Online Event
Thursday, August 28
5:00pm Pacific, 6:00pm Mountain, 7:00pm Central, 8:00pm Eastern
Zoom registration link: tinyurl.com/frso825
On August 29, 1970, 30,000 Chicanos from across the Southwest marched through the streets of East LA to protest the high levels of Chicano casualties during the Vietnam War. The police attacked the march, killing Lyn Ward, Angel Diaz, and Ruben Salazar, a leading Los Angeles Times journalist who covered the Chicano movement and was targeted for assassination by the sheriffs due to his reporting on police crimes. This powerful demonstration, known as the Chicano Moratorium, was both a protest against U.S. imperialism and an important moment in the fight for Chicano national liberation.
Join leaders of Freedom Road Socialist Organization who organize for Chicano liberation and immigrant rights for an online event on the importance of the Chicano Moratorium and the continued struggle for Chicano national liberation.
Speakers will include:
—Carlos Montes, Chicano revolutionary and member of Freedom Road Socialist Organization Central Committee
—Marisol Márquez, Los Angeles District of the FRSO & a member of Centro CSO
—Omar Flores, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression Immigrant Rights Working Committee
—Diana Terreros, Freedom Road Socialist Organization
