continuing my work in the alliance with the Black Panther Party, the
Brown Berets and others. We all understood that cross-cultural,
progressive change was the only way to go. Oother progressive anglos
Asians and African-Americcans also participated. I do wish Carlos had
acknowledged that in this otherwise fine essay. That truth maintains.
Ed
From: Carlos Montes
40th Anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium Against War: March & Rally ELA
Aug. 28
Join us for the march and rally this August 28th, Saturday, assemble at
Belvedere Park, East Los Angeles, at 9 am, 1st street and Mednick for march
to Salazar Park for rally.
It is important to commemorate the Chicano Moratorium because it is part of
our history of resistance that is not always taught in history classes. This
event is also part of the long struggle of Chicanos for self-determination
and liberation. Today it is important to continue the fight against the wars
in Afghanistan and Iraq and to protest the military recruitment targeting
Chicanos and especially immigrant youth.
Carlos Montes
August 29th Chicano Moratorium Organizing Committee
40th Anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium Against the Vietnam War
A Long History of Struggle against War and Racism
By Carlos Montes
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 barrios. The participants included youth and
families of a mainly working class community with delegations from
throughout the Southwest. The marchers chanted "¡Raza Si, Guerra No!"
inspired by the call for Chicano self-determination and opposition to the
imperialist U.S. war in Vietnam. Many Chicano youth had been drafted into
the military after being pushed out of high school. The Chicano Movement was
on the rise after several years of mass actions like the East Los Angeles
high-school walkouts of 1968, land struggles in New Mexico, strikes by the
United Farm Workers union, and the growth of new Chicano groups like the
Brown Berets and MEChA (Movemiento Estudiantil Chicano de Atzlan, a Chicano
Student Movement of the Southwest).
The mass rally held at Laguna Park by the Chicano Moratorium was brutally
attacked by the combined forces of the Los Angeles city police and the Los
Angeles county sheriffs. Whole families were beaten and tear gassed. Youth
responded by defending the rally with their bare hands against the police. A
rebellion followed for the entire day, where later Ruben Salazar, a Los
Angeles Times journalist and Spanish TV news director, was killed by a
sheriff at the Silver Dollar. He was shot in the head with a tear gas
missile projectile normally used for barricaded situations.
It is important to commemorate the Chicano Moratorium because it is part of
our history of resistance that is not always taught in history classes. This
event is also part of the long struggle of Chicanos for self-determination
and liberation. Today it is important to continue the fight against the wars
in Afghanistan and Iraq and to protest the military recruitment targeting
Chicanos and especially immigrant youth.
Jose Gutierrez was the first U.S. Marine killed in Iraq. He came from
Guatemala to Los Angeles and then joined the Marines at age 17 even though
he had no papers. Gutierrez is an example of how U.S. intervention and
support for Central American militaries trained at the School of the
Americas that massacred over 200,000 Guatemalans has driven people to the
United States. U.S.-sponsored counter-insurgency and counter-revolutions in
El Salvador and Nicaragua are other examples. The U.S. supports U.S.
business interests and brutal military regimes that attack popular movements
and democratic or socialist governments. This causes war, poverty,
displacement and mass migration to the United States.
NAFTA is an example of how U.S. policy has caused mass unemployment and
poverty in Mexico, forcing millions to come to work in the U.S. and live in
horrible conditions. Today these immigrants are facing growing numbers of
deportations, expanded use of local police to track down the undocumented
and racist laws such as Arizona's SB1070. The mass migration of Mexicans and
Central Americans to the U.S. has led to the strengthening of the
Chicano/Mexican communities and to the growth of a strong mass movement for
immigrant rights. Our fight for legalization and is part of our historical
struggle for equality and self-determination and liberation of
Chicanos/Mexicans.
This is why we continue our struggle today against U.S. wars and
interventions like in Colombia, and Plan Merida in Mexico. Also we must
support movements and governments that are independent and oppose U.S.
power, like those in Bolivia and Venezuela.
We make a call for principled unity to the community and all the
organizations organizing for the Chicano Moratorium, to continue the
struggle for Chicano self-determination. In addition to the the 1970 slogan
of "¡Raza si, guerra no!" we now add "¡Raza si, Migra no!" and "¡Aquí
estamos, y no nos vamos!"
This year's march and rally is organized by several groups and will take
place on Saturday, Aug. 28. The march will start at 10:00 am at Belvedere
Park (1st Street and Mednick) and go to Salazar Park (3864 Whittier
Boulevard) for a rally. For more information call 213-712-0370.
Read more News and Views from the Peoples Struggle at
http://www.fightbacknews.org. You can write to us at info@fightbacknews.org
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From: aSharpShow
Subject: S. Pearl -Emmett Till
THE EMMETT TILL PROJECT
Fri/Sat Aug. 27th and 28th 2010 8:30 p.m.
Kevin Spicer, curator of the 2005 "The Murder of Emmett Till - Fifty Years
Later," returns to Highways with a new group of performance works and
visual arts commemorating the 55th anniversary of the lynching of
14-year-old Emmett Till on Aug 28, 1955, a murder that mobilized the
Civil Rights Movement.
Join performance artists Christopher Benson, Mark Broyard, David Crittendon,
Jason Luckett, J.M. Morris, Paul Outlaw, S. Pearl Sharp, Kevin Spicer,
Pat Taylor, and visual artists Alisa Adona,Lori-Antoinette, George Evans,
Candace Hunter, Robert Lowden, Toni Scott and others.
at Highways Performance Space, in the 18th St. Arts Complex
1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404 1/2 block N. of Olympic/access from
Olympic only.
$20 ($15 students) Reservations: 310/ 315-1459 (also check Goldstar)
www.highwaysperformance.org
S. Pearl
323/ 993-6006 v.m. aSharpShow@live.com www.aSharpShow.com
www.youtube.com/aSharpShow
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