Help KCET and UCLA identify 60s-70s Chicano images (tags)
Help KCET identify 60s-70s Chicano images
Isabel Avila's "Parallel Worlds" at the Vincent Price Art Museum (tags)
In her first solo exhibit, photographer (and contributor to LA IndyMedia) Isabel Avila explores the dual identities of Native American and Mexican American cultures, emphasizing people active in their communities. Avila's photographs, taken over the last few years, are complimented by video discussions, many featuring her photo subjects but also additional people, including Gloria Arellanes, one of the early Brown Berets and member of the Tongva community. (Excerpts of these dialogs can be found further down in this article.) The free exhibit is currently at the Vincent Price Museum through December 8. It will then then relocate to Rancho Cucamonga's Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art and run from January 22 – March 16, 2013. (Location details within the article.)
Veteran Chicano activist's home raided by agencies (tags)
A veteran Los Angeles Chicano activist is speaking out today after what he says was a joint Sheriff’s Department and FBI raid on his Alhambra home on Tuesday morning. Carlos Montes is one of the original Brown Berets who was a key leader of the Chicano Power movement of the 1960’s and 1970s. He says his current activism in the immigrant rights and international workers solidarity movement has put him back in the crosshairs of federal agents. Montes was arrested in his home during a pre-dawn raid in which authorities confiscated countless photos, documents and even two kaffiyehs. He says the authorities have charged him with illegal possession of a firearm. Pacifica’s Ernesto Arce visited Montes at his home today. He files this report from Los Angeles.
The Time is Now to Support Carlos Montes, Beloved Chicano Activist (tags)
A very important trial is coming up this Tuesday in LA. There will be a large crowd of supporters outside the criminal court building at 8 am demanding justice for Carlos Montes. What justice would mean in this case is that the District Attorney Steve Cooley drops the charges against Carlos Montes, a beloved Chicano activist, before the trial even starts. If the trial does proceed, the jurors will hear many tall tales told to them by the prosecution. What they will see, however, with their own clear eyes is that Carlos Montes' house was raided nearly one year ago at 5am because of FBI political repression due to his years of activism.
Trial of Carlos Montes to begin May 15. Activists say prosecution is political repression. (tags)
Carlos Montes, longtime anti-war, Chicano right and immigrant rights activist is facing multiple felony charges in a trial that starts at LA County Superior Court May 15, 2012.
Gilbert "Magu" Lujan - leader of the Chicano Art Movement
FBI AND LA COUNTY SHERIFF RAID VETERAN CHICANO ACTIVIST CARLOS MONTES (tags)
STATEMENT FROM THE COMMITTEE TO STOP FBI REPRESSION
Chicano Arts Pioneer Takes On Globalization and War (tags)
Pioneering Chicano artist Malaquias Montoya was present at the creation of the Chicano rights movement in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, being one of the organizers of the Mexican American Liberation Arts Front (MALAF) who helped create the images of that movement. But he’s also involved with current social and political controversies. In his show “Globalization and War: The Aftermath,” through March 4 at the Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park, he takes on Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, the U.S. government’s rationalization of torture (“softening them up for interrogation”), the growing gap between rich and poor in the U.S. and throughout the world, and other progressive themes in a bold, assertive and often brutal style derived from 20th century New York artist Ben Shahn and the Mexican muralists Orozco and Siquieros.
Press Conference/Commemoration: (tags)
On 1-31-1971 Gustav Montag, Jewish Hungarian American supporter of the 8-29-1970 Chicano Moratorium Anti-Vietnam War protest was killed protesting the killings of Ruben F. Salazar, Lynn Ward and Angel Diaz who were killed by L.A. Co. Sheriff's Deputies. 1-31-2011 is the Commemoration event for the Chicana/o Community
Pics of Chicano Moratorium anti war protest and march (tags)
photos from the Aug 28 40th anniversary Chicano Moratorium march and protest in east L.A.
Videos from the 39th Anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium (tags)
Saturday, August 29, 2009
EAST LOS ANGELES--Thirty-nine years ago, a statewide series of demonstrations by Chicanos and Chicanas against the wars in Southeast Asia culminated in a police riot and the assassination of Los Angeles Times and KMEX journalist Rubén Salazar. Today, members of the Chicanx community and activists of all stripes commemorated the day's fateful events with music, poetry, teatro, and speakers.
39th Anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium: "Still Here, Still A Force" (tags)
Saturday, August 29, 2009
EAST LOS ANGELES--Thirty-nine years ago, a statewide series of demonstrations by Chicanos and Chicanas against the wars in Southeast Asia culminated in a police riot and the assassination of Los Angeles Times and KMEX journalist Rubén Salazar. Today, members of the Chicanx community and activists of all stripes commemorated the day's fateful events with music, poetry, teatro, and speakers.
