Our New Anahuac

The Brown Berets and other organizations are gearing up for a protest against Larry Whitten of the Whitten Inn in Taos, New Mexico to protest his controversial employment practices in which he required all of his employees to speak only English in his presence.  He even went so far as to require that employees either [...]

October 27, 2009
 
An open letter to all Raza activists and organizers in Taos, New Mexico:
 
Greetings,
 
I have read the reports regarding Larry Whitten and his activities at a hotel in your hometown of Taos.  It is regrettable, yet of little surprise, that white racists continue to try to impose cultural dominance over our people by having [...]

Participate!! Esta vez, hasta la Victoria!!!! 
 
We are beginning our organizing efforts for the historic (national) 
40th annual commemoration of the 1970 National Chicano Moratorium 
Committee march against the War in VietNam and the social conditions 
faced by our people. 
 
To support, endorse or for more information: 
 
organize AT pnlru.org 
 
jcruzor1 AT aol.com 
 
Make your plans, now, to join us in this historic march [...]

SOUTHWEST WORKERS’ UNION
For Immediate Release
Immigrants Hunger Strike to Protest Slow Processing at the Port Isabel Detention Center
Organizations Call for Alternatives to Detention in Friday Vigil in Raymondville
Contact: Anayanse Garza, 956.207.xxxx
Los Fresnos, TX – Last Monday, 49 prisoners at the Port Isabel Detention Center began a hunger strike to protest the long length of time it [...]

A guest report and commentary on the Indigenous Dignity March by Conrado Acevedo.  Photos Courtesy of Ollin Quetzalcoatl.
Saturday the March for Indigenous Dignity took place in San Antonio, Tejaztlan.  The march started in Columbus Park and took us all the way to the Front of the Bexar County Courthouse on Market Street in downtown Yanawana (San [...]

I had the opportunity to speak a little bit with Antonio Diaz of The Texas Indigenous Council in San Antonio, Texas.  Antonio Diaz is a supporter of the indigenous identity point of view with respect to our identity.  He rejects the idea of the “Hispanic/Latino identity,” and denounces it in the same breath that he [...]

Hector Guzman, active with both MEChA de U Texas-Pan AM and the Southwest Worker’s Union, spoke with me Saturday about his action and important updates in the battle against Immigration and Custom Enforcement and their fascist tactics.
Guzman says that he was contacted by Families for Freedom, a group in New York who works primarily with black [...]