Oppressed Nationalities
Carlos Montes | East Los Angeles, CA | 8/30/10
The powerful slogan “Chicano power” was heard here as marchers headed down Whittier Boulevard in the heart of East Los Angeles, Aug. 28. The 40th Chicano...
Staff | Los Angeles, CA | 8/27/10
The August 29th Chicano Moratorium Organizing Committee held a press conference here Aug. 25 to announce a protest march and rally set for Aug. 28 in East...
Carlos Montes | East Los Angeles, CA | 8/18/10
August 29, 2010, marks the 40th anniversary of the historic Chicano Moratorium protest against the Vietnam War. On Aug. 29, 1970 over 30,000 Chicanos...
Masao Suzuki | United States | 8/04/10
In 1898, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark that American-born Chinese were U.S. citizens under the 14th Amendment...
Josh West | Salt Lake City, UT | 8/03/10
200 protesters filled the Utah State Capitol Building in solidarity with undocumented immigrants on July 29. Their chants rang through the capitol,...
Stephanie Weiner | Chicago, IL | 7/30/10
300 people rallied at the Cook County Courthouse, at the corner of 26th Street and California Avenue, July 29. They demanded an end to deportations, and...
Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 7/28/10
As part of strike preparations at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), a leadership group from all three committees met at the famed DuSable...
Charla Schlueter | Phoenix, AZ | 7/27/10
Tensions build as July 29 nears – the date set for the racist law SB1070 to go into effect. Under this law police officers will have the power to demand...
Natasha Morgan | Milwaukee, WI | 7/27/10
The student and youth leaders of the Chicano student group Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) are at the forefront in building for July 29,...
Jacob Flom | Shorewood, WI | 7/20/10
After enormous pressure from the community, bogus charges against a Black high school student accused of stealing chicken nuggets were finally dropped....
Re: Cop Fired for Shooting University of Florida Graduate Student Kofi-Adu Brempong
Excellent article, I'll be sharing this with student activists in Milwaukee. Justice for...
Re: Over 1000 Chicanos march in East Los Angeles against war and racism
carlos montes writes succinctly on the motives for the march: that stupid war, the...
It is important to remember the brutality of this system, that it assassinated an outspoken...
Re: March in Greensboro, NC demands end to federal ‘tax and deport’ policy
History truly does repeat itself. We as a nation need to see this and adjust so that past...
Re: More Bad News as the Economy Points to a “Double-Dip”
In the past, many homeowners were able to take advantage of rising home prices to refinance...