El Grito del Norte

Infobox Newspaper
name = El Grito del Norte


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type = Semimonthly newspaper
format = TabloidMacPhee, 64]
foundation = 1966
ceased publication = 1973
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assoceditor = Jose Madril
maneditor = Elizabeth "Betita" Martínez
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language = English, Spanish
political = Left
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headquarters = Española, New Mexico
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"El Grito del Norte" ("The Northern Call") was a bilingual (English and Spanish) newspaper based in Española, New Mexico. Co-founded by activist Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez and attorney Beverly Axelrod in 1966, the paper was originally the official publication of the Reies Tijerina's Alianza Federal de Mercedes, an organization dedicated to recovering the lands of dispossessed Hispanos. It expanded to provide coverage of the Chicano Movement in urban areas, workers' struggles, and Latino political prisoners, as well as other Leftist causes.

"El Grito" was unique in several ways. It had an pro-socialist political agendaMartínez, 2] that was hostile to the power structure in New Mexico. This hostility prompted some repression. Antonio Cordova, a staff photographer, faced police harassment after photographing police teargassing protesters at a demonstration.ibid] He was later assassinated by the police.

It was staffed by a mostly-volunteer collective of editors, columnists, writers, artists, photographers, and production workers. Of these, women, including Jane Lougee, Tessa Martinez, Adelita Medina, Kathy Montague, Sandra Solis, Rini Templeton, Valentina Valdes, and Enriqueta Vásquez, were predominant. This gave the paper a decidedly feminist bent.

Its social agenda countered prevailing negative images of Mexican-Americans by publishing cultural materials such as short stories, poetry, songs, and recipes.Vasquez, xiii-xiv]

One major goal of the newspaper was training young Chicanas to run a newspaper. Two women trained at "El Grito" went on to found their own newspaper, "Tierra y Libertad", in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

"El Grito del Norte" ceased publication in 1973 when managing editor Martínez and others moved to Albuquerque to found the Chicano Communications Center.

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References

*Citation | last =Martínez | first =Elizabeth "Betita" | author-link =Elizabeth Martinez | date =July-August 2002 | title =A view from New Mexico: recollections of the movimiento left | publisher =Monthly Review | url =http://www.monthlyreview.org/0702martinez.htm | accessdate =2008-07-20
*cite book |last=MacPhee |first=Josh |coauthors= Erik Reuland|title=Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority |edition= |series= |volume= |date=2007 |year= |month= |publisher=AK Press |location=Oakland |language= |isbn= 1904859321 |pages= 319 |quote=While examining the pages of "El Grito del Norte" or of "Industrial Worker", as well as the evocation of the mestiza/o aesthetic, it becomes obvious that the physicality involved in the design process became one of the main impetuses for how these tabloids took shape.
*cite book |last= Vasquez|first= Enriqueta|authorlink= |coauthors= John Nichols (preface) |editor=Lorena Oropeza and Dionne Espinoza |others= |title=Enriqueta Vasquez and the Chicano Movement: Writings from El Grito del Norte |series= Hispanic Civil Rights |date=2006|publisher= Arte Público Press |location=Houston |language= English, Spanish |isbn=1-55885-479-7|quote=

External links

* [http://www.unm.edu/~chicanos/LINK/Elgrito.doc Table of Contents] from El Grito del Norte (1966-1972)