To the Mujeres of Unión del Barrio, To the Mujeres of Nuestra América, Today, we recognize an action that changed the course of history for women around the world. We mark International Working Women’s Day, and we pause to pay tribute to the 129 women who gave their lives by refusing to leave their workplace […]
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¡Sin Las Mujeres No Hay Revolución!
A las Mujeres de Unión del Barrio, A las Mujeres de Nuestra América, Hoy reconocemos uno de los actos que cambió el rumbo de la historia para las mujeres del mundo. Al conmemorar el Día Internacional de la Mujeres Trabajadoras, hacemos una pausa para prestar tributo a las 129 mujeres que entregaron su vida al […]
Palestinians and Mexicans/Indigenous People Have A Common Enemy: Settler Colonialism
Since our founding in 1981, Unión del Barrio has expressed our support for all oppressed peoples’ Right To Resist. Today, we express our solidarity with the bold resistance of Palestinians in their struggle against normalized Israeli state terror and settler colonization. As a Mexican and Latin American organization based in California, for over 40 years, […]
Unión del Barrio Saluda a la Federación Sindical Mundial en ocasión de su 78 aniversario
Unión del Barrio transmite un caluroso saludo y felicitación a la Federación Sindical Mundial con motivo de su 78 Aniversario y en el Día de Acción Internacional bajo los lemas ‘¡No al autoritarismo y al recorte de las libertades democráticas y sindicales’; ‘¡Trabajo con derechos! ¡No a las flexibilidades y a la explotación!”. Como organización […]
Unión del Barrio Successfully Concludes VII Congreso Nacional
Compas of Unión del Barrio, Allied Organizations, and Supporters: Felicitaciones on this 42nd anniversary of the founding of Unión del Barrio. We recently closed the VII Congreso Nacional of our organization. Since our first Congreso in 1997, the Congreso Nacional represents the maximum authority and highest decision-making body of Unión del Barrio. This series of […]
May 1st, 2023 International Workers Day: “Power in the Hands of the Working Class – Fighting Back Against the Capitalist Offensive”
The global economic crisis facing the majority of working people around the world is becoming sharper and made worse with US imperialist ambitions. Workers today are under increased economic assault with inflation and skyrocketing energy costs hurting workers the most. With the health emergency scheduled to end by mid-may we see cuts to important life […]
Unión del Barrio Supports The Scheduled Education Workers Strike, March 2023
Unión del Barrio supports the righteous strike scheduled for this coming week by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in the Los Angeles Unified School District. SEIU 99 members, many of which are parents of LAUSD students, are teaching assistants, bus drivers, special education aides, and cafeteria workers, custodial workers, supervision aides, campus safety personnel, […]
Unión del Barrio Marks 41 Years of Anti-Colonial Struggle: TOWARDS OUR VII CONGRESS
AUGUST 29, 2022- CALIFAZTLAN – Today, Unión del Barrio commemorates 41 years of anti-colonial struggle. We take this moment to reflect on the tremendous accomplishments of our people’s struggle for Raza Self-Determination, Mexicano Liberation, and the international struggle for socialism. In these 41 years of struggle, we have evolved our thinking and strategies to adapt […]
Unión del Barrio Demands An Immediate End of all U.S. State Repression Against the Uhuru Movement!
To the Leadership & Cadre of the African People’s Socialist Party, To the Leadership & Supporters of the Uhuru Movement in General, Unión del Barrio enthusiastically expresses our support and unconditional solidarity with the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP), and we demand an immediate end to all U.S. state repression against the Uhuru Movement! On […]
Unidas Venceremos
The mujeres of Unión del Barrio share greetings of solidarity to all the women of the world struggling for peace and justice. Women are workers, educators, amas de casa, health care advocates, organizers, students, compañeras; our aspirations are filled with a rebellious nature and deep convictions, our voices cry out for a new and better […]
A COMMUNITY RESISTS: MAY DAY LOS ANGELES AND COMITES DE RESISTENCIA
On Saturday, May 1, 2021, at 5:30 am, a group of committed individuals representing various community organizations took to the streets to kick off early morning community patrols (Patrullajes Comunitarios). Unión del Barrio, a community-based political organization, leads an urgent effort of community resistance and self-defense to disrupt the hostile immigration raids and police terrorism […]
History & Analysis: MAY 1ST 2021 IS ABOUT WORKING CLASS STRUGGLE
Links to UdB-Sponsored May Day 2021 Activities in Southern California: – Two Locations: San Diego & North County San Diego – – Los Angeles – Los Angeles – Union del Barrio and the Comités de Resistencia continue to organize in the LA area to build true community self defense. We are going to begin our […]
La Raza, Barrio Self-Defense & Real Political Power
Ten Difficult Lessons Unión del Barrio Takes Away From Trumpism/COVID-19 — Introduction — The Events of Jan 6th — How We Got Here — What Comes Next — INTRODUCTION: The goal of this analysis is to provide a critical/self-critical assessment of the repression suffered by our communities […]
UdB Urges UTLA Members to VOTE NO on the Tentative Agreement to Reopen LAUSD Schools
Union del Barrio is a political organization founded nearly 40 years ago, and today we continue our work of defending the rights of our community and all working-class people. In Los Angeles, many of our members are educators and proud members of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), the teacher’s union of the Los Angeles Unified […]
UdB Guidance Regarding the Ongoing Political Crisis in the U.S.
Communique for the membership of Unión del Barrio and our allies: Given the critical political situation that has taken shape since the violent acts of January 6 in Washington D.C., and keeping in mind ongoing threats of political violence elsewhere, the Comité Central feels it is necessary to reissue our five-point guidance published at the […]
History is Ours, and it is the People Who Make It – ¡Hasta la Victoria Siempre!
December 31, 2020 To the General Membership of Unión del Barrio, and to our Friends Once again, we close another year. We must recognize that 2020 brought new and difficult challenges. Not only for Unión del Barrio but to all of humanity: Covid-19 began to engulf the planet during the twilight of 2019. At first, […]
The 2020 Presidential Elections Had Nothing To Do With Democracy, But Did Unmask The Reactionary Nature Of The U.S. Electoral System
With regard to the 2020 elections, we must first state that this electoral cycle represents the culmination of a multi-faceted structural crisis of the capitalist system that began more than four decades ago. It had almost nothing to do with democracy, but instead was a mass-based contest between political impotence versus collective psychosis. Forced to […]
Unión del Barrio Statement Regarding the Demand to Re-Open Schools During the Pandemic
Union del Barrio rejects the Trump regime’s demands to re-open schools for the 2020-2021 academic school year. As an organization committed to critical pedagogy and democratic schooling, we are convinced that public schools should not resume in-person instruction until that time when it is deemed safe by public health experts and the broader scientific community. We […]
Unión del Barrio 5-Point Guidance For The Current Political Crisis
1. Only attend known events, and maintain all pandemic-related precautions. 2. Express your anger, but do not be blinded by your emotions. 3. Be “gente solidaria”, do not surrender your class-based political principles, but also maintain a barrio-based vigilance. 4. Maintain revolutionary discipline and organizational accountability. 5. Defend our barrios, by any means necessary. There […]
Minneapolis 2020: The Murder of George Floyd Is Clearest Evidence Yet That This System Has NO Redeemable Value
Unión del Barrio sends our sincere condolences to the family of George Floyd, and we state our solidarity with protesters in Minnesota who are standing up against police terror. We unite with the international condemnation of Derek Chauvin and the Minneapolis Police Department for the blatant lynching of brother Floyd. We call for the arrest […]