COALICIÓN PRO DERECHOS DE LA RAZA
Raza Rights Coalicion
POR LA DIGNIDAD LUCHAMOS - POR LA LIBERTAD VENCEREMOS
proyecto de Unión del Barrio
P.O. Box 620095
San Diego, CA 92162
(619) 923-3685
http://coalicionproderechos.org
coalicionproderechos@hotmail.com
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THIS IS WHAT WE STRUGGLE FOR
POR ESTO LUCHAMOS:
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1. Full employment with union jobs and decent wages.
2. Quality public education for all our children including Chicano/Raza Studies and Bilingual Education at all levels
3. Free health care for all people
4. Decent affordable housing
5. Community control of the police and sheriffs
6. Abolishment of the racist Migra (Border Patrol & ICE) and the
immediate demilitarization of the Mexico/U.S. border
7. End to the importation and promotion of drugs in our communities and barrios
8. An end to U.S. intervention in Mexico, Latin America and all over the globe
9. An immediate halt to Free Trade Agreements (NAFTA, CAFTA, FTAA etc.)
and the support for the Bolivarian Alternative of the Américas (ALBA)
10. A Clean and Healthy Environment
11. Social justice and true democracy in México -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Empleo total con trabajos sindicalizados y salarios dignos
2. Educación culturalmente relevante y de calidad, pública y accesible en todos los niveles, para
nuestra juventud- incluyendo educación bilingüe y Estudios Chicanos/La Raza
3. Servicios de salud gratuitos y de calidad para todo el pueblo
4. Vivienda decente y económicamente alcanzable
5. Control comunitario de la policía y los Sheriffs
6. Abolición de la Migra (Patrulla Fronteriza y ICE) y la desmilitarización inmediata de la Frontera
7. Alto a la importación de drogas a nuestros barrios
8. Alto al intervencionismo de Estados Unidos en México, América Latina y el mundo
9. Suspensión inmediata al los Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLCAN, CAFTA, ALCA, etc.) y el apoyo a La Alternativa Bolivariana de las Américas (ALBA)
10. Exigimos un medio ambiente limpio y saludable
11. Justicia social y verdadera democracia en México
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GRITO DE INDEPENDENCIA
Coalición Pro Derechos de la Raza
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El Comite de Derechos Humanos Digna Ochoa y el grupo juvenil Somos Raza manda la más
cordial invitación a nuestra celebración del Grito de Independencia.
Human
Rights Committee Digna Ochoa and youth group Somos Raza would like to
extend a
cordial invitation to join us for our Celebration of Grito de
Independencia.
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REGENERACIÓN
Association of Raza Educators
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Regeneración is a publication of the Association of Raza
Educators Press. Its Editorial Board consists of A.R.E. members. The
views expressed by the authors do not necessarily represent the views
of the Association of Raza Educators. Regeneración is published quarterly, three times per year. For journal submissions or questions, please contact razaeducators@yahoo.com.
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Miguel Zavala, Editor
Anthony Martin, Editor
Mariana Ramirez, Translation
CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO BE DIRECTED TO THE PDF, Volume 1, Issue 1 (Summer 2009):
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CHICANO/MEXICANO PRISON PROJECT
Violence Between Raza and African Prisoners at California State Prison
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Note: The Chicano Mexicano Prison Project (CMPP) was established
in 1993 by Unión del Barrio. For close to 20 years the CMPP has been
the most active and consistent Mexican-Raza organization doing work
around the question of prisons and their role in the oppression of poor
and working class communities. On June 28th of this year (2009), the
CMPP held its annual conference in East Los Angeles. where one of the
issues discussed was the ongoing war between Mexican-Raza and African
prisoners.
Once again, major violence between Raza and African prisoners has
erupted within the United States Concentration Camp (Prison) System,
this time at Chino California State Prison. Beginning at 8:20 PM, on
Saturday evening (Aug. 8, 2009), African and Raza (Latino) prisoners,
in the most brutal fashion, slashing, cutting, hitting each other with
anything that could get their hands on, battled against each other for
more than 11 hours. Over 200 hundred were hurt, several were critically
injured with severe head injuries or stab wounds. Blood was spilled
everyone. Many of those involved will be scared and maimed for life,
both physically and mentally.
But this latest violence is nothing new. Nor was it the worst. For
years, not only in California, but also throughout the United States,
Raza and African prisoners have been at each other throats. Those of us
who should know better -the social activists and so-called educated-
should be clear about the root causes of this horrific violence that
continues, unabated, decade after decade, and how it only serves to
keep both nations oppressed and colonized; and most importantly, what
we must do about it.
While some refused to see or accept the truth, the reality is that
the prison wars between Raza and Africans are nothing but the old
strategy of divide and conquer, which the European (white)
colonialist-capitalist system has successfully used against our people
for more than 500 years. The "hand of white supremacy" behind the
recent hostilities should be obvious to everyone.
It is no coincidence that so few white prisoners were involved or
hurt. Or, that not "one guard" suffered even a scratch. That fact is,
that the racist prison system, which is responsible for the torturous
and inhumane treatment of Raza and African prisoners was not the object
of the prisoners' anger. As racist as some of the white prisoners are
(many belonging to groups such as the Aryan Brotherhood, Hells Angels,
Skin Heads and Minutemen), they also were not the target of the riot.
In fact, our carnales and brothers (and carnalas and sisters) in the
prisons are so confused and disoriented by the divide and conquer
tactics of the capitalists (from which white power comes from), that
they don't even see the prison system as their main enemy.
The constant blaming of Mexicans/Latinos for all the problems facing
the United States, branding us "illegal aliens", and the fact that even
as the "riot" at Chino was taking place, prison officials and
politicians were already blaming "Latinos" as the cause of the
violence, all form part of the trickery called "divide and conquer".
What we, Raza and Africans, and all oppressed people (including poor
whites) must understand, it is that the "divide and conquer" strategy
is the foundation upon which colonialism-capitalism rests. And, if we
are serious about ending the vicious violence among colonized and
oppressed (poor and working class) people, colonialism-capitalism must
be destroyed.
It is in the question of the "destruction of capitalism" in which we
find so many otherwise "educated" people acting dumb and stupid. It is
here where we find some people to be "utterly lost" as to what causes
violence and what is the solution -as the answer is found with them
deciding on whether they want to keep their nice cars, cushy jobs,
vacations, and nice homes, which capitalism provides, or do they
destroy the foundations of capitalism (racism, colonialism, oppression,
and destruction of our planet) and thus risk losing the materialistic
lifestyle that they enjoy so much.
All of us, living inside and outside the U.S. Concentration Camp
(Prison) System must realize that the violence between colonized people
affects all of us, as prison wars spill out into the streets,
communities, and the schools. "Race" violence occurs everyday within
the United States. Most of the victims are innocent, and most are young
people. Therefore, if we care about our youth, and about peace and
justice, then we have to get involved in the struggle to end prison
violence.
The CMPP calls on all of us to unite against colonialism-capitalism
and all its manifestations. We must struggle for a revolutionary change
in society. If the CMPP has learned anything during the last 20 years,
is that prisoners respect revolution. Only this type of struggle can
unite Africans and Mexicans-Raza, and put an end to the antagonistic
confrontations between our peoples.
¡El Pueblo Unido, Jamas Sera Vencido!
The People United, Will Never Be Defeated!
¡Hasta La Victoria -Venceremos!
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 CALENDARIO DE EVENTOS - AGOSTO
Calendar of Events - August
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PARA MAYORES INFORMES SOBRE CUALQUIER EVENTO, CONTACTENOS AL
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