Los Angeles, CA – The featured speaker at this year’s commemoration of the historic 1970 Chicano Moratorium against the War was United Teachers of LA (UTLA) chapter chair at Marvin Avenue Elementary School and longtime Centro CSO member Lupe Torres.

Torres spoke of about the bad conditions in LAUSD schools, including low funding, high student teacher ratios, lack of support staff like counselors and nurses, and the unfair pay for public school teachers. Torres pointed out how private charter schools come to the Boyle Heights neighborhood, taking away students and funding, leading to a crisis in our public schools.

Torres said members of the UTLA took a strike vote, with 97% voting to approve a strike against LAUSD, the nation’s second largest school district.

Centro CSO is a strong ally of UTLA and will stand in unity if a strike takes place.

The Chicano Moratorium event was attended by many union members and leaders, including Dalia Jaramillo, Vice president of SEIU 1000, members of International Machinist Union and local Teamsters.

Mendez High School students, local families and many others filled the house at the Chicano art center, Self Help Graphics, August 29, to commemorate the 48th Chicano Moratorium Against War.

The event was organized by CSO: Community Service Organization, which is based in Boyle Heights.

The Chicano Moratorium is held every year to commemorate the Chicano Liberation Day and the ongoing fight for self-determination.

Raul Ruiz, former editor and photographer for La Raza newspaper spoke as an eyewitness to the killing of Ruben Salazar, the prominent journalist who as killed by LA sheriffs during the 1970 Chicano Moratorium protests.

Gloria Arellanes, a founder of the original Chicano Moratorium, Brown Berets and Las Adelitas – an anti-war woman’s group spoke, of the history of fighting U.S. wars.

Also speaking at the event was Sol Marquez-Freedom Road Socialist Organization, who talked about the right to self-determination for the Chicano Nation, and Carlos Montes of Centro CSO, who called for organizing in our barrios to fight police killings, legalization for all, support for public education and public unions like UTLA, as well as showing solidarity with oppressed nations of the world fighting for freedom from U.S. imperialism.

Join Centro CSO for their public meetings the third Wednesday of every month 6 p.m. at Benjamin Franklin Library. Look for /Centro CSO on Facebook and Twitter.

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Los Ángeles, CA – Familias, sindicalistas, maestros, activistas y estudiantes llenaron la casa en el centro local de arte chicano, Self Help Graphics, el 29 de agosto, para conmemorar el 48 aniversario de la Moratoria chicana contra la guerra. El programa honró la histórica moratoria chicana del 29 de agosto de 1970, donde más de 30,000 chicanos marcharon en el este de Los Ángeles para protestar por la alta tasa de víctimas muertos de los chicanos en la guerra de Vietnam. El conocido periodista Rubén Salazar fue asesinado por un alguacil del LA durante las protestas.

La conmemoración fue organizada por Cento CSO, que continúa denunciando las amenazas de intervención y guerra del presidente Trump contra países como Irán, Venezuela y Corea del Norte. Centro CSO también pide que la Marina de los EE. UU. Y las tropas salgan de Filipinas y se solidariza con el pueblo de Palestina, Puerto Rico y Venezuela.

La integrante de Padres del Este Contra Privatización Eloisa Galindo habló en contra de la apertura de la escuela Kipp privada en East LA y Boyle Heights. La líder de United Teachers of LA (UTLA) Lupe Torres, una maestra y miembro de Centro CSO, criticó la falta de fondos para escuelas públicas, la alta proporción de estudiantes en las aulas y la falta de personal de apoyo y salarios injustos para los maestros de LAUSD. UTLA acaba de tomar un voto de autorización de huelga.

Raúl Ruiz, ex editor y fotógrafo de La Raza diario, habló como testigo del asesinato de Rubén Salazar.

Gloria Arellanes, fundadora de la Moratoria Chicana original, Boinas Cafés y Las Adelitas, un grupo de mujeres contra la guerra, habló de la historia de la lucha de los chicanos contra la Guerra de Vietnam y el papel principal de las mujeres.

El evento incluyó una charla de Cruz Becerra, un veterano de Vietnam, un mensaje de solidaridad de Bayan USA; y discursos de Dalia Jaramillo, vicepresidente de SEIU 1000 y parte del Comité Organizador de la Moratoria Chicana; La organización socialista camino a libertad-Sol Márquez y Carlos Montes del Centro CSO.

Únase a Centro CSO para sus reuniones públicas el tercer miércoles de cada mes a las 6 p.m. en la Biblioteca Benjamín Franklin. Busque / Centro CSO en Facebook y Twitter.

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Los Angeles, CA – Families, union members, teachers, activists and students filled the house at local Chicano art center, Self Help Graphics, Aug. 29, to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium Against the War. The program honored the historic Aug. 29, 1970 Chicano Moratorium, where over 30,000 Chicanos marched in East LA to protest the high casualty rate of Chicanos in the Vietnam War. Well-known journalist Ruben Salazar was killed by a n LA sheriff deputy during the protests.

The commemoration was organized by Cento CSO, which continues to denounce President Trump's threats of interventions and war against countries like Iran, Venezuela and north Korea. CSO also calls for U.S. Navy and troops to get out of the Philippines and stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

Eastside Parents Against Privatization member Eloisa Galindo spoke against the rash of charter school opening in East LA and Boyle Heights. United Teachers of LA (UTLA) leader Lupe Torres, a teacher and Centro CSO member, criticized the lack of public school funding, the high student classroom ratio and lack of support staff and unfair wages for LAUSD teachers. UTLA has just taken a strike authorization vote.

Raul Ruiz, former editor and photographer for La Raza newspaper, spoke as an eyewitness to the killing of Ruben Salazar.

Gloria Arellanes, a founder of the original Chicano Moratorium, Brown Berets and Las Adelitas, an anti-war woman’s group, spoke of the history of Chicanos fight against the Vietnam War and the leading role of women.

The event included a talk by Cruz Becerra, a Vietnam veteran, who delivered a message of solidarity from Bayan USA; and speeches by Dalia Jaramillo, SEIU 1000 Vice President and part of the Chicano Moratorium Organizing Committee; Sol Marquez-Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and Carlos Montes of Centro CSO.

Join Centro CSO for their public meetings the third Wednesday of every month 6 p.m. at Benjamin Franklin Library. Look for /Centro CSO on Facebook and Twitter.

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