Chris Arevalos came home to Southern Indiana after his service in the military feeling directionless. He quickly fell into the vicious cycle of opioid addiction that plagued his hometown. Now in the dark world of drugs, he began a life criminal activity and before long was sentenced to federal prison time. Chris was sent to Big Sandy, one of the most notorious prisons in the federal system. He was immediately recruited by La Eme– The Mexican Mafia. He describes life inside La Eme and his experiences as a member. Chris was fortunate enough to get out of the gang and turn his life around. This is the story of Chris overcoming addiction, surviving prison gang life, and his story of redemption by not letting his mistakes define his future.
Aztlán is commonly referred to as the territory of the Chicano nation. It is the Mexican territory that became the U.S. after the signing of the February 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Since 1848, a shared connection among the Chicano people within this area continues to grow and is evident, especially during events like Chicano Park Day.
On April 20, thousands of people descended on Chicano Park, located in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego, California. The scene was lively, with vendors selling food and refreshments and music playing throughout the park. The colorful murals were complemented by a variety of low riders and customized vehicles.
The historical and cultural significance of Chicano Park dates to April 22, 1970. For years, the community of Barrio Logan wanted a park built for its families. During the construction of the Interstate 5 freeway, the community rallied and fought back. The city, in exchange, was forced to grant the space underneath the bridge to build the park. But the project lay dormant for years until a community member noticed construction was taking place and realized it was for a California Highway Patrol station. Once again, the community fought against this and won. The city later approved the park to be built.
“Aztlán is all about Chicanos, power, and being fucking relentless,” says Nate Rebolledo, Xibalba’s frontman.
Xibalba is perhaps the heaviest band out of Los Angeles since Slayer. The members are from all over the city, and the band’s insanely raw and powerfully relentless sound has led them to have a loyal base of fans since forming in 2006.
To celebrate their newest E.P., Aztlán, the five-piece band threw a free show at 1st Street Billiards in Boyle Heights on Friday, January 13. The show doubled as a music video shoot for Desmadre, another emerging hardcore band out of Los Angeles. Hundreds of punks and fans of aggressive music showed up to support.
The artwork depicts an Amazon warehouse with flames beneath it. The lettering that surrounds the warehouse reads, “Burn them all down.”
Amazon has reportedly ended its financial support of the Cheech MarinCenter for Chicano Art & Culture in Riverside, California. According toARTNews, the multibillion-dollar company made its decision after it found out the institution included an artwork in ant exhibition that was critical of Amazon’s business strategy in the state.
The artwork in question is a triptych of screen prints by Toni Sanchez, a student at the University of California, that is part of the “Life Logistics” exhibition, which ran from January 7, 2023 to June 4, 2023. T
At the beginning of his speech, Montes asked attendees about the definition and importance of Aztlán, the mythical city of paradise that the Mexica (known to settlers as the Aztecs) envisioned when they settled in Mexico. Montes explored the symbolism of spiritual and national unity that Aztlán represents for Mexicans and the Chicano community in the United States.
On May 25, UW’s Progressive Student Union (PSU) and several other RSOs held a discussion board with Carlos Montes, a nationally respected Chicano leader, to discuss the rise of Chicano activism and the continued struggle for immigrant rights in the United States.
Montes is an activist who co-founded the Chicano youth organization the Brown Berets, which took direct inspiration from the Black Panther Party. He stopped by Seattle on a fundraising tour alongside the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), a national organization of working-class socialists.
The discussion covered Montes’ activism since the late 1960s, the current conditions of the Latino community, immigration policies of the United States, and the importance of continued activism for the Chicano and immigrant communities. After his prepared remarks, Montes took questions from attendees.
Posted onOctober 26, 2022|Comments Off on LA City Council Is Doing What Now? (Video)
In a leaked tape, three members of the all-Democrat (plus one independent) Los Angeles City Council, along with a labor leader — all Latino — used racist, homophobic, anti-white, anti-Asian, and even anti-Mexican slurs as they plotted to redistrict the city council to increase “Latino power.”
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Posted onJuly 12, 2022|Comments Off on Biden Medal of Freedom Recipient Has History of Involvement with Far-Left Groups
Raul Yzaguirre, one of President Joe Biden’s Medal of Freedom recipients from last week, has a history of working with far-left groups.
National Council of La Raza (NCLR), now called UnidosUS — where he served as CEO and president for 30 years — received more than $60 million
from the federal government — funded by American taxpayers — since
2008. The non-profit has many connections to far-left organizations and
even a school founded on a racial-separatist ideology.
In 2002, La Raza partnered with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund to prevent stronger Voter ID laws. The SacramentoBeewrote
that the two groups opposed Voter ID laws because “In too many cases,
partisan poll workers have demanded identification from people of color –
African Americans in the South or Hispanics in Southern California.”
Additionally, in November 2004, one of La Raza’s executives, Janet Murguia, appeared to support illegal immigrants voting after Arizona voters approved a ballot measure requiring voters to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote.
Posted onNovember 20, 2021|Comments Off on The Long History of Mexican-American Radicalism
Mexican-American workers have a long tradition of radical organizing, stretching back to the days of the Industrial Workers of the World and the mid-century Communist Party. And in 1968, with a longtime Communist Chicano family at the center, Mexican-American students in LA launched the largest student walkout in US history.
During the first week of March in 1968,
more than fifteen thousand students walked out of their high schools in
Los Angeles, kicking off the largest student walkout in US history. The
students, mostly Mexican Americans, were fed up with a school system
that had given them de facto segregation, English-only instruction, and
irrelevant curricula. The walkout, coordinated by student committees at
each school, demanded more Latino faculty members, better facilities,
and educational material that spoke to Mexican Americans’ diverse
experience.
An East LA family named the Cuaróns were at the center of the walkout. Even before the events of March ’68, the Cuarón home had served as a meeting place for radicals. Mita Cuarón was a student at Garfield High School, so involved in organizing the walkout that the administration singled her out as a leader and school guards attacked her. Mita’s mother, Sylvia Cuarón, was one of the first parents down on the picket line to help support and protect the striking students. And her father, Ralph Cuarón, was elected as the students’ representative in subsequent negotiations with school administrators.
Posted onJuly 7, 2021|Comments Off on Radical leftists call for armed confrontation for any state that enforces borders
LULAC’s Wikipedia page notes that the group, like the Cesar Chavez United Farmworkers, originally opposed illegal immigration. Now they’ve switched, and seem to be doing the cartels’ bidding. Something funny happened to them.
As states pursue rule of law at the border amid a record surge of
illegal migrants and Biden administration inaction, open border
activists are getting busy.
Several states responded to the call from Texas Governor Greg Abbott
asking for allied states to send law enforcement and national guard to
secure the southern border after the Biden administration actively,
intentionally and purposefully works to keep it open.
With the potential for cooperation from states, what I call “extreme federalism“,
to secure the border regardless of the Federal inaction, an assembly of
various activist groups are petitioning the White House to confront the
states with direct military action.
The League of United Latin American
Citizens (LULAC), a far-left communist advance group, is asking Joe
Biden to fight the state effort with all measures possible, including
armed confrontation.
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