Unión del Barrio publishes the following press conference held by the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five

The list of speakers include:

• Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, U.S. Army Colonel and former Chief of Staff to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell
• Wayne Smith, former chief, U.S. Interests Section in Havana
• Andrés Gómez, director, Antonio Maceo Brigade (member organization of La Alianza Martiana coalition)
• Brian Becker, director, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
• Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, co-founder, Partnership for Civil Justice
• Gloria La Riva, coordinator, National Committee to Free the Cuban Five

Unión del Barrio supports the struggle to free the Cuban Five:

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  Gerardo Hernández • René González • Antonio Guerrero • Ramon Labañino • Fernando González

COMMEMORATION OF THE HISTORIC AUGUST 29TH NATIONAL CHICANO MORATORIUM MARCH

August 28, 2010- Los Angeles Marcha, Unión del Barrio joind the co-organization of the 40th Commemoration of the August 29th Chicano Moratorium of 1970. Then, 1970, was the call to end Raza’s participation in the colonial-imperialist war of aggression on the heroic Vietnamese people. Today we refuse to participate in, and call for the end to, the colonial-imperialst war of aggression in Irak & Afghanistan. Our War is not in Irak or Afghanistan; our war is here at home, in our barrios against migra/police terror, for justice, dignity, self-determination!

THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES

Today, 40 years later, as is evident by the Nazi-racism openly attacking Raza in Arizona and as the U.S. wages imperialist wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we understand that the need for “organized” struggle continues (la lucha continua!). For this reason Unión del Barrio upholds the statement, “It is on the 40th anniversary of this historical march that the political and ideological struggles of the 1960s and 1970s are more relevant today than ever.” (See, “40th Anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium March of August 29, 1970”, Guerrillera/os de La Pluma, Journal of the Raza Press and Media Association, Summer 2010).

To commemorate the August 29th March and to organize our community to fight back against the racist-fascist violence that is coming down throughout the United States (Occupied America), Unión del Barrio sponsored a “unity and struggle” forum on Thursday, August 26, 2010. The forum, held at the Centro Cultural de La Raza consisted of a panel of speakers, film, and dialogue.

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¡RAZA SI, GUERRA NO!

On August 26th 2010, Unión del Barrio organized a forum and discussion on the 40th Commemoration of the Chicano Moratorium of 1970 and the continued opposition to war, both abroad (Irak & Afghanistan) and at home the occupied territories of México. The forum took place at the Centro Culutral de la Raza in San Diego, CA.

¡UNIDOS VENCEREMOS!

Fundada en 1993 por Unión del Barrio, el principal objetivo del Proyecto de Presos Chicano-Mexicano (CMPP) ha sido de concientizar a la Raza “dentro y fuera de la cárcel” y exponer al mundo que el sistema penitenciario no sólo sirve para oprimir a los mexicanos y de otros pueblos pobres/colonizados, sino que también hace miles de millones de dólares de los sufrimientos y la brutalidad que afrontan nuestros pueblos en estos campos de concentración. Por lo tanto, nuestro objetivo es poner fin al sistema económico-social conocido como “capitalismo-colonialismo”, que dio a luz y mantiene los campos de concentración, y se aprovecha del encarcelamiento de miles de nuestra gente.

Ofrecemos nuestra más reciente edición de la carta noticiera; Las Calles y La Torcida, julio-septiembre de 2010.

ENGLISH

Founded in 1993 by Unión del Barrio, the Chicano Mexicano Prison Project (CMPP) has had as its main objective the consciousness rasising of Raza both “inside and outside prison walls,” as well as to expose to the world that the prison/penitentiary system not only serves to opress Mexicans, and other poor and colonized people, but also to expose the billion dollar economy that that is generated to keep our and other poor people in  these brutal conditions in what we recognize as concentration camps. Therefore our objective is to bring an end to the economic social system known as “Capitalism-Colonialism,” that has given rise and maintains these concentration camps which benefit a wealthy minority at the expense of our people.

We offer the public our most recent edition of our newsletter: Las Calles y La Torcida, July-September 2010

USSF 2010 People’s Movement Assembly on:
Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) & May 1st Int’l Worker’s Day and The Struggle for Immigration Reform in the United States

PANEL & DISCUSSION
Thursday June 24, 2010
1-5 PM
Room D2-11 Cobo Hall
Detroit, Michigan
US Social Forum

On ALBA:
The Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) is a cooperative trade agreement among nine Latin American and Caribbean nations. Formed as an alternative to the Free Trade Agreements (NAFTA/CAFTA/FTAA), neoliberal trade model, it provides workers and anti-imperialists with a real world alternative to the savage free trade agreements that have stunted Latin America’s economic, social, political and cultural development.

In contrast, the Bolivarian Alliance provides for the nationalization of natural and human resources for the development of the countries in areas of Education, Healthcare, Housing, Food Security programs and improvements in the area of Art, Culture, Science, Sports and  Technology for improvement in the quality of life for the majority of working people, historically marginalized by colonialism and imperialist globalization.

Join us to discuss how workers in the US can build and support alternatives to neo-liberal global capitalism.

