Huelga En General 

Letra: Agustin Lira (con Luis Valdez)

Música: Agustin Lira

Hasta México ha llegado la noticia muy alegre 

que Delano es diferente 

Pues el pueblo ya está en contra, 

los rancheros y engreídos 

que acababan con la gente 

Y como somos hermanos, 

la alegría compartimos con todos los campesinos 

¡Viva la revolución! ¡Viva nuestra Asociación! 

¡Viva huelga en general! 

El día ocho de septiembre de los campos de Delano 

salieron los filipinos 

Y después de dos semanas para unirse a la batalla 

salieron los…

The Washing Machine 

From: Lessons my Grandmother taught me 

F. Herrera, MTS 

Lent is like a washing machine 

A time to come in with all we need cleaning, 

Face it and enjoy God’s forgiveness 

After the agitation of getting all the dirt out. 

But, the goal is not to get stuck in the dirt 

The goal is to experience the Cleaning 

In fact, every mass, not just lent 

should be experienced as a great cleaning 

Coming out feeling washed 

Freed 

Released 

Soaring with joy and gratefulness!!

If the “Thanks Giving” story goes - that the original peoples helped the newcomer (“illegal immigrant”) survive, it is only fitting that the newcomer Give Thanks: re-tribute; pay tribute to those who saved them. One way to do it is to re-distribute the wealth the newcomer has amassed thanks to the original peoples. 

Then maybe, each year there should be a project - a political project, laws and budgets, orders of business, that follow the directives of First Nation thought and Practices, which respect…