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 […]
Border Related News & Events
A DECADE OF STRUGGLE: UNION DEL BARRIO REACHES ITS 10TH YEAR OF STRUGGLE IN LOS ANGELES
Unión del Barrio (UdB) was formed in 1981 by a half-dozen activists as a San Diego barrio-based organization, and has over time transformed itself into a Raza Internationalist formation with Bases of community work in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Davis California, as well as members in other locations. Over time UdB participated in many actions, conferences, […]
Hindsight 2008: “What Does The Election Of Barack Obama To The Presidency Of The Empire Mean For La Raza?”
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
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, […]
“21 millas por 21 Años de Resistencia” – 21 YEARS OF OPERATION GATEKEEPER – 21 YEARS OF RESISTANCE
–Click to download Registration Packet– Unión del Barrio, a community based political organization, that for over 30 years has organized Raza workers to struggle for our self-determination and liberation from US imposed borders, is organizing “21 millas por 21 años de Resistencia” – a bike ride from the Larsen Field in San Ysidro to Chicano Park. […]
LINK: San Quintín – Rocha
rocha@jornada.com.mx La Jornada – Lunes 18 de mayo de 2015
Baltimore 2015: Vemos La Rabia Afroamericana Pero Necesitamos “Poder Negro”
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 […]
LINK: Open Letter From Maria Puga – Help Us Stop Border Brutality…
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, […]
LIGA: ¡Que Viva La Lucha De Los Jornaleros Del Valle De San Quintín!
LIGA: La Jornada Baja California – Cierran bodegas de Driscoll’s en EU, en solidaridad con jornaleros de San Quintín http://jornadabc.mx/tijuana/04-04-2015/cierran-bodegas-de-driscolls-en-eu-en-solidaridad-con-jornaleros-de-san-quintin “En la manifestación participaron integrantes del Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales (FIOB), del Proyecto Organizativo de la Comunidad Indígena/Mixteco (MICOP), y de Unión del Barrio, entre otras agrupaciones.” Nota: Queremos reconocer que los compas del Colectivo Todo […]
2015 Marcha de Zapata: ¿Qué Sigue?
El deber es de organizar a nuestro pueblo para defender los derechos humanos y democráticos y oponernos a toda clase de opresión y terror colonial. Como sector juvenil de la Raza nos organizamos bajo el concepto de la auto-determinación. Varias organizaciones en San Diego se han unido para denunciar la guerra continua en contra de […]
2015 SAN DIEGO ZAPATA MARCH: WHAT’S NEXT?
WE MUST ORGANIZE OUR PEOPLE TO DEFEND OUR DEMOCRATIC AND HUMAN RIGHTS FROM ALL FORMS OF COLONIAL OPPRESSION AND TERROR As working class raza youth, organized under the banner of self-determination, organizations in San Diego have united to stand up and denounce the ongoing war against poor people in our city, throughout the United States […]
SAN DIEGO MARCHA DE ZAPATA 2015
10:00 am. Saturday, April 11, 2015. Chicano Park SD. 10:00 am. Sabado, 11 de abril de 2015. El Parque Chicano SD.
En contra de la represión a trabajadores en San Quintín, Baja California, se pronuncia el Frente Indígena México y Estados Unidos
17 de marzo de 2015 A la Alianza de Organizaciones Nacional, Estatal y Municipal por la Justicia Social, en San Quintín, B.C. México: A los medios de comunicación libres y autónomos: A la prensa internacional: A la población en general: ASUNTO: Pronunciamiento del Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales (FIOB) en relación al conflicto denunciado por […]
LINK: Obama & His Executive Action On Immigration
RPMA – OBAMA: Militarization – SMOKE AND MIRRORS The recent announcement of “executive action” by the Obama Administration is being met with celebrations in some sectors of Raza and most certainly by the Democratic Party operatives in our community. We are told that Obama, in a “daring move” has confronted the Republicans and is going to […]
On this 66th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Unión del Barrio condemns the policies of reactionary violence and torture employed by the United States government.
December 10, 2014 This December 10th, the 66th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the general membership of Unión del Barrio condemns and rejects the contrived laws, reactionary practices, and fascistic norms used by the United States government as part of its imperial arsenal as evidenced in the recently released torture report. This […]
LINK: THE GREEN MONSTER – Important Article on the Political History of the Migra & Impunity
Although not at all written from a community perspective, the linked essay provides important information about the history of the Border Patrol and its massive uncontrolled expansion since 2001. It is especially important because it points to the corruption, impunity and culture of violence that is dominant within this largest of all federal agencies (CBP). Of […]
New Video: Obama 2014, Mentiroso Y Cobarde/ A Liar and a Coward
IN ENGLISH BELOW: Este video es una producción de La Verdad Publications en respuesta al anuncio que Obama sigue adelante con sus deportaciones (6 de septiembre 2014), traicionando la más reciente promesa de usar su poder ejecutivo para frenar la tremenda represión desatada contra nuestra comunidad. Ese tipo no es nada más que un vil […]
20 Miles X 20 Years: Twenty Years of Operation Gatekeeper – 20 Years of Resistence
FLYER/ VOLANTE (PDF) —– BIKE RIDE REGISTRATION/ REGISTRACION Unión del Barrio, a community based political organization, that for over 30 years has organized Raza workers to struggle for our self-determination and liberation from US imposed borders, is organizing a bike ride “20 millas por 20 años de Resistencia” from Larsen Field Park in San Ysidro to […]
Obama Deportations Surpass 2 Million
The real question we need to ask ourselves is what more will it take for our people to realize that so-called “comprehensive immigration reform” will only become a reality when we stop spending the majority of our political time and resources begging for micas, and instead build and consolidate our own independent political power. http://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/10/as_deportations_top_2_million_should