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May 05, 2005
Jose Palafox to speak at Spring Symposium
José Palafox is a visiting lecturer in the Department of Ethnic Studies at Mills College (2004-05). Palafox is a PhD candidate in the Department of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley where he is completing his dissertation, “Challenging Fronteras: The Historical Origins and Transformations of U.S.-Mexico Border Social Movements in Arizona and California.” He is associate producer of the critically acclaimed documentary “New World Border” (2001, 28 minutes, revised edition, 2005, DVD). Palafox was born in Tijuana, B.C., Mexico and raised in San Diego, CA. He has published extensively on the militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border (e.g., Z Magazine, Covert Action Quarterly, ColorLines Magazine, and Clamour) and has long been involved with immigrant and border rights. As a musician and activist, Palafox has been part of the punk-hardcore underground scene since the early 1990’s.
Posted by mryonker at May 5, 2005 08:28 AM