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 […]
Border Related News & Events
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