Middle Schoolers in El Sereno Protest War and Raids (tags)
Chicano club at El Sereno Middle School are protesting the war and immigration raids.
Dr. Truxillo May Lose Professorship (tags)
Long time Chicano nationalist and University of New Mexico Chicano studies professor, Dr. Charles Truxillo, is not being offered a tenured position after 25 years of service to the university. Dr. Truxillo is a founding professor of the Chicano Studies Dept.
Korean-American youth Artists & Chicano Art Icon
37th Anniversary Chicano Moratorium (tags)
National Chicano Moratorium Committee holds 37th Annual Commemoration with march and rally
Jose Angel Gutierrez | "Viva La Causa" Series (tags)
Exceptional lectures on "La Causa" 500 Years of Chicano Hisotry
Mental Menudo Artists Exhibit New Work (tags)
Chicano: Pronouncing Diversity. Mental Menudo Artists Exhibit New Work in Landmark Show.
Saturday, 12:50 pm - Chicano Moratorium March now at Salazar Park (tags)
Caller reports march peaceful and now at park
Benefit event: Zack de la Rocha, Aztlan Underground, Quetzal, Ozomatli and more THIS SAT (tags)
bring your family..
CDIR -People's CORE Statement of the Cinco De Mayo, 2006: Que Viva La Raza! (tags)
The Coalition in Defense of Immigrant Rights (CDIR) and all its allied organizations in the United States send its most militant greetings to our Chicano Brothers and sisters and to the Mexican people in their celebration of Cinco De Mayo.The Cinco De Mayo, 2006 takes a significant feature this year with the success of the Greta American Boycott last May 1 and the series of immigrant mass actions from March 25 to may 1. The unity and the outpouring of the immigrant workers of all nationalities especially the Chicano people are tremendous and awesome.
Protest held today at Mexican Consulate (tags)
20 adherents of la otra campaña protested earlier today at the Mexican consulate in downtown san diego to support vendors in Texcoco.
WALKOUT - A Critical Review (tags)
Some people have recently called the HBO film, Walkout, as “providing much inspiration to the student walkouts” across America in recent days. Although the film is a historical feature that tells the story of the Chicano people’s struggle against racism and discrimination and is undoubtedly a breakthrough against white supremacy, it is also a telling lesson in the chauvinism of some Chicano activists towards Filipinos in America. This is a case of a majority minority that unconsciously or consciously discriminates against another albeit smaller national minority in advocating for its own self-determination in the United States.
On the Set of Walkout (a new film debuting on cable TV) (tags)
"In those times, people were energized, and they were more intellectual. People were processors of information, whereas today you don't see a lot of that." -- David Sanchez, former leader, The Brown Berets
ChicanoForums.com Offers Free Cell Phone Video Hosting And More. (tags)
Free Cell Phone Video Hosting Of Events And More.
Concert to Support the South Central Farmers (tags)
Zack de la Rocha, members of Ozomatli, Quetzal, and others perform to support the struggle of the South Central Farmers
Both Sides of the Border: Latin American and Chicano Art (tags)
With the recent upsurge in popularity for Latino art, Carlotta's Passion Fine Arts intends to present a proper historical and aesthetic context for what is quickly becoming an internationally renown school of art. As an expression of a newly independent hemisphere, Latin American art has long delighted and inspired a world audience. Vibrant, compelling and rooted in the unique experience of the Americas, the genre provides a bridge for a new contemporary US art movement. Chicano Art is the visual language of the Mexican-American community in the US, and domestically it has already made an impact with its bold aesthetics - now it is poised to become popular with the worldwide community. To help broaden that recognition, Carlotta's Passion Fine Arts presents, Both Sides of the Border: Latin American and Chicano Art.
Concert for the South Central Farm (tags)
Zach de la Rocha, Members of Ozomatli, Quetzal and others join 350 Families in South L.A. to Defend Community Farm Concert to save the community farm @ 41st & Alameda. Nov. 22nd event will mobilize the community in Support of the South Central Farmers
An honest appreciation, not uncritical, of the late Ed Roybal and his major contributions to coalition building and grass-roots politics.
Chicano Artists Promote Healthy Diversity (tags)
Chicano artists “paint their own reality” by promoting multiculturalism and healthy diversity.
Voices of Color: Unite against the border vigilantes! (tags)
Minuteman armed thugs are gathering on the U.S.-Mexico border to try to stop undocument- ed immigration. The good news: protesters are building a movement that can stop them. To reprint, please credit the author & Freedom Socialist newspaper. Notice is appreciated.