On MAY 1st
Mexican & Latin American migration to the U.S. has increased since the implementation of economic free trade agreements throughout the hemisphere. Today workers from Mexico & Latin America, forced to find work outside their countries have become modern day slaves to capitalism, and have been victims of systematic human rights violations such as: death at the border, separation of families, criminalization of workers, all part of US immigration policy.

In recent years the Mexican/Latin American workers have been at the forefront of building a movement for Immigration Reform and have identified with the international working class holiday of May 1st to demand our rights.

Come and participate in a discussion on ways to unite our struggle with the continental/international working class struggle for full rights and dignity.

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En el Sur de California | In Southern California

Los Angeles:
The Southern California Immigration Coalition is unified to bring an end to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s raids of communities and workplaces. We believe in Full Legalization for all workers.

- Full Legalization Now!

- Stop ICE Raids!

- No Guest worker Program!

- Right to Organize!

Assemble at Broadway & Olympic (downtown Los Angeles) 10am

La Coalición de Inmigración del Sur de California está unido para luchar por el fin de las redadas de la migra (ICE) en nuestras comunidades y en los lugares de trabajo. Creemos en la plena legalización de todos y todas los obreros.

Exigimos:

- Legalización Plena Ahora!

- Alto a las Redadas de la Migra!

- No Programa Bracero!

- Derecho a Organizar!

Convocamos a las 10am en las esquinas de Olympic y Broadway (centro de Los Angeles)

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SAN DIEGO: ¡OBRERO, PONTE DE PIE Y LUCHA!

Unión del Barrio, a 28 year-old organization that struggles for the self-determination of the Mexicana/o working class communities, will comemorate International Workers Day on this May 1st.

Unión del Barrio makes a call to our community to organize themselves and demand respect for the rights of all workers regardless of their immigration status. With this call we also demand an immediate end to the ICE/immigration raids in our communities, which criminalizes and separates working class families. We recognize that the economic crisis that currently exists in the world today has been placed on the backs of working class people and now is the time to unite and organize ourselves to struggle for a just and dignified life.

This May 1st at Chicano Park beginning at 11:00a.m. all those who believe in the rights of workers will unite to demand:

- An immediate end to the ICE/Immigration Raids

- An immediate stop to the criminalization of workers

- Respect the human rights of working class families!

¡Vivan los y las Trabajadores!
¡Viva el Pueblo Organizado!

11am | Chicano Park|Parque Chicano

For more information, or to endorse this event, please contact: info_sd@uniondelbarrio.org

Unión del Barrio, una organización con 28 años en la lucha por la auto-determinación de las comunidades de la clase obrera, observa y conmemora el Día Internacional de los Trabajadores este 1º de mayo.

Unión del Barrio hace un llamado a nuestra comunidad para organizarse y exigir respecto por los derechos de todos los trabajadores, sin importar su estado migratorio. Con este llamado también exigimos un alto inmediato a las redadas de la migra/ICE en nuestras comunidades, que continúan criminalizando y separando a las familias de nuestra clase obrera. Reconocemos que la crisis económica que existe actualmente hoy en día ha sido al costo de los trabajadores, ha llegado la hora de unirse y organizarse para luchar por una vida justa, con trabajos dignos.

Este 1º de mayo en el Parque Chicano a partir de las 11:00a.m. todos los que creen en los derechos de los trabajadores se unen para exigir:

- ¡Alto inmediato a las redadas de inmigración/ICE!

- ¡Alto a la criminalización de los trabajadores!

- ¡El respeto a los derechos humanos de las familias de la clase obrera!

¡Vivan los y las Trabajadores!
¡Viva el Pueblo Organizado!

11am | Chicano Park|Parque Chicano

Para mayores informes, o para apoyar este evento comuniquese a: info_sd@uniondelbarrio.org

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OXNARD: CAMINATA DEL PUEBLO 10K BARRIO WALK

INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY

CAMINTATA DEL PUEBLO -10K BARRIO WALK

Saturday May 1, 2010  | Sábado 1º de mayo 10 am

Camino del Sol Park

(Corner of Rose Avenue and Camino del Sol)

Oxnard, CA

Union del Barrio in Oxnard, as part of regional actions being organized to commemorate International Workers’ Day and to demand the End to the Immigration Customs and Enforcement raids, the Separation of Families, and for the Legalization for All, is organizing a 10K Barrio Walk.

Participants of the walk will be raising funds that will immediately support the family of Liliana Santuario, a migrant worker mujer that has been in sanctuary for over 2 1/2 years, seperated from her family, her husband and three children.

Please join us! If you want to walk with us on May Day, we ask that you raise funds to contribute to Liliana’s family. Raise $1, raise $5, raise more! Take a stand against the brutal immigration policies of state terror implemented against the Mexican/Latino community.

To support, join or endorse the Peoples’ Walk, La Caminata de Pueblo, please email Union del Barrio at: todopoderalpueblo@yahoo.com or call (805) 890-9792

¡Somos un pueblo! Sin Fronteras!
We are one people, Without Borders!