Jorge Ramirez-Lopez
@jorgeramirezlopez.bsky.social
UC President’s Postdoctoral fellow, American Indian Studies Center, UCLA | Writing about Indigenous Oaxacan migration, culture, and politics since the late 20th century
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It’s out! In the new issue of JAEH, my article examines one of the first Indigenous Oaxacan migrant political organizations formed in the 1980s. I show how Mixtecos drew from their communal governance learned in their pueblos to defend their migrant communities in San Diego!
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***Authors on Authors Blog Series***
Our blog, Not From Here, welcomes contributions to its new series, which consists of authors interviewing other authors about their recent publications.
Interested? Contact Yun Jung Kim, the IEHS Blog Editor, at notfromhere@iehs.org.
Our blog, Not From Here, welcomes contributions to its new series, which consists of authors interviewing other authors about their recent publications.
Interested? Contact Yun Jung Kim, the IEHS Blog Editor, at notfromhere@iehs.org.
September 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
***Authors on Authors Blog Series***
Our blog, Not From Here, welcomes contributions to its new series, which consists of authors interviewing other authors about their recent publications.
Interested? Contact Yun Jung Kim, the IEHS Blog Editor, at notfromhere@iehs.org.
Our blog, Not From Here, welcomes contributions to its new series, which consists of authors interviewing other authors about their recent publications.
Interested? Contact Yun Jung Kim, the IEHS Blog Editor, at notfromhere@iehs.org.
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Chicago! On May 22nd, 6:30 to 8:30 pm I'll be part of a discussion organized by @prisonculture.bsky.social at Walls Turned Sideways: "Why Make Zines in 2025: Information Control Under Fascism." Also participating are Lewis Raven Wallace, and K Rochelle R-Drennan. Come! whyzines2025.eventbrite.com
Why Make Zines in 2025: Information Control Under Fascism
Join us for a discussion about zinemaking under fascism
whyzines2025.eventbrite.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Chicago! On May 22nd, 6:30 to 8:30 pm I'll be part of a discussion organized by @prisonculture.bsky.social at Walls Turned Sideways: "Why Make Zines in 2025: Information Control Under Fascism." Also participating are Lewis Raven Wallace, and K Rochelle R-Drennan. Come! whyzines2025.eventbrite.com
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Please join me tomorrow!
Book talk at UW 3:30pm
Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II 🗃️
oral history, Indigenous history, Alaska history, Native activism, Native relocation
Book talk at UW 3:30pm
Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II 🗃️
oral history, Indigenous history, Alaska history, Native activism, Native relocation
Hi Seattle!! 👋
I have a book talk at UW this Thursday April 24 at 3:30pm
Hope to see you there!
Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II @uwapress.bsky.social
🗃️#booktalk
I have a book talk at UW this Thursday April 24 at 3:30pm
Hope to see you there!
Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II @uwapress.bsky.social
🗃️#booktalk
April 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Please join me tomorrow!
Book talk at UW 3:30pm
Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II 🗃️
oral history, Indigenous history, Alaska history, Native activism, Native relocation
Book talk at UW 3:30pm
Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II 🗃️
oral history, Indigenous history, Alaska history, Native activism, Native relocation
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Exactly. This is why they want to ban Ethnic Studies from schools — to keep people ignorant of this history and to keep alive the myth of American exceptionalism. This isn’t just stuff that happens “over there.” If you want to talk about Nazis you need to talk about what they learned from Jim Crow.
It's as American as chattel slavery, the Trail of Tears, Japanese internment, and Indian Boarding Schools. Project 2025 really isn't relying on any other history than America's. I need y'all to tap into what has been happening here all along.
The Trump administration is saying that they can deny due process to anyone they want and deport them to dangerous foreign prisons.
This isn’t even Project 2025.
This is Nazi Germany 1933.
This isn’t even Project 2025.
This is Nazi Germany 1933.
April 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Exactly. This is why they want to ban Ethnic Studies from schools — to keep people ignorant of this history and to keep alive the myth of American exceptionalism. This isn’t just stuff that happens “over there.” If you want to talk about Nazis you need to talk about what they learned from Jim Crow.
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y'all I love the IEHS 😭 such a cozy history org
IEHS members shared a meal and some great conversation at #OAH25!
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April 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
y'all I love the IEHS 😭 such a cozy history org
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The media should report on the scale of these protests. You got students in the San Fernando Valley, East LA, West Side (Venice, Santa Monica, Westwood), Hawthorne, Downey... Protests continue to grow all across Los Angeles. Solidarity with the youth!
RIGHT NOW- VALLEY STUDENTS WALK OUT
Students from Robert H. Lewis & Polytechnic High School in the San Fernando Valley have walked out of class & are hitting the streets for another day of protest opposing Pres Trump's fascist policies
Solidarity with the students! FUCK ICE!
Students from Robert H. Lewis & Polytechnic High School in the San Fernando Valley have walked out of class & are hitting the streets for another day of protest opposing Pres Trump's fascist policies
Solidarity with the students! FUCK ICE!
February 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The media should report on the scale of these protests. You got students in the San Fernando Valley, East LA, West Side (Venice, Santa Monica, Westwood), Hawthorne, Downey... Protests continue to grow all across Los Angeles. Solidarity with the youth!
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I'm really gonna need folks to pay attention to the anti-disability language that Donald Trump used today. You can read @metrauxjulia.bsky.social for details. It is as central to what he's doing as the misogyny and racism and homophobia and ....