KPBS ignores Chicanos involvement in the Civil Rights Movement
1970: Chicano Moratorium — 2005: Latinos for Peace (tags)
La Raza did its part in bringing an end to the war in Vietnam. Some of us activists of the Chicano Moratorium era are coming together with other Latino activists we have come to know around the country and with the newer generations and immigrants. We call ourselves Latinos For Peace.
Mexico Poststamp Denounced (tags)
A Caucus of the Chicano Movement has Denounced Mexican Stamp
The Chicano Movement is alive and well.
Chicano Artist commemorates flag to Alhambra Resistance
MARK VALLEN - Self Help Graphics Finished? (tags)
Los Angeles artist, Mark Vallen, wrote and posted the following article on his weblog concerning the closing of LA's Self Help Graphics. You can read more of his posts, at: www.art-for-a-change.com/blog
A better job for the "Minutemen"? (tags)
Here's a satirical take on a better place for the Minutemen to "police the borders." Repost from Colorado Indymedia.
Zapatista Festival & Community Building Event (tags)
Join us in a community that is said to have had one of the strongest Brown Beret units in all of Aztlan, is infamous for its resistance to the police and struggles to be recognized in the city of Riverside
The Scalping of Cherokee Indian Ward Churchill (tags)
Chairman of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder forced to resign
"Columbus Day... NOT!" - With this special issue, Xispas, the online journal of Chicano culture, art, and politics... looks at the meaning and role of Columbus' voyage to the Americas in 1492.
XISPAS - Chicano Art, Culture, & Politics in LA. (tags)
XISPAS Magazine, the journal of Xicano culture, art, and politics.
ARTINO Art Exhibit & Performance (tags)
The ARTINO Arts Group of Los Angeles will close their Group Exhibit celebrating Mexican Independence Day, with a special CLOSING PARTY, Sept. 27th. 3 - 6 pm. The exhibit's closing will commemorate Mexico's murdered and missing Women of Juarez.
(2) Chicano Moratorium Against the War in Boyle Height, August 30th (tags)
Chicano Moratorium Against the War in Boyle Height, August 30th
(2)PHOTOS: Chicano Moratorium in Boyle Heights, August 30th (tags)
Chicano Moratorium in Boyle Heights, August 30th
PHOTOS: Chicano Moratorium in Boyle Heights, August 30th (tags)
Chicano Moratorium in Boyle Heights, August 30th
The Far Right and Anti-Mexican Racism (tags)
Sensing the impending end of their white privilege, Right-Wing ideologues have been using racist imagery created by the John Birch Society and others. Patrick J. Buchanan wrote that MECA is "a Chicano version of the white-supremacist Aryan Nation... and is unabashedly racist and anti-American"
CHICANO MASS MARCH AGAINST WAR! Aug. 30th (tags)
This August marks the 30th Anniversary of the famous 1970 Chicano Moratorium. The moratorium was the largest anti-vietnam war protest to take place in Mexican American history. It was the turning point in the struggle for Chicanos seeking social justice and peace, and a defining point in anti-Imperialist politics. Join with the Latino community of Los Angeles in commemorating the 30th Anniversary by participating in a mass march opposing the occupation of Iraq! NO MASS GUERRA!
Update: 7th National Conference On Raza Prisoners (tags)
For over 10 years, the Chicano Mexicano Prison Project (a project of Union del Barrio) has been one of the few Mexicano-Raza organizations working to expose the role that the Prison Industry plays in oppression and exploitation of Mexicanos. On May 10, 2003, the Chicano Mexicano Prison Project will organize the 7th National Conference On Raza Prisoners and the 10th Anniversary of CMPP.
EAST L.A. MARCH & RALLY AGAINST THE WAR IN IRAQ (tags)
!No al racismo / No to racist war! !No a la guerra por petróleo / No blood for oil! !Queremos Justicia / We want Justice! !No queremos guerra / Health Care Not Warfare!
"CARTOONS Y QUE" Art Show with Lalo Alcaraz (tags)
Award winning syndicated Chicano Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz to appear Sept. 28th in Sylmar for discussion on Art and Politics
CARTOONS Y QUE is an exhibit of cartoons by leading Chicano Toonistas to be held at Tia Chucha's Cafe Cultural.
CHICANO MORATORIUM PHOTO (tags)
"United We Stand" against war, racism, poverty, and repression!"
CHICANO MORATORIUM PHOTO #6 (tags)
AVE 50 GALLERY in Highland Park has on display important Artworks and memorabilia pertaining to the original Chicano Moratorium of 1970.
