La Raza you be the judge
Political Platform
DOMESTIC POLICY
A. La Raza will no longer tolerate that its people be used as instruments of repression against Third World people (armed forces and police). End the draft and exempt all Raza youth from military service.
B. Full equality of the Spanish language: This includes all federal, state, municipal, and private agencies which must provide and carry out all functions within our community in English and Spanish.
C. La Raza Unida Party feels it is of the utmost importance to struggle for the concept of Community Control. By this we mean Community Control over all institutions of the community-schools, hospitals, libraries, welfare agencies, police, etc., that affect La Raza.
1. The community must control all money, government or private, "with no strings attached" that will be allocated for La Raza and its community.
2. La Raza Unida Party calls for the establishment of councils of La Raza to administer all institutions within our community. All councils will be democratically elected by the community.
D. La Raza Unida Party calls upon the community to break with the two-party system (Democratic-Republican) which has been one of the key instruments in the oppression of La Raza.
E. The constitutional right of farmworkers to organize their union and formulate their own demands must be respected.
F. La Raza Unida Party supports the struggles of all Third World peoples in the U. S.
G. La Raza Unida Party supports all attempts by the American working class to organize and struggle independently for their well-being.
H. All Raza people 18 years of age or older must have the constitutional right to vote be they felons, immigrants, or nationals.
I. La Raza Unida Party demands that the pollution of our environment halt La Raza Unida Party takes the position that the pollution of our environment is a crime against our people.
That the elimination of this pollution be completely financed by the corporations that produce it. That there be community control boards on a national level to ensure that these corporations eliminate the damage that they have created to our environment. La Raza Unida Party recognizes that the ecology of our environment has been used as an issue to obscure the fundamental political and economic problems of this society on all levels, local and national. To La Raza Unida Party ecology is just one aspect of the manifold problems that we face.
FOREIGN POLICY
La Raza Unida Party supports the right of self-determination of all nations. We are opposed to the intervention of the United States into the internal affairs of any nation. We demand an end to United States support to every oppressive regime from Mexico to Vietnam.
A. We demand the release of all political prisoners in Latin America, especially our brothers in Mexico.
B. Free Puerto Rico.
C. Immediate withdrawal from Southeast Asia.
D. Support of the Palestinian Liberation Struggle.
E. Free all colonies and territories of the United States.
Documents of the Chicano Struggle
Economic Platform
La Raza Unida Party feels that economic control of our lives and of our community is of the utmost importance.
A. Equality of the Spanish language in all the places of employment and business.
B. Rank-and-file democratic control of the unions; the elimination of all racist practices in the labor movement.
C. La Raza Unida Party calls for full employment of La Raza at all levels of the economy.
D. Escalator clauses in all union contracts to assure automatic wage increases with the rising cost of living.
E. A guaranteed annual income wage beginning at 18 years of age.
F. A shorter work-week with no reduction in pay.
G. One hundred percent taxation on all profits of corporations or businesses which engage in discrimination against La Raza.
H. Rent control agencies under the direct control of La Raza community, which would provide adequate housing for all persons of La Raza that would not cost more than 5 percent of his or her annual earnings.
I. Public ownership and control of all public utilities.
J. A minimum wage that meets a decent standard of living for all in La Raza.
K. The right of Raza ancianitos to secure an equitable old age must be provided by this society. Aged Raza citizens have helped to build this society and should, therefore, be provided with free medical care, free housing, free food, and all the essential things needed to continue to lead a dignified life.
L. La Raza Unida Party demands that the right of the ill to have adequate and free medical and hospital attention be met.
Documents of the Chicano Struggle
Self-Defense
A. We have the human right to defend our lives by any means necessary.
B. Community control of the police and all the judicial processes.
C. Free all political prisoners.
D. La Raza Unida Party supports and defends the full constitutional and human rights of La Raza - be they citizens, immigrants, or nationals.
E. All Raza men and women in the jails are political prisoners. The very nature of the judicial penal system in this country makes La Raza inmates political prisoners because that system does not afford them their basic constitutional rights.
1. La Raza has not had the benefit of trial by a jury of our peers.
2. La Raza does not have the money to pay for justice (that is, lawyers, court fees, adequate research assistance).
3. La Raza is railroaded by public defenders who misrepresent us and tell us to plead guilty.
4. The economic-social conditions that La Raza is forced to live in is the very reason for the offenses committed, which have in turn led to the imprisonment of all La Raza men and women now there.
