41st Anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium

¡No olvidemos!

The Chicano Moratorium was organized to protest the war in Vietnam, as well as oppression and discrimination at home. On August 29, 1970, the Chicano Moratorium culminated with a mass demonstration in Los Angeles, California.  When police attacked the demonstrators, four persons (including award-winning journalist Ruben Salazar) were killed, and hundreds injured.  The spirit of the Chicano Moratorium reminds us that the struggle continues and that minorities and the poor continue to bear the burden of imprisonment, homelessness, unemployment, and all of the other negative effects of the economic crisis; while continuing to die in disproportionate numbers in senseless foreign wars.