Link to 2017 UdB May Day Events May 1st, also known as May Day, or Primero de Mayo, is celebrated across the globe as International Workers Day. Precisely because this day commemorates the struggles of working people, this is one of only a few commemorations that spans across borders and touches all humanity. This is true […]
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Compañera Patricia Marín – October 2, 1952 to December 19, 1995.
On The 20th Anniversary Of Her Passing, We Still Carry The Combative Spirit Of Patricia Marín In Our Hearts and Minds. Patricia Marín 1952-1995: Una Mujer Verdaderamente Revolucionaria
Día de los Muertos – Honoring UdB Compas That Dedicated Their Lives To The Struggle
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 […]
“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. […]
Escuelita Aztlán – Unión del Barrio Saturday School Marks Two Major Accomplishments This June 2015
We first must send “un saludo solidario” to UdB compas in San Diego that are currently wrapping up the 4th consecutive cycle of Escuelita Aztlán (EAZ) in that border city. This cycle of EAZ ran from November 2014 to June 2015, bringing together dozens of junior high and high school age community youth. These young people […]
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, […]
CUMBRE DE LOS PUEBLOS 2015: INFORME DE DELEGACIÓN
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Legacy of Compañero Ernesto Bustillos – ¡PRESENTE- AHORA Y SIEMPRE!
“Ernesto Bustillos was the only founding member of Unión del Barrio to remain active in the organization throughout his entire life – he dedicated 30 years of organized liberation struggle to UdB and never once did he separate from the organization from the day it was founded to the last day of his life.” Continue […]
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.
Primero de Mayo/May Day 2015 – Southern California
Actividades Primero de Mayo 2015 – May Day Actions 2015 Los Angeles & San Diego
Unión Del Barrio Acompaña “La Caravana De Los 43 De Ayotzinapa” Por El Sur De California
Unión del Barrio acompaña “La Caravana de los 43 de Ayotzinapa” por Los Angeles y San Diego el 19-24 de marzo 2015. Unión del Barrio accompanies “La Caravana de los 43 de Ayotzinapa” through Los Angeles and San Diego from March 19 – 24, 2015.