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 […]
Local Community News & Events
Ethnic Studies NOW! – A Community Victory In San Diego
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, […]
Battle to Legalize Street Vending in Los Angeles!
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 […]
1o de Mayo 2015: Día Internacional De Las Y Los Trabajadores
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 […]
May 1, 2015: International Workers Day
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. […]
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, […]
LINK: ROMERO VS. Oxnard PD – TRIAL STARTS FRIDAY, MAY 8TH!
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 […]
History & Analysis: MAY 1ST IS ABOUT STRUGGLE
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 […]
2015 May Day Events in Los Angeles & San Diego
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Herman Baca to Keynote Chicano Park 45th Celebration
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 ZM2015: Zapata Lives in the Rebellious Spirit of our Youth
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 […]
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.
WORKERS! Not Criminals!
Unión del Barrio-LA is currently working on a campaign to legalize street vending in Los Angeles. This will be one of one of the major demands at this year’s May 1st march. This May 1st, lets stand up for our community vendors and send a message to LA’s City Council and law enforcement agencies that we […]
Ayotzinapa en California
-message repeats in english- A las Tres Delegaciones de la Caravana 43 A las Organizaciones Políticas A la Comunidad Internacional –19-22 de marzo en Los Angeles (esp) – Los Angeles (eng)– –23-24 de marzo en San Diego (esp) – San Diego (eng)– –más información-more information– Las luchas de los pueblos no conocen fronteras. Los imponentes muros entre EEUU y […]
The Central Committee of UdB wishes you all the best in 2015. ¡Que tengan todas y todos un revolucionariamente feliz año nuevo – 2015!
December 31, 2014 Compañeras y Compañeros Militantes of Unión del Barrio, Supporters & Friends: On behalf of the Central Committee we extend this end of year message in hopes that it finds you and your family happy and in good health. We also hope that you enjoy spending time with your loved ones as we […]
UdB In San Diego Youth Ask For Help Building “Dual & Contending Power” In Our Communities For 2015!
Base Ernesto Che Guevara (BECG), the Base of Unión del Barrio in San Diego that focuses on youth oriented work, has been very busy these last few months. Since the end of November 2014, we have organized three sessions of Escuelita Aztlán (EAZ), an independent Saturday School organized by educators and youth organizers of Unión […]
LINK: Oxnard Cops Testified, Claim They Did Not Target Critic of Police Brutality at Protest March
By Raul Hernandez American Justice Notebook, 10/29/14 VENTURA CALIFORNIA — Two Oxnard police officers testified Wednesday that community activist Francisco Romero wasn’t targeted when he was given five citations a year ago for jaywalking during a protest march against police brutality. http://todopoderalpueblo.org/2014/10/30/oxnard-cops-testified-claim-they-did-not-target-critic-of-police-brutality-at-protest-march/