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BY 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 Moratorium against war had participants from as far away as El Paso, Texas and Arizona.
BY 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 Los Angeles.
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 Staff | Los Angeles, CA | 9/01/05
More than 500 marched here, Aug. 27, in a mass march and rally demanding an end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
BY Staff | Los Angeles, CA | 8/23/05
On Aug. 27, Latinos Against War In Iraq, SEIU Local 660, National Chicano Moratorium Committee, Partido Nacional de La Raza Unida, MECHA and other community and labor groups will participate in a mass march and rally to demand an end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
BY Carlos Montes | Los Angeles, CA | 10/01/03
Fernando Suarez Del Solar, from Escondido, father of Jesus Aleberto Suarez del Solar Navarro, a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq, spoke at a rally Aug. 30, in Hollenbeck Park in the heart of Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles.
BY George Iechika McKinney | Los Angeles, CA | 10/01/02
Marking the anniversary of the 1970 Chicano Moratorium Against War, hundreds of people took to the streets of Highland Park on Aug. 24, chanting "Raza Si, Guerra No!" - bringing life to a popular chant from the Viet Nam War era.
BY Viviana Montes | Los Angeles, CA | 7/01/02
Aug. 29 marks the 32nd anniversary of the historic Chicano Moratorium.
BY Rosario Del Valle | East Los Angeles, CA | 10/01/00
The following analyses, was written by two Chicana activists on the 30th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium.
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