Unión del Barrio Denounces the Murder of Two More Normalista Students from Ayotzinapa, & We Hold the Mexican Government Responsible for This Crime.

Posted on October 5, 2016October 5, 2016 by el webjefe

Unión del Barrio laments the pain felt by the families of Filemón Tacuba Castro and Jonathan Hernández Morales. Furthermore, from local authorities, to the President of the republic, Enrique Peña Nieto, we hold the Mexican government responsible for this most recent crime. The Mexican government has continues to promote and maintain a policy of state […]

Police Terror & the Murder of Alfred Okwera Olango in El Cajon, California

Posted on September 29, 2016September 29, 2016 by el webjefe

Unión del Barrio stands shoulder to shoulder with our African sisters and brothers, and together we denounce the brutal police terror that has been unleashed against Black communities across the United States. This wave of police killings, of which the murder of Alfred Okwera Olango is only the most recent, can only be challenged through the […]

A Speaking Tour Against Repression, Disappearances, & Impunity In Mexico!

Posted on September 22, 2016 by el webjefe

Mexico is experiencing one of its worst crises in its history; politically, economically, socially, and culturally. The Mexican state, led by political parties at the service of international finance capital, are selling and distributing the wealth of the nation to foreign banks and foreign interests. This has resulted in the looting of Mexico’s national wealth, […]

September 11, 1973: The Coup Against The Socialist President Of Chile, Salvador Allende – Led By Augusto Pinochet & Backed By The U.S.

Posted on September 11, 2016 by el webjefe

In 1970, the Chilean people set out on an unprecedented path towards socialism in Nuestra America, the electoral process. In an act of electoral support for the construction of a workers state and the general platform expressed by the Unidad Popular, and its candidate Salvador Allende Gossens, the Chilean people voted for socialism. The Nixon […]

Unión del Barrio in San Diego Supports “BASta” – Barrios Against Stadiums

Posted on September 4, 2016 by el webjefe

Our backyard has historically been neglected. People can call BASTA! NIMBY as much as they want but our backyard is full. Start storing stuff in yours… B.A.STA! is a grassroots, barrio based, loose knit formation of residents, artists, activists, small business owners and allies creating a movement. The sole purpose of this movement is to prevent […]

Unión del Barrio Repudiates the Coup Against the Democratically Elected President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff

Posted on September 3, 2016 by el webjefe

To the people of Brazil, To the Central de Trabajadores de Brazil (CTB), Unión del Barrio repudiates the coup in Brazil, consummated in the Brazilian Senate by a hand full of legislators working in the service of trans-national capitalism. This coup has bought about the ouster of the democratically elected President, Dilma Rousseff. Unión del Barrio […]

Trumpism Is An Imminent Threat! ¡La Amenaza Trumpista Es Real!

Posted on August 31, 2016September 1, 2016 by el webjefe

We must be organized raza! In a speech Donald Trump delivered on August 31, 2016, in Phoenix, Arizona, he increased the intensity of his anti-Mexican rhetoric to a level we have not seen within a presidential campaign, in at least a lifetime. Win or lose, his candidacy “a soltado los demonios,” and “trumpism” has become […]

Unión del Barrio Celebrates 35 Years Of Raza Liberation Struggle

Posted on August 29, 2016 by el webjefe

On August 27, 2016, Unión del Barrio celebrated our 35th year of continuous struggle for raza liberation. From 1981 to this day in 2016, tens of thousands, perhaps even hundreds of thousands of hours, invested into meetings, rallies, marchas, PE sessions, conferences, congresos, etc. – all stitched together to form a unified banner of struggle. We […]

August 29, 1970: Why the Chicano Moratorium Is Still Relevant Today

Posted on August 29, 2016August 28, 2018 by el webjefe

August 29, 1970: A Day Every Chicana & Chicano Must Remember August 29th marks the anniversary of the largest raza-led mobilization against the U.S. imperialist war in Vietnam, and against the conditions of oppression and exploitation of our historically indigenous people by this colonial settler society on our own land. The August 29, 1970 Chicano Moratorium […]

