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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
¡ALTO A LA REPRESIÓN Y CRIMINALIZACION DE LA PROTESTA SOCIAL!
¡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 […]
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 […]
Caracas, 11 April 2016 The peoples of our America are suffering the offensive of conservative re-colonization launched by imperialism and local oligarchies. They would like to sweep away all the conquests of the regional progressive processes in the field of social justice, sovereignty, integration and the birth of authentic peoples’ power. In this context, Venezuela […]
La realización del VII° ESNA se lleva adelante en el marco de una profunda crisis mundial del capitalismo y una brutal ofensiva imperialista contra los pueblos del mundo. En Nuestramérica se pretende terminar con algunos avances en materia de cambio político e integración, caso del ALBA-TCP, la Unasur y especialmente la CELAC, que excluye de […]
San Diego, 8 de marzo de 2016 En conmemoración del Día Internacional de la mujer obrera, Unión del Barrio saluda a todas las mujeres que luchan, que resisten y que sacrifican tanto para lograr un mundo más justo y solidario. La madrugada del 3 de marzo la terrible noticia del asesinato de la compañera Berta […]
Declaración del ESNA Desde el Encuentro Sindical Nuestra América nos solidarizamos con el pueblo de Francia y las familias de las víctimas por los atentados del 13/11/2015. Rechazamos los métodos utilizados por el terrorismo indiscriminado sobre la población civil, algo muy utilizado en múltiples ataques sobre poblaciones civiles en todo el planeta. Por eso expresamos […]
Unión del Barrio remembers and honors our Compas that lived a life of struggle and sacrifice. Compa Patricia “Pat” Marín; Compa Marco Anguiano; UdB founder and Secretario General Compa Ernesto “Neto” Bustillos; and Compa Pablo Aceves were each unequivocal in their commitment to struggle when they lived, and our memories of them will continue to […]
–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. […]
Wednesday, June 17th, 8:30 am. Dept. 23 at the Ventura County Courthouse – 800 S. Victoria Ave. Support Francisco “Chavo” Romero! In 2013 the City of Oxnard and the Oxnard Police Department launched a retaliation campaign against me, by mailing me five traffic citations for marching against police brutality with the community. Now the Ventura County […]
LINK TO ONLINE PETITION: DROP THE CHARGES! End the Criminalization of Dissent and Protest! Drop the Retaliatory Citations Against Francisco Romero! The trial begins Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at 8:30 am. Superior Court of California – County of Ventura, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura CA 93009. Department 23 (change of room is likely). ¡RETIREN LOS […]
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 […]
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 […]