BY 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 marched down Whittier Boulevard in the heart of East Los Angeles protesting the Vietnam War, the high casualty rate of Chicano soldiers and racist conditions in the barrio.
BY 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, expressing outrage at Arizona’s latest piece of racist legislation aimed at Mexican and Chicano people.
BY 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 said no to SB1070, Arizona’s racist, anti-immigrant law.
BY 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 Museum of African American history on July 23.
BY 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 immigration papers from any person who they stop.
BY 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, the National Day of Action Against SB1070. They have set forth the plan for a massive march and demonstration in downtown Milwaukee.
BY Kosta Harlan | Raleigh, NC | 6/16/10
Four activists were arrested during a Wake County Board of Education meeting, June 15, as the struggle to stop the resegregation of Wake County schools intensifies. The civil disobedience action was carried out to protest a 5-4 vote by Wake County's majority conservative board to end Wake's busing program.
BY Carlos Montes | Los Angeles, CA | 5/14/10
On Thursday, the Los Angeles City council passed a motion to officially boycott the State of Arizona. Arizona’s new racist law SB1070 targets Mexican, Chicano, and Native American people for harassment.
BY Kosta Harlan | Corvallis, OR | 5/13/10
Over 300 students, campus workers, professors and community members rallied at Oregon State University on May 12, to protest the racist SB 1070 law in Arizona.
BY staff | Dallas, TX | 5/11/10
More than 20,000 people marched and rallied here on May 1. Protesters marched for legalization and against the racist Arizona law that targets Mexicans, Chicanos and other Latinos.
Re: Milwaukee rally supports Palestine, says "Don't award apartheid!"
Way to go, Milwaukee Palestine Solidarity Coalition!!
Re: UPS Teamsters in Tampa Bay organize for ‘no’ vote on proposed contract
AND THE FAT CATS GET FATTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE NO!!!
You go UPS brother and sisters! Fight that "CORPORATE GREED!"
Re: The Obama Doctrine: Kill civilians to save them from ‘terrorism’
Amazing article on drone strikes.s
Re: Florida Governor Scott stops bill allowing driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
This is clearly a racist, anti-immigrant move. While other states are giving driver's...