Unión del Barrio Commemorates 35 Years Of Raza Liberation Struggle

Posted on August 13, 2016August 29, 2016 by el webjefe

2016 marks our 35th year as an organization dedicated to the liberation of our peoples. Unión del Barrio was founded on August 29, 1981, and has since been one of the most consistent, active, and longest surviving independent organizations in the history of our people’s struggle for self-determination. For over three and a half decades, […]

San Diego Barrio Forum To Denounce The Prison Industrial Complex

Posted on August 4, 2016August 4, 2016 by el webjefe

****SAVE THE DATE****SPREAD THE WORD***** Unión del Barrio Chicano Mexicano Prison Project (CMPP) Presents: A Barrio Forum to honor Hugo Yogi Bear Pineal, to commemorate the Cease of Hostilities, and to denounce the Prison Industrial Complex. Speakers will include: Martha Esquivel – California Families for the Abolition of Solitary Confinement. Flaco Rising – Former Prisoner, Student, Activist, […]

The Militarization of Logan Heights

Posted on August 4, 2016August 12, 2016 by el webjefe

San Diego “Noches De Conciencia” On Friday May 27th, presidential candidate Donald J. Trump held a fascist rally at the San Diego Convention Center. People from all over San Diego joined multiple protests to reject his politics. A well organized march called by Unión del Barrio rejecting Trump’s colonialism (racism) and hateful campaign descended from […]

UNIDAD CON EL MOVIMIENTO MAGISTERIAL

Posted on June 24, 2016 by el webjefe

¡ALTO A LA REPRESIÓN Y CRIMINALIZACION DE LA PROTESTA SOCIAL!

Solidaridad Con La Coordinadora Nacional De Trabajadores De La Educación Y El Movimiento Sindical Mexicano

Posted on June 14, 2016 by el webjefe

¡Libertad para el Profesor Rubén Núñez Ginés! ¡Libertad para el Profesor Francisco Villalobos! ¡Alto a la criminalización de la protesta social! 14 de junio de 2016 A la Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación Al movimiento Sindical Mexicano A las y los Mexicanos en Resistencia contra el Mal Gobierno Unión del Barrio, organización política de Mexicanos/Latinoamericanos […]

Hindsight 2008: “What Does The Election Of Barack Obama To The Presidency Of The Empire Mean For La Raza?”

Posted on May 30, 2016May 30, 2016 by el webjefe

Real Change Will Only Come From Those Who Struggle For Dignity, Justice & Self-Determination Editor’s Note: A version of this essay was originally published the day after the U.S. presidential elections on November 5, 2008. Responding to multiple requests, we decided to repost an updated version edited for readability and enriched with links from numerous outside […]

¡Fuera Trump! UdB Report On The May 27th Action In San Diego

Posted on May 28, 2016June 9, 2016 by el webjefe

San Diego’s Chicano Park was the gathering point for at least 800 people who participated in a politically militant and well organized action to unwelcome the anti-Arab, anti-Black, anti-Mexican, anti-Woman, power-hungry, neo-fascist oligarch Donald Trump. The event took place on Friday May 27, 2016, and represented dozens of organizations, cultural groups, MEChAs, local businesses, artists, […]

Mobilize & Defend Chicano Park

Posted on May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 by el webjefe

At approximately 4:30 pm on May 26, 2016 we received word that a threat was being circulated by a known racist group from north of San Diego. Within an hour of receiving that initial information we were able to independently confirm the validity of the threat from multiple additional sources. At that point the decision […]

Repost: THE CHICANO/MEXICANO/LATINO COMMUNITY & DONALD TRUMP?

Posted on May 24, 2016May 24, 2016 by el webjefe

“PA PENDEJO NO SE ESTUDIA!” A Historical Chicano Perspective Many persons have asked me what my political opinion is of presumptive Republican (the white) Party Presidential candidate Donald Trump. My response is the old Mexican saying, “Pa’ pendejo no se estudia’!” For Trump’s Republican voters & supporters, Winston Churchill’s quote; “The best argument against democracy […]

May 15th is Revolutionary Teacher’s Day: ¡Maestra/o Luchando, También Esta Enseñando!

Posted on May 15, 2016May 15, 2017 by el webjefe

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, the principal founder of Unión del Barrio, worked as a teacher for the majority of his life, and was among the original founders of the Association […]