As Trump tries to escalate the tide of xenophobia that is sweeping across the US, a caravan of desperate migrants from Central America has arrived at the US-Mexican border seeking admission as refugees. Trump has mocked and belittled these terrified people. He has dismissed their hopes and dreams. He has also chosen to ignore the […]
This clip is from the Clint Eastwood western, For A Few Dollars More. It has an eerie melody that runs throughout culminating in this gunfight. This movie was one of a trilogy featuring the Man With No Name, sometimes known as Blondie. The soundtrack was composed by the Italian genius Ennio Morricone, born 10th November, […]
This clip shows the final three-way (ooo err, sounds rude) gunfight between Blondie, Tuco and Angel-eyes. This is one of the best finales to be found in any movie, ever. It also has the greatest soundtrack of any movie, ever. OK, ladies, maybe it’s a guy thing but still, try to understand our weaknesses. If you […]
The video for this is worth watching just to see the effort the Mariachi band have went to to impress. It’s hard not to like them as they all smile a lot and look like they’re enjoying themselves. – If you care, give it a share –
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy This novel, set in both Mexico and the US in the mid-eighteenth century, has been lauded quite a bit since its publication in 1985. It centres around the life of the Kid, a fourteen year old boy born in 1833, in Tennessee, who leaves a motherless home in search of […]
Rebel Voice is pleased to be able to present an interview with the spokesperson and one of the leaders of the socialist Zapatista movement, Subcommandante Marcos. In this piece, Marcos discusses the position of the oppressed peoples of the Americas in relation to global Capitalism, especially as espoused by the USA. – If you care, […]
This short clip gives a very basic introduction to the socialist Zapatista movement of the Chiapas region of southern Mexico. The people who make up the Zapatistas are descended from the Mayans who once had a great civilization and culture of their own before the invasion of colonizers from Europe. – If you care, give […]
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) is a socialist movement of mainly First Nations peoples who fought the Federal government of Mexico more than 20 years ago in an effort to improve living conditions for the oppressed and marginalized citizens of the southern Chiapas region of Mexico. Their spokesperson was the mysterious Subcommandante Marcos, […]
Book Review The Jealous Kind by James Lee Burke Burke is a consistently strong author who turns out great book after great book. The Jealous Kind is no different. Aaron Broussard is a seventeen year old Texas boy learning the perilous ropes of life in 1950’s USA. Far from the idyllic portrayal normally presented […]
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry The tag-line on the cover of this book reads, An epic journey that will change their lives forever… The story does indeed chart an epic journey. This is an epic book. Larry McMurtry’s novel won him a Pulitzer, and I can understand why. Lonesome Dove is a classic in the […]
Listening to this version of the Eagles classic, I had to fight the overwhelming urge to run of to Mexico, find a beautiful senorita, buy a rifle, and build an adobe house (still thinking about it).
The Saint Patrick’s Battalion (Batallón de San Patricio), formed and led by John Riley (Seán Ó Raghailligh) from Clifden, Co. Galway, was a unit of 175 to several hundred immigrants and expats of European descent who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican-American War of 1846–8. Most of […]
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