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Emmanuel Ortiz -LRB- born 1974 -RRB- is a Chicano / Puerto Rican / Irish-American activist and spoken-word poet .. Chicano. Chicano. Irish-American. Irish-American. activist. activism. spoken-word. Spoken word. poet. Poetry. He has worked with the Minnesota Alliance for the Indigenous Zapatistas -LRB- MAIZ -RRB- and Estacion Libre and as a staff member of the Resource Centre of the Americas .. Estacion Libre. Estacion Libre. Ortiz has performed his poetry at numerous readings , political rallies , activist conferences , and benefits .. activist. activism. His works appeared in The Roots of Terror a reader published by Project South , as well as others .. His readings of his poems have appeared on Pacifica Radio 's Democracy Now !. His controversial poem , Moment of Silence , circulated the internet a year after September 11th , 2001 .. Moment of Silence. Moment of Silence ( poem )