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump responds to Washington plane crash with racist, ableist diatribe
The president used the tragedy, which killed 67, to deliver a bigoted and self-promoting tirade about DEI.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I'm really gonna need folks to pay attention to the anti-disability language that Donald Trump used today. You can read @metrauxjulia.bsky.social for details. It is as central to what he's doing as the misogyny and racism and homophobia and ....
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For verified information about ICE in the CA central coast Tri-County area (SLO, Santa Barbara, Ventura) please follow the work of 805 undocu/immigrant rapid response. The org also has trainings for rapid response and other areas of support.
January 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For verified information about ICE in the CA central coast Tri-County area (SLO, Santa Barbara, Ventura) please follow the work of 805 undocu/immigrant rapid response. The org also has trainings for rapid response and other areas of support.
(A bit late) but I’ve been really enjoying the new books network podcast, especially being able to listen to scholars talk about their books as I go on walks. It’s exciting to hear their enthusiasm and learn a bit more about books on my to read list.
January 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
(A bit late) but I’ve been really enjoying the new books network podcast, especially being able to listen to scholars talk about their books as I go on walks. It’s exciting to hear their enthusiasm and learn a bit more about books on my to read list.
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We talked with many many staff and worker leaders in citrus, tree nuts, wine grapes and other crops in Bakersfield and it simply didn’t happen. Amidst all their anxiety, these people are still going to work to provide for their families and feed this country. www.snopes.com/news/2025/01...
Unpacking Claim That 75% of Farm Workers Didn't Go to Work Due to Immigration Raids in CA City
The United Farm Workers union said claims of 75% absences in Bakersfield were "not accurate" but that raids had caused significant fear and anxiety.
www.snopes.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We talked with many many staff and worker leaders in citrus, tree nuts, wine grapes and other crops in Bakersfield and it simply didn’t happen. Amidst all their anxiety, these people are still going to work to provide for their families and feed this country. www.snopes.com/news/2025/01...
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TO MY DINÉ AND BORDERLANDS NATIVE RELATIVES: I'm truly horrified by this, and I'm so sorry. I'm sharing a google doc of rights and resources in the next tweet. If I can share anything else, please don't hesitate to ask. azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Navajo Nation leaders address reports of ICE detaining tribal citizens
Social media reports of Navajo citizens being detained by ICE prompted Navajo leaders to explore ways to protect their people.
azcentral.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
TO MY DINÉ AND BORDERLANDS NATIVE RELATIVES: I'm truly horrified by this, and I'm so sorry. I'm sharing a google doc of rights and resources in the next tweet. If I can share anything else, please don't hesitate to ask. azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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The Black Jacobins by CLR James
January 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The Black Jacobins by CLR James
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I was raised in a multi-generational organizing family and I can say with firsthand knowledge that 20th century organizers read theory and they studied history and literature quite closely
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
January 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I was raised in a multi-generational organizing family and I can say with firsthand knowledge that 20th century organizers read theory and they studied history and literature quite closely
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
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Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy. immpolicytracking.org/home/
Immigration Policy Tracking Project
A comprehensive and dynamic catalogue of immigration policies issued by the Trump administration since January 2017.
immpolicytracking.org
January 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy. immpolicytracking.org/home/
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If you're stressing out about tomorrow, there are now over 400 local immigration groups listed on this spreadsheet across all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico - take a minute, find one near you, and commit to spending an hour volunteering with them.
To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.
January 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
If you're stressing out about tomorrow, there are now over 400 local immigration groups listed on this spreadsheet across all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico - take a minute, find one near you, and commit to spending an hour volunteering with them.
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In Los Angeles, immigrant community members have been clearing downed trees, distributing drinking water and other supplies, and marshaling support for neighbors. capitalandmain.com/as-los-angel...
As Los Angeles Burns, Immigrants Mobilize
Fearing little help from FEMA, they are clearing downed trees and marshaling support for their community.
capitalandmain.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
In Los Angeles, immigrant community members have been clearing downed trees, distributing drinking water and other supplies, and marshaling support for neighbors. capitalandmain.com/as-los-angel...
One week away! Join us at UCLA or on Zoom (register for link) for this talk about the AfroMexican movement in Oaxaca!
Excited to share this book talk with Dr. Itza Amanda Varela Huerta (UAM-X) on the emergence of the AfroMexican Movement!! Hybrid in-person/Zoom & in Spanish. Comments by Dr. Alan Pelaez Lopez (UC Davis). Sponsored by Am Indian Studies Cntr, Dept of Chicana/o Central Am, and Cntr for MXN studies
November 26, 2024 at 7:58 PM
One week away! Join us at UCLA or on Zoom (register for link) for this talk about the AfroMexican movement in Oaxaca!
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Interview with Native America Calling posted! Check it out while you’re commuting, doing dishes, or lounging
www.nativeamericacalling.com/monday-novem...
www.nativeamericacalling.com/monday-novem...
November 12, 2024 at 5:05 AM
Interview with Native America Calling posted! Check it out while you’re commuting, doing dishes, or lounging
www.nativeamericacalling.com/monday-novem...
www.nativeamericacalling.com/monday-novem...
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It has been the greatest honor of my career to write a Foreword for the Harv Law Rev. I am grateful to be able to tell this story and tell it from the heart in such a prominent forum. As always, I dream of a day when words can change minds and hearts—and worlds: harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/u...
November 13, 2023 at 6:51 PM
It has been the greatest honor of my career to write a Foreword for the Harv Law Rev. I am grateful to be able to tell this story and tell it from the heart in such a prominent forum. As always, I dream of a day when words can change minds and hearts—and worlds: harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/u...