June 9, 2015 Unión del Barrio congratulates the Association of Raza Educators (ARE), community organizations, all committed individuals who participated in the victorious Ethnic Studies NOW campaign in San Diego, California. We are especially proud of our Comité Local Francisco Villa – the internal committee that coordinates the work of Unión del Barrio in San Diego, […]
Unión del Barrio INVITA: INFORME DE DELEGACIÓN CUMBRE DE LOS PUEBLOS; Sindical y de los Movimientos Sociales de Nuestra América ¡CONOZCA QUÉ PASÓ EN PANAMÁ! EL PASADO MES DE ABRIL TODOS LOS 35 PRESIDENTES DEL CONTINENTE SE REUNIERON EN LA VII CUMBRE DE LAS AMERICAS EN LA CIUDAD DE PANAMÁ PARA HABLAR DE “PROSPERIDAD CON EQUIDAD”. LOS PUEBLOS, REPRESENTADOS POR MAS […]
This years conference will address topics that directly impact the Mexicano/Raza Community including the militarization of our schools, the school to prison pipeline, and other topics that impact our Raza’s relationship to the Prison Industrial Complex. The Chicano Mexicano Prison Project – a Project of Unión del Barrio is committed to exposing the attacks on […]
rocha@jornada.com.mx La Jornada – Lunes 18 de mayo de 2015
Unión del Barrio, MEChA of Santee High School and other community organizations, call on the community to this organizing meeting to launch a campaign in LA to defend street vendors from the LAPD/Sheriffs! At the same time, we will organize to put political pressure on the LA City Council to legalize street vending in Los […]
Desde la fundación de Unión del Barrio en 1981, los educadores han desempeñado un papel central en el desarrollo de la organización. Prueba de ello es cómo el compañero Ernesto Bustillos trabajó como profesor durante la mayor parte de su vida, y fue uno de los fundadores originales de la Asociación de Educadores de la […]
Since the founding of Unión del Barrio in 1981, educators have played a central role in the evolution of the organization. Evidence of this is how compañero Ernesto Bustillos worked as a teacher for the majority of his life, and was among the original founders of the Association of Raza Educators (ARE). Even today, a […]
Traducido del inglés por Sara Plaza y S. Seguí – Rebelión ¿Apoyamos las protestas contra el terrorismo policial? Totalmente. ¿Denunciaremos a la gente por montar bronca? De ninguna manera. Mientras tanto, oportunistas comentaristas mediáticos, deshonestos políticos bipartidistas y representantes progres de docenas de organismos de servicio social acuden a toda prisa a Baltimore para denunciar los […]
Lucha Internacionalista Se Hace Sentir En El Sur De California El viernes 1o de mayo 2015, Día Internacional de las y los Trabajadores, las comunidades mexicanas y latinoamericanas de Los Ángeles y San Diego se organizaron y se movilizaron para realizar una marcha por el centro de estas dos ciudades. Las marchas transcurrieron por algunas […]
Internationalist Solidarity Is Felt In Southern California On Friday May 1, 2015, International Workers Day, the Mexican and Latin American communities of Los Angeles and San Diego organized and mobilized for a march through the centers of these two cities. The marchas disrupted some of the most luxurious and bourgeois areas of their respective locations. […]
On May 28, 2010, my husband and father of my 5 children was brutally beaten and tortured at the San Diego border by federal agents. Days later Anastasio Hernandez Rojas died. The San Diego coroner’s office described Anastasio’s death as a homicide and found that he had “several loose teeth; bruising to his chest, stomach, […]
Over one year and a half ago, the City of Oxnard, and the Oxnard Police Department (OPD) – in the most cowardly and shameless attempts to silence and intimidate the local community protests against police brutality, issued five whack-lame “traffic” citations against Francisco “Chavo” Romero. El Chavo has been an outspoken critic of local Oxnard […]
Do we support protests against police terror? Absolutely. Will we denounce people for raising hell? Absolutely not. Meanwhile, opportunistic media commentators, dishonest politicians from both parties, and liberal representatives from dozens of social service agencies are now rushing to Baltimore to denounce the “rioting.” What is different about Baltimore is that the standard “peaceful” protests, candlelight vigils, […]
May 1st, also known as May Day, or Primero de Mayo, is celebrated globally as International Workers Day, one of a few commemorations that spans across borders and touches all humanity. Every year on this day there are huge demonstrations, marches, and rallies throughout Nuestra América and the world. Unión del Barrio, in collaboration with […]
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For Immediate Press Release April 22, 2015 The Chicano community will celebrate the 45th Anniversary on Saturday, April 25, 2015 (a historical day) of world renowned Chicano Park that is listed on both the CA Register of Historical Resources, and the National Register of Historic Place. Tommie Camarillo, Chairperson of the Chicano Park Steering Committee […]
San Diego Zapata March 2015 On Saturday April 11th 2015, over 200 San Diego youth took over the streets of Barrio Logan to take a stand against all violations of human rights, to reject state terrorism, and to defend OUR right to a College/University education. The event included cultural and political performances, from the hip-hop […]
Cumbre de los Pueblos, Sindical y de los Movimientos Sociales de Nuestra América Nosotros, los Pueblos de Nuestra América, convocados en la Cumbre de los Pueblos, Sindical y de los Movimientos Sociales reunidos en la Universidad de Panamá entre los días 9, 10 y 11 de 2015, con más de 3,500 delegados/as representando a centenares de nuestras […]
Nos tejió en su utopia al decirnos que América no fue descubierta, si no que nació libre y volverá a serlo. Nos recordó que los pueblos originarios nunca cesaran de existir mientras sigamos soñando en el futuro en que América volverá a ser libre. Que la libertad es un destino irreversible, sólo que apenas nacen […]
Democracy Now! Link – Exclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal Releases New Prison Radio Commentary on Walter Scott Shooting http://www.democracynow.org/2015/4/10/exclusive_mumia_abu_jamal_releases_new