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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
Do we support protests against police terror? Absolutely. Will we denounce people for raising hell? Absolutely not. Meanwhile, opportunistic media commentators, dishonest politicians from both parties, and liberal representatives from dozens of social service agencies are now rushing to Baltimore to denounce the “rioting.” What is different about Baltimore is that the standard “peaceful” protests, candlelight vigils, […]
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 […]
Democracy Now! Link – Exclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal Releases New Prison Radio Commentary on Walter Scott Shooting http://www.democracynow.org/2015/4/10/exclusive_mumia_abu_jamal_releases_new
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 […]
El sábado, 14 de abril de 2015, Walter Scott de 50 años fue baleado ocho veces por la espalda por un oficial del Condado de Charleston en Carolina del Sur. El violento asesinato se dio después que el oficial detuvo a la víctima por una violación de transito. Podemos esperar protestas, vigilias, #hashtags, discursos apasionados […]
On Saturday April 4, 2015, 50 year old Walter Scott was killed after being shot eight times in the back by a Charleston County police officer in South Carolina. The killing took place after a routine traffic stop was escalated to deadly violence. We can expect protests, candlelight vigils, #hashtags, passionate speeches, and justified public anger and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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/
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA — A defense lawyer wants a judge to dismiss the year-old jaywalking case – the People vs. Francisco Romero – because, he says, Oxnard police targeted Romero who is a vocal critic on police brutality…. See: http://todopoderalpueblo.org/2014/10/22/a-dozen-oxnard-officers-to-testify-about-jaywalking-tickets-given-to-vocal-critic-of-police-brutality/
Article discussing the fight against police brutality, the retaliatory citations, the 9 Oxnard PD cops under investigation for the “earned” tattoos for shooting at residents, and more (links at the bottom of article to the OPD operational plan, internal memos). http://www.cjnotebook.com/oxnard-calif-police-shooting-tattoos-investigation-continues-police-brutality-protests/ Visit also http://todopoderalpueblo.org