Spread the word!
Ron Gochez
Social Justice Educator/Community Organizer
Let us build a resistance to repression, war and occupation!
http://uniondelbarrio.org/laverdad/2010/09/26/let-us-build-a-resistance-to-repression-war-and-occupation/
September 26, 2010
To supporters, progressives, leftists and the community in general,
On Friday September 24, a series of FBI raids were carried out throughout the
United States. These raids targeted organizations with a clear anti-war,
anti-imperialist, pro-peace position against U.S. foreign and domestic policy;
a growing tendency of our time. We must be clear that this signals the coming
of a more intense fascist state. It signals the coming of the persecution of
organizations and individuals who oppose the current capitalist order.
Unión del Barrio condemns the raids and their purpose; which was to confuse,
intimidate and instill fear in our community and in our movements. We reject
that intimidation and terror.
We have seen, been victims, and have witnessed these types of attacks before.
We have been face to face with this fascism and are keenly aware of its reach;
we know what it is to have members of our families taken by federal agents in
the middle of the night or early mornings; we are aware of the empireís ability
to suspend “constitutional, civil or democratic” rights; and we’ve seen the
empire’s inhumanity, as it kills and maims people at the hands of its
police-migra-military force against the non-white world. We are aware and
assume our responsibility to struggle against it wherever it may appear.
Today the role, responsibility and duty of every revolutionary, progressive
and those that call themselves leftists, must be to halt this drive to open
fascism both within the political borders of the United States and abroad. As
we listen and observe the UN General Assembly speeches and discussions, it
becomes clear that the possibility of nuclear war, with clear colonial
ambitions is becoming more pronounced. A war that if carried out, whether by
Israel or the United States against Irán, will undoubtedly alter the very
possibility of life on this planet.
Today, the need for workers/class unity is ever more clear. The need for a
clearly anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist social movement for
our basic rights depends upon us. We must be aware that the time to join the
correct side of humanity, and leave behind the irrational, unsustainable,
egocentric “American Dream,” is now! This “American Dream” has been, and
continues to be a Human Rights nightmare the world over.
We invite, all who are willing to build a resistance to repression, war and
occupation, to unite with the Manifesto of Caracas,
<http://uniondelbarrio.org/laverdad/2010/08/31/caracas-manifesto-manifiesto-de-caracas/>
and build towards a continental day of action in your area on December 10th,
International Human Rights Day; for Human Rights and Socialism, united we win!
In unity and in struggle,
Comité Central
Unión del Barrio
Download statement in pdf,
http://uniondelbarrio.org/statements/FBIraids_09262010.pdf
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Statements from other fraternal organizations,
FBI Raids: Protests in 19 cities on 9/27, 28, 29 called by solidarity activists
http://www.iacenter.org/actions/fbi-raids092610/
Activists Denounce FBI Raids on Anti-war and Solidarity Activists Homes
http://www.fightbacknews.org/2010/9/24/activists-denounce-fbi-raids-anti-war-and-solidarity-activists-homes
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