Malo
"Suavecito"
1972

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRzOfYyIIO4

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Today in Labor History October 27, 1912: Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997) was born on this date in Texarkana, Arkansas. Nancarrow was a Chicano Avant guard composer, who was also a communist activist, who fought in the Abraham Lincoln Brigades against the Franco dictatorship, in Spain. In 1940, he fled the U.S. to México City to avoid being arrested for his former leftist affiliations. He is best known for his Studies for Player Piano, which he wrote, in part, because it was so difficult to find musicians who could perform his technically complex music. He was largely unknown to the public until the 1980s, when he was in his 70’s, and only then became recognized as one of the most significant composers of the century. Some consider Nancarrow’s work to be the analog predecessor to the Black MIDI genre of electronic music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwamzM7fPHw

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Today in Labor History October 17, 1950: The "Salt of the Earth" zinc mine strike began in Silver City, New Mexico. The strike lasted for 14-months and inspired the film “Salt of the Earth,” which was blacklisted. The film was one of the first to portray a feminist political point of view, particularly through Actress Rosaura Revueltas’s role as Esperanza Quintero. When the Company uses the new Taft-Hartley Act (which also bans General Strikes) to impose an injunction preventing the men from picketing, their wives go walk the picket line in their places. LGBTQ and labor activist Will Geer also played in the film. Writer Michael Wilson, director Herbert Biberman and producer Paul Jarrico had all been blacklisted for their alleged communist ties. Only 13 of the 13,000 theaters in the U.S. showed the film. Geer is most well-known for his role as Grandpa Walton, in the long-running TV series, The Waltons. Because of his activism on labor and political issues, he was blacklisted in Hollywood for many years. In 1934, he became a member of the Communist Party. He also met LGBTQ activist Harry Hay that year and they became lovers. Together, they supported the San Francisco General Strike and demonstrated against fascism and for workers’ rights.

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I was blogging almost 20 yrs ago…about music, pop culture, tech, anything that caught my interest or I thought was cool. I’m reposting some of my favorite commentaries, like this one: “The Zoot Suit - East LA's Fashion Revolution” #fashion #ZootSuit #EastLA #Chicano #Latino #LatinoMastodon #OldSchoolCool

http://popimpulse.blogspot.com/2007/03/zoot-suit-east-las-fashion-revolution.html