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About Me

Calaca Press is a Chicano family-owned small publishing house dedicated to publishing and producing unknown, emerging, and established progressive Chicano and Latino voices. With a commitment to social justice and human rights Calaca Press strives to bring about change through the literary arts. From poetry and the spoken word to fiction and creative non-fiction Calaca Press is determined to showcase authors from a community that has been marginalized and pushed to the side in literary circles, and in the real world, for far too long. Understanding the need for historical continuation Calaca Press is committed to continuing the tradition of the Chicano and Latino presses and publishing houses of the 1960's and 1970's that flourished due to community support and the need to have our stories told. ----- Since 1998, Calaca has published 26 titles (18 books/chapbooks and 8 spoken word CD's). ----- The Red CalacArts Collective, a project created by Calaca Press in 2003, is a multi-disciplinary arts and activist organization that focuses on creating, publishing, producing, and presenting Chicano, Latin American and indigenous related art focusing on issues dealing with human rights and social justice. ----- The Redz organize annual events including Dia de la Mujer Internacional and Dia de los Muertos among many other projects such as Calacas contra la Guerra and the Guerrilla Chapbook series.

My Interests

Next Red CalacArts Collective event:

I'd like to meet:

Only the dead: Jose Guadalupe Posada. Diego Rivera. Frida Kahlo. Jose Clemente Orozco. David Alfaro Siqueiros. Ernesto Che Guevara. Malcolm X. Bob Marley. Oscar Zeta Acosta:..

Music:

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Movies:

Props to everyone who came out to the 4th annual Chicano Park Fundraiser. Over $1800 was raised!

Television:

Much appreciation to the performers and the over 200(!) attendees who battled for a parking space to come out on a Saturday night in San Diego.

Books:

READING: Chicano San Diego: Cultural Space and the Struggle for Justice edited by Richard Griswold del Castillo ----- RECENTLY FINISHED: Subcommander Marcos: The Man and The Mask by Nick Henck ----- Fidel Castro: My Life: A Spoken Autobiography by Fidel Castro and Ignacio Ramonet ----- Â¡Hugo!: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution by Bart Jones ----- Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer ----- All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer ----- Granny Made Me an Anarchist: General Franco, the Angry Brigade and Me by Stuart Christie ----- The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War by Gioconda Belli ----- raulrsalinas and the Jail Machine ----- Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks ----- Better to Reign in Hell: Inside the Raiders Fan Empire by Jim Miller and Kelly Mayhew ----- What's My Name, Fool? Sports and Resistance in the United States by Dave Zirin. ----- My Life as a Colombian Revolutionary: Reflections of a Former Guerrillera by Maria Eugenia Vasquez Perdomo. ----- Tania: Undercover with Che in Bolivia by Ulises Estrada

Heroes:

RaÃºl R. Salinas: March 17, 1934 - February 13, 2008

My Blog

fronteraVERSE - May 5 @ theFRONT

The Red CalacArts Collective, SD Mesa College Chicana and Chicano Studies Dept, and The Front present:fronteraVERSEpoetsCONFRONTINGbordersMonday, May 5, 20087pmFREE!@ Casa Familar's THE FRONT147 W. Sa...
Posted by CALACALANDIA on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:18:00 PST

At age 38, Chicano Park Day still celebrates community, and a people’s history

OUT GOING'The past and present are there' At age 38, Chicano Park Day still celebrates community, and a people's historyBy Pablo Jaime SáinzApril 17, 2008San Diego Union-Tribune, Night&DayChicano Park...
Posted by CALACALANDIA on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:00:00 PST

BARRIO BAROQUE: Rats, Rants, & Other Turf Wars of the Naked Tongue

Join Mesa’s Chicana and Chicano Studies Department, San Diego Mesa College Humanities Institute and local publishing mavericks Calaca Press as they present two masters of the word for Cinco de M...
Posted by CALACALANDIA on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 PST

Happy Birthday Calaca Field Commander (RIP/DEP)

Calaca Press Field Commander raulrsalinas would have turned 74 today.You are missed.Descanzo en paz, compañero!CalacaCOLUMN OF THE AMERICAS MARCH 17, 2008 THE TRIALS & TRAILS OF raulsalinas March 17, ...
Posted by CALACALANDIA on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:35:00 PST

March with the CALACAS CONTRA LA GUERRA this Saturday!

5 years and counting...Bring our sisters and brothers home!March with the CALACAS CONTRA LA GUERRA this Saturday from noon until 3pm in City Heights.The RED CALACARTS COLLECTIVE is making a call out t...
Posted by CALACALANDIA on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:35:00 PST

DJ Aztec Parrot’s Radio 2050 tribute to raulrsalinas

Check out DJ Aztec Parrot's Feb 23 Radio 2050 tribute to Raul Salinas, featuring an airing of Un Trip through the Mind Jail:http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=24964Special props to Darren DeLeon,...
Posted by CALACALANDIA on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:40:00 PST

Help Support Raul’s Wife Lila and Resistencia Bookstore

Calacamig@s-Many have asked us if there is anything they can do to help support the memory of Raul R. Salinas. As a matter of fact there is.We recognize that some people have funds to donate while oth...
Posted by CALACALANDIA on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:12:00 PST

Photo slideshow from Homenaje a raúlrsalinas en Calacalandia

On November 16, 2008 the Calacas held an Homenaje a raulrsalinas.Earlier that day our Field Commander was laid to rest in Austin, TX.A small group of people turned out to pay tri...
Posted by CALACALANDIA on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:48:00 PST

Tattoos in Calacalandia

Calacamig@s-Friend, tattoo artist, muralist, and all around bad ass artist Gerry Garcia (and his equally bad ass artist wife Cardee) will be visiting Calacalandia from San Antonio during spring break....
Posted by CALACALANDIA on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:26:00 PST

Redz 4th annual CHICANO PARK FUNDRAISER March 16

The Red CalacArts Collective presents our 4th annualCHICANO PARK FUNDRAISERin Calacalandia Home of Chelo y Brent of Calaca Press502 Rose Dr.National City, Califas 91950Sunday, March 16, 2008Noon-4pmHe...
Posted by CALACALANDIA on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:25:00 PST