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Armando Navarro is one of the foremost activist scholars in the Chicana/o community. He is one of the few scholars who know what is to be done to correct the imperfections of a society that prevents Latinos access to education and the political power that is necessary to obtain the human rights we take for granted. As in his previous works, Navarro draws a bight line under the problems and what is to be done, presenting two change models: (1) one examining the Chicano national question; Aztlan's Politics of a Nation-Within-a-Nation (APNWN); and (2) Aztlan's Politics of Separatism in which he puts the struggle into a historical context. -- Rodolfo Acuna, California State University, Northridge In the tradition of activists scholars like Ernesto Galarza and Rodolfo Acuna, Professor Armando Navarro produces yet another provocative and timely manuscript on Chicano/Latino politics. This work is not the usual analysis of voter registration rates and vote turnout statistics since the Viva Kennedy Clubs emerged in 1960. Instead, this book is about the future; boldly stated in two models he projects may be the practical scenarios within a couple of decades. Not one to be timid or cautious in making a prognosis, Dr. Navarro presents the reader with thought-provoking models of what could be in a clear style, extensively documented, and engaging critical analyses. What remains is who will read and apply these models? -- Jose Angel Gutierrez, University of Texas at Arlington, Founder of La Raza Unida Party Navarro's work encompasses a critical analysis of Mexicano/Chicano living histories and personifies the spirit of continued struggle against colonization. Interweaving political history, demography, and socio economic history and conditions, Navarro takes to task the current political state of Raza in the twenty-first century. He spurs you to examine his supposition that as Raza we are an occupied and internal colonized people. Yet his writings insist that our communities rethink politics and dare to fashion a model essential to understanding and practicing politics as a means for liberation. His clarity of purpose and political vision is critical to attaining human rights and political self-determination against all odds. -- Nita J. Gonzales, President of Escuela Tlatelolco Centro de Estudios The truth and only the truth will set you free. Armando Navarro's latest book documents the Chicano Movement's historical struggle for self-determination in the United States. Navarro, in his historical documented analysis, lays out for Chicanos, this nation's fastest growing ethnic group, brutal political truths. Navarro's book is a must read for those who believe in the principle of self-determination, and continue the historical struggle to attain social, economic, and political power for Chicanos in Aztlan. -- Herman Baca, President of Committee on Chicano Rights

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Armando Navarro is a political scientist and professor of ethnic studies at the University of California, Riverside.

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