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Chicanos and Latinos P IE I e ue e Chicano you'th fighting national oppression Selected artic~es from UNITY newspaper 10$ All over the U.S., Chicano youth are fighting against Barrio youth and Chicano oppression discrimination at school and on the job, against police themes at South Bay conferences p. 2 brutality and racism, in sum, against national oppression. Chicanos work to end gang warfare p. .3 Along with young people from other nationalities, Chicano youth are among the most oppressed groups in the country Defend the Perez family! p" 5 and also one of the most active. In the last year, young Chicanos have launched strong Chicana mother experiences racist court system p. 6 organizing efforts to put an end to violence among barrio youth. This year a conference took place in Oxnard, Cali­ Free the }ioody Park community defendentsl p. 7 fornia, which attracted over 3,000 youths. A peace treaty was signed among the different barrios and a pledge was Carlos Montes case made to continue organizing to end barrio warfare. This exposes police infiltration p. 9 summer other conferences will take place in San Jose Militant rallies mark Chicano Moratorium p. 11 and Mountain View, California. UNITY/LA UNIDAD has carried articles to help pass the Time, Newsweek "discover" word about these positive efforts. The following articles Chicanos and Latinos p. 1.3 are re-prints from UNITY, which show the different ways Hollywood slanders Chicanos p. 14 that young Chicanos are organizing against national oppression. 1 iii hican s arrl y uthan I!III ill en ar Ican ressl n -l ti t e essl th ay I C nfe ncas §a;m JO§!e, CA - "We can't be plan the San Jose conference. fighting each other. We've got to They formed a group called Bar­ join forces to work for our Raza. rios Unidos de San Jo, for this That's why we need barrio purpose. Gustavo Arias, a mem­ u ." With these words, ber of Barrios Unido5, ex­ members of Barrio Horseshoe plained, "We don't want to just West San Jose) and Barrio on a conference. Confer~ Vicky's Town (in South San ences won't stop the fighting be­ Jose) shook hands and caned a tween barrios. We want to truce to the that had ex­ to work isted betw.een them. This first step to stop barrio " warfare One of the main issues ference win ©H:ldre~§ is flO',,,,, to Ventura, CA - Over 3,000 Unidos. the conference is Chicano youths are expected to planned as an "educational, attend a Barrio Youth Confer­ cultural and social experience." ence on May 8 here. The largest It aims to combat barrio warfare event of its kind ever organized by promoting self-esteem and in this area, the conference wiH alternatives for youths, in­ be held at the county fair­ cluding education and jobs. grounds. Speakers, workshops and cul­ up <;;ase. The conference is organized tural presentations are scheduled For more '=0:11" by Barrios Uundas, a county­ for the program. A major fea­ Chicano tact Banios Unido§ wide Chicano youth organiza­ hue of the conference will be the Mountain View and Redwood P.O. Box San tion working to help end gang signing of a "peace treaty" by 95109. violence in the community. The representatives of various Vel1- Since many groups and theme ofthe conference is "Bar­ tura County barrios. This will be individuals have joined efforts to JUNE 15, 1979 rio Unity." According to Barrios an important step toward ending 3 gang violence in the community. tional programs in the communi­ ty. Contrasted to Boulevard B~rrios Unidos Nights this mm shows more of elend the erez Barrios Unidos was formed the actual conditions of national last August foHowing an End oppression that Chicanm; face in Barrio Warfare Conference held the barrio. fa ily! in San Fernando and attended When Barrios Unidos tried to 2,000 Chicano youths. Xavier show the film and make a presen­ Flores, chairman of Barrios tation at some Oxnard high Unidos, said the conference schools, they were refused per­ made them realize that Chicanos mission by the Oxnard School from different barrios can get District. The authorities said the; together in peace. Barrios oral presentation would turn Uoidos was formed to try to end into a' 'political discussion" that gang warfare and expose the real "would be offensive to a broad reasons it exists. section of the community." "There have been people that What they reaHy fear is the youth say violence is inherent to realizing that their enemy is not (Chicano) culture," Flores told each other, but the capitalist UNITY. "I'm saying, no." system of national oppression. Barrios Unidos points out that in In contrast to the school La Colonia, Ventura County's authorities' Barrios