CHICANO MORATORIUM PHOTO #5 (tags)
The banner at the head of the Aug. 24th, 2002 ChicanoMoratorium March in Highland Park. Some 300 people participated.
CHICANO MORATORIUM PHOTO #3 (tags)
A Chicana carries a Poster during the August 24th, 2002 march commemorating the Chicano Moratorium of 1970.
CHICANO MORATORIUM PHOTO #2 (tags)
A Poster of Ruben Salazar carried through the streets of Highland Park during the Chicano Moratorium 2002 Protest.
CHICANO MORATORIUM PHOTO #1 (tags)
During the August 24th, 2002 march commemorating the Chicano Moratorium of 1970, some 300 Chicano/Mexicanos took to the streets to call for Health Care, Schools, Jobs, and an end to interventionist wars and Police Brutality.
32nd Commemoration Chicano Moratorium March (tags)
FORUM/DISCUSSION ON THE STATE OF THE CHICANOMEXICANO MOVEMENT FOR SELF-DETERMINATION AND LIBERTION
CHICANO MORATORIUM MARCH & RALLY AUG 24 (tags)
Join us to commemorate the 1970 Chicano moratorium protest march against the Vietnam War and no new wars today!
CHICANO MORATORIUM 2002 - Art & Action (tags)
Commemorate the 32rd anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium, when, Aug 29th, over 20,000 Chicanos filled the streets to demand an end to the Vietnam war!
Chicano Press Association Moving Forwarding... (tags)
The Chicano Press Association (CPA) has struggled to create an alternative press and media since its reactivation in 1989. During this more than a decade of struggle, the CPA has organized over dozens of meetings, workshops, conferences, and has produced newsletters, books, and pamphlets. At a meeting held on February 9, 2002, in Oxnard, Califas, and it was decided that in order to continue the creation of a mass national press, that we organize a “National Conference on Raza Press, Media and Popular Expression” to be held on September 14, 2002.
Chicano Press Assocation Meeting - February 9, 2002 (tags)
Chicano Press Assocation Meeting
Break The Chains Of Injustice - June 16, 2001 (tags)
Break The Chains Of Injustice - A Romper Las Cadenas De La Injusticia
Voz De Aztlan = Counter-Intelligence from Whitey-er, Pinche Vendidos! (tags)
Just a reminder to IMC non-Latinos and Chicanos to not be phased by the counter-intelligence coming from the middle class sell-outs ("vendidos") from Whitter, CA.
La Voz de Aztlan No Se Representan La Gente Chicana (tags)
The opinions of La Voz de Aztlan do not represent those of the Chicano community and people.
U.S./Mexico Action - Chicano Militant (tags)
Photo of a young Chicano Militant at the FTAA border protest
Chicano Park 31st Year Celebration in Full Effect (tags)
People came from all over San Diego to celebrate the 31st Chicano Park celebration.
Calaca Press at Chicano Park's 31's Anniversary Celebration (tags)
A local San Diego Chicano literature publisher puts up booth at the heart of Barrio Logan's Chicano Park Celebration...
Chicano Park Barrio Logan Sign (tags)
Barrio Logan was cut in half by the construction of the Bridge to Coronado Island. Residents united to take over the land directly under the bridge which has become a center for Chicano culture.
Raza Unida, a Tee Shirt Design in Chicano Park (tags)
Chicano Art is in abundance at the annual Chicano Park Celebration. Indigenous culture is being attacked by trade agreements such at the FTAA, in favoring corporate culture over peoples own art and expression.
Barrio Logan Sign in Chicano Park (tags)
Chicano Park was founded 31 years ago by grass roots activist who took over space under the Coronado Bridge. This year the annual celebration coincided with the FTAA protests.
Chiapas Bus @ Chicano Park in Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA (tags)
This bus recently returned from Chiapas, is preparing for Chicano Park demonstrations, in solidarity with the FTAA. The 31st Chicano Park Anniversary coincided with the FTAA Border protest.
Chicano Press Assocation has created the CPA News Wire at http://www.egroups.com/group/chicanopress.
Chicano Moritorium - Net cast (tags)
chicano moritorium net cast
MEChA students meet Sal Castro (tags)
Esther and Jessica of Cal Poly Pomona (wearing MEChA shirts)meet Sal Castro on the streets of LA Thurday August 17 at approx 9pm. Sal was invited by Gloria Molina to attend the DNC. Sal Castro, a highschool teacher at Belmont HS was arrested in 1968 for conspiracy as he advised and helped Chicana and Chicano students organize protest against the racist education system. One year later as a result of these blowouts, MEChA was founded... what a coincidence. See link on bottom for more history on Sal Castro and the Chicano Movement.
Defender of Aztlan, Soldier of Corn.