“La vida no es la que uno vivió, sino la que uno recuerda y cómo la recuerda.”
-Gabriel García Márquez
Hola, my name is Gustavo and this is my personal site/blog. I reside in the Central Valley (California), the so called “agricultural capital of the world” where I work as an “educator.”
I’m not a democrat or a republican. I don’t believe in the PRI. I don’t follow any party line. I believe in democracy. I believe in human rights.
“I’m man enough to tell you that I can’t put my finger on exactly what my philosophy is now. But I’m flexible.”
-Malcolm X
Pictures?
All my pictures are stored away on flickr and can be seen here and there. The following is a flickr badge with random pictures of mine.
Booklist
The following is a list of my all-time favorite books. I am positive I have left many off.
A New Time for Mexico by Carlos Fuentes
El amor en los tiempos del cólera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Cien Años de Soledad by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Rebellion from the Roots: Indian Uprising in Chiapas by John Ross
Veinte Poemas de Amor y Una Cancion Desesperada by Pablo Neruda
The Annexation of Mexico: from the Aztecs to the IMF by John Ross
With these Hands: the Hidden World of Migrant Farmworkers by Daniel Rothenberg
The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes
The African American Experience by Joe William Trotter, Jr.
Stolen Childhood: Slave Youth in Nineteenth-Century America by Wilma King
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
The Black Panthers Speak by Philip S. Foner
Malcolm X Speaks by George Breitman
Guerrilla Warfare by Che Guevara
Latin America: Conflict and Creation by E. Bradford Burns
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America by John Charles Chasteen
Mexico: Biography of Power by Enrique Krauze
Latin America: A Concise Interpretive History by E. Bradford Burns
Profit Over People by Noam Chomsky
The War of 1898 by Louis A. Perez, Jr.
El Gran Pueblo: A History of Greater Mexico by Colin M. MacLachlan, William H. Beezley
The War Against Oblivion: The Zapatista Chronicles by John Ross
Vivir Para Contarla by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Mexican Border in the Twentieth century by David E. Lorey
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn
Killing hope: United States and CIA Interventions Since WWII by William Blum
The Huey P. Newton Reader by Huey P. Newton Edited by David Hilliard
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
El Laberinto de la Soledad by Octavio Paz
Rogue States by Noam Chomsky
The Pursuit of History by John Tosh
The Wind that Swept Mexico by Anita Brenner
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Massacre at El Mozote by Mark Danner
The Age of McCarthyism by Ellen Schrecker
Latino USA: A Cartoon History by Ilan Stevens and Lalo Alcaraz
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein
Oh, the places you’ll go! by Dr. Seuss
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Dubois
What Uncle Sam Really Wants by Noam Chomsky
The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many by Noam Chomsky
Secrets, Lies and Democracy by Noam Chomsky
Live from Death Row by Mumia Abu-Jamal
1984 by George Orwell
Elsewhere?
Other sites that I can be found at trying to feed my boredom are at Last.fm where you can view my listening habits. I try to “network” at MySpace and facebook. Check out my very own Amazon Wishlist.
Why this site?
At first I started this site to share pictures and news with friends and family. Soon after I changed the format of the site to that of a blog and well the rest is history. I really enjoy the cultural, political, social, economic, sports, chingaderas, discussions that go on in Blogtitlan. It really makes the world so much smaller. In what other way can you meet so many interesting people from around the country and the world?
“Es tan corto el amor y tan largo el olvido.”
-Pablo Neruda
La unica muerte es el olvido
La Unica Muerte es el Olvido was the original title of the blog. I try to abide by this dicho (sayings) as best I can. It translates from Spanish to English to mean “The only death is to be forgotten.” As long as the memories are alive, so is the person in your mind and your heart.
Disclaimer
The content on this site is not meant to insult you personally unless you are a politico, a war-monger, or just a hater, otherwise don’t take it personal.