largest live Unidos' work has been endorsed mile area; 60!lJ'1l the Association of Mexican an eighth American the Raza 50!lJ'ij live below the , and other "',...,"""'''',''',." llillllonstrations against poliee brutality grow in San Joss (UNITY photo) and 430711 are un­ employed. These are the under- Jose, CA. - Youth Get­ Perez family who had supposed­ violenCe, ting Together, a Chicano youth ly vandalized one of the neigh­ group, is building support for bor's hOlmes, When Mrs. Perez the January hearings of four questioned the police as to Barrios Unidos has been very members of the Perez famHy, they were arresting her ~ 6-year­ active since it was formed, It has who were arrested in October old son, the police brutaUy man­ 1918 when San Jose police ter~ handled her. When several fami­ held IvIAY 1979 rorized their home. Charges ly members demanded Mrs. Pe­ and ;;;"'.""".'''!Jl'b'U \;Hi:HJ,'''! against the family range from rez's release, the police eral banios in assault on a police officer to shotguns, threw the daughter to Santa Paula and other areas. interfering with arrests. Some of the ground, and assaulted Mr, Barrios Unidos ruso organized the Perez family received up to Perez with the front of a shot­ a boycott of the movie five counts, gun. Boulevard Nights and set up What did the Perez family dOl Youth Getting Together is mo­ picket lines at one of the main to wind up with these unjust bilizing to defend the Perez fami­ theaters showing the film. charges'? On October 17, 1978, ly. Youth Getting Together group uses the film The Home the San Jose Police Department formed out of the youth moni­ Boys in many of their eauca- came to arrest a member of the tors for last year's commemora- 5 tion of the 1970 Chicano Mora­ case go undefended. torium which focused on police Youth Getting Together and brutality in the barrios. The other supporters like'the Anti­ group believes that it is impor­ Bakke Decision Coalition are tant to organize Chicano youth now organizing a dance to raise to fight the many forms of na­ money for the lawyer's fees, tional oppression they face, in­ which are already estimated at Free the Moody Park cluding police brutalitv. $1,500-2,000. Call (408) The kind of treatment the 294-3705 to give donations, or Perez family received is nothing for more information. Through community new to the barrios. For example, concrete mass support, the Perez in 1976, a young Chicano - family will win! Danny Trevino - was shot and defendents! killed by an off-duty policeman, when Danny was just sitting in JAN. 12, 1979 his car. Youth Getting Together does not intend to let the Perez Houston - Pretrial hearings are tak­ insisting that all charges be dropped. ing place for eight Chicanos and one The trial is the latest chapter in the white person arrested in the wake of the continuing struggle against police Moody Park rebellion her~ last May. repression here in Houston, which has Chicana mother The most recent series of hearings began raged unabated since Joe Torres was October 30, to hear various defense mo­ murdered by the police 18 months ago. tions. The defendants face felony This struggle has been a focal point for charges of inciting to riot and assaulting the Chicano movement throughout the experiences racist a police officer. They are standing firm­ Southwest. The brutal nature of the ly together and are stronger than ever, court system Dear UNITY, I didn't think it could happen to me. I if they weren't there to see it? was very embarrassed when I was arrested I was not surprised with the jury's deci­ and stayed overnight in jail. My ex­ sion. I feel that it is an injustice that I have perience with the court system will always a record. My experience with the court stay with me. system tells me that there is something The court and judge stated that I am in­ more underneath it. nocent until proven guilty. But the way Mrs. Perez they did it from the beginning until the end of the trial was that I am guilty and Ed. note: Mrs. Perez is another victim of have to prove my innocence. Especially police brutality. Last October, she was ar­ when the DA was attacking me for rested after protesting the harassment of needing a Spanish translator. But normal­ her family when San Jose, CA, police ly, Spanish is my first language and came to arrest her son. (See UNITY. No. English is the second. His attack appealed 1. Jan. 12. 1979). to the all-white jury's prejudice who don't know how it is to live in the barrio. Of course they believed the police story in­ Some of the Moody Park community defendants outside Houston courthouse October 30, showing stead of mine.
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