, the American Indian Movement, a cofounder of the Leonard
Peltier Defense Committee and various other progressive organizations
dedicated to defending the rights and interests of all working class and
colonized people. A true internationalist he was committed to supporting
Puerto Rican independence (as well as ending the bombing on Vieques), the
Cuban Revolution, The Nicaraguan Sandinistas, the Zapatistas in Chiapas
and the Bolivarian Process of Presidente Hugo Chavez Frias of Venezuela
among many other internationalist struggles.<br><br>
<dd>After serving many years of forced exile in Washington state (where
he helped defend Native American fishing rights), he eventually returned
to his home in Austin, TX. Shortly thereafter he opened Resistencia
Bookstore and Red Salmon Arts which became a cultural and political hub
for East Austin's Chicano community.<br><br>
<dd>In 1999, after hearing about this "cool vato de aquellas,"
Calaca Press took a chance by calling Resistencia Bookstore out of the
blue to introduce ourselves and seek a meeting. After a somewhat cold
conversation we later flew to San Antonio for the Inter-American Book
Fair where we were to gather. Instantly we hit it off and plans were made
to bring Raul to San Diego to record a couple poems for volume 2 of our
Raza Spoken Here audio series. After an amazing recording session
featuring Raúl and Taco Shop Poets rhythm section Mikey Figgins on bass
and Kevin P. Green on drums it was decided to go forward with a full CD
of Raul's work. A few months later Raul came back to San Diego (sleeping
many a night on the infamous striped couch in our tiny apartment in
Barrio Lomas) to finish recording what would become Los Many Mundos of
raúlrsalinas: Un Poetic Jazz Viaje con Friends.</i></b> During this
session we recorded, but never released, Un Trip Through the Min! d Jail.
Perhaps the only quality recording of this major work of Chicano
literature.<br><br>
<dd>It was during 2000 that Raúl affectionately and facetiously dubbed
Calaca owners Brent E. Beltrán and Consuelo Manríquez de Beltrán the
Chairman and Comandante CHElo, while calling himself the Field Commander
of Calaca Press. Raul helped create and foment the current mystique that
surrounds our Calacaverse and the work that we do. Between 2000 and 2004
Raul made numerous trips to San Diego to visit Calacalandia and became a
regular amongst the Calacas and SD's Chicano art/activist scene. Without
the example of our Field Commander, Calaca Press and our organization the
Red CalacArts Collective (whom we borrowed the Red and Arts from Red
Salmon Arts as an homage), would not be what it is today.<br><br>
<dd>Our Field Commander and comrade will be missed and remembered. He
will always hold a special place in our collective memory.<br><br>
<dd>Adelante, compañero, siempre adelante.<br><br>
<dd>Desde Calacalandia,<br><br>
<dd>El Chairman y La Comandante CHElo<br><br>
<dd>gray grease<br>
<dd>for raúlrsalinas<br><br>
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<dd>salinas slides<br>
<dd>gray grease<br>
<dd>against the groove<br>
<dd>the hard<br>
<dd>roots rock<br>
<dd>he walks<br>
<dd>a moment<br>
<dd>crystal city clear<br>
<dd>still bringing<br>
<dd>jazz and jams again<br><br>
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<dd>Photo taken in 2000 on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico. © 2000
Alan Pogue.<br>
<dd>sonrisas<br>
<dd>tumbling<br>
<dd>lingua franca<br>
<dd>in a dice shoot<br>
<dd>dipping days<br>
<dd>salinas cool<br>
<dd>viejito haze<br>
<dd>'mano may raise<br>
<dd>in riffs<br><br>
<dd>he started breathing in san anto<br>
<dd>brought it blessed in san anto<br>
<dd>in the bop unbroken<br>
<dd>guadalupe sunday<br>
<dd>growing largo<br>
<dd>salinas<br>
<dd>dealing su descarga<br>
<dd>and the smoke is in the air<br>
<dd>disappearing<br>
<dd>like a mingus moon<br>
<dd>balloon<br><br>
<dd>salinas<br>
<dd>when they sing the sad corridos<br>
<dd>do they also sing for you?<br>
<dd>above the freeways passing over<br>
<dd>and the sometimes quiet corners<br>
<dd>we demeaned<br>
<dd>by quarantine<br>
<dd>the en masse<br>
<dd>gente de masa<br><br>
<dd>tired because<br>
<dd>restlessness<br>
<dd>is next to joblessness<br>
<dd>and talking<br>
<dd>the fruition of dead president cutbacks<br><br>
<dd>tired because<br>
<dd>double barrels<br>
<dd>aim down broadway<br>
<dd>emblematic of<br>
<dd>i-say-so<br>
<dd>blue clad predators<br><br>
<dd>tired because<br>
<dd>life does not<br>
<dd>flash before the eyes<br>
<dd>of hard rock vatos<br>
<dd>dancing<br>
<dd>green back mambos<br>
<dd>celebrating every day<br>
<dd>as día de los muertos<br><br>
<dd>now die, just die<br>
<dd>no requiems<br>
<dd>no peace in campo santo lies<br>
<dd>no real magic mantra may revive<br>
<dd>conscience<br>
<dd>not common<br>
<dd>sense of the shaman<br>
<dd>distant drum songs keeping time<br>
<dd>we're running blind<br>
<dd>holding bandanas<br>
<dd>and bullets<br>
<dd>and borderlines<br><br>
<dd>we seek<br>
<dd>we climb<br>
<dd>we only find<br>
<dd>the gristle and gray smoke sage<br>
<dd>trencitas in the ancient way<br>
<dd>burning down a desert stage<br>
<dd>the migrant phrases<br>
<dd>each by each<br>
<dd>the whole of soul<br>
<dd>frozen on an empty afternoon <br><br>
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<dd>by Tomás Riley<br>
<dd>From the book mahcic: selected poems</i> (Calaca Press,
2005)<br><br>
<dd>Calaca Press, P.O. Box 2309, National City, Califas 91951<br>
<dd>(619) 434-9036 phone/fax<br>
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