F. Dismantling of the California Adult Authority Board - to be replaced by parole review boards in the community from which the prisoner comes.
G. Community control boards to administer the functioning of jails - these boards to be made up of 50 percent community elected officials and 50 percent inmates elected by inmates themselves.
H. Raza inmates have the right to form unions to implement collective bargaining.
I. Raza inmates must be paid federal minimum wages.
J. Full educational opportunities for all Raza inmates must be provided and include fully autonomous Raza departments.
K. On-the-job training for La Raza inmates in the field of their choosing.
L. Visitation rights which will include transportation for famllies and conjugal visitation.
Documents of the Chicano Struggle
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/docs/struggle/self.html
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/docs/struggle/ecoplat.html
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/docs/struggle/polplat.html
DOMESTIC POLICY
A. La Raza will no longer tolerate that its people be used as instruments of repression against Third World people (armed forces and police). End the draft and exempt all Raza youth from military service.
B. Full equality of the Spanish language: This includes all federal, state, municipal, and private agencies which must provide and carry out all functions within our community in English and Spanish.
C. La Raza Unida Party feels it is of the utmost importance to struggle for the concept of Community Control. By this we mean Community Control over all institutions of the community-schools, hospitals, libraries, welfare agencies, police, etc., that affect La Raza.
1. The community must control all money, government or private, "with no strings attached" that will be allocated for La Raza and its community.
2. La Raza Unida Party calls for the establishment of councils of La Raza to administer all institutions within our community. All councils will be democratically elected by the community.
D. La Raza Unida Party calls upon the community to break with the two-party system (Democratic-Republican) which has been one of the key instruments in the oppression of La Raza.
E. The constitutional right of farmworkers to organize their union and formulate their own demands must be respected.
F. La Raza Unida Party supports the struggles of all Third World peoples in the U. S.
G. La Raza Unida Party supports all attempts by the American working class to organize and struggle independently for their well-being.
H. All Raza people 18 years of age or older must have the constitutional right to vote be they felons, immigrants, or nationals.
I. La Raza Unida Party demands that the pollution of our environment halt La Raza Unida Party takes the position that the pollution of our environment is a crime against our people.
That the elimination of this pollution be completely financed by the corporations that produce it. That there be community control boards on a national level to ensure that these corporations eliminate the damage that they have created to our environment. La Raza Unida Party recognizes that the ecology of our environment has been used as an issue to obscure the fundamental political and economic problems of this society on all levels, local and national. To La Raza Unida Party ecology is just one aspect of the manifold problems that we face.
FOREIGN POLICY
La Raza Unida Party supports the right of self-determination of all nations. We are opposed to the intervention of the United States into the internal affairs of any nation. We demand an end to United States support to every oppressive regime from Mexico to Vietnam.
A. We demand the release of all political prisoners in Latin America, especially our brothers in Mexico.
B. Free Puerto Rico.
C. Immediate withdrawal from Southeast Asia.
D. Support of the Palestinian Liberation Struggle.
E. Free all colonies and territories of the United States.
Documents of the Chicano Struggle
Economic Platform
La Raza Unida Party feels that economic control of our lives and of our community is of the utmost importance.
A. Equality of the Spanish language in all the places of employment and business.
B. Rank-and-file democratic control of the unions; the elimination of all racist practices in the labor movement.
C. La Raza Unida Party calls for full employment of La Raza at all levels of the economy.
D. Escalator clauses in all union contracts to assure automatic wage increases with the rising cost of living.
E. A guaranteed annual income wage beginning at 18 years of age.
F. A shorter work-week with no reduction in pay.
G. One hundred percent taxation on all profits of corporations or businesses which engage in discrimination against La Raza.
H. Rent control agencies under the direct control of La Raza community, which would provide adequate housing for all persons of La Raza that would not cost more than 5 percent of his or her annual earnings.
I. Public ownership and control of all public utilities.
J. A minimum wage that meets a decent standard of living for all in La Raza.
K. The right of Raza ancianitos to secure an equitable old age must be provided by this society. Aged Raza citizens have helped to build this society and should, therefore, be provided with free medical care, free housing, free food, and all the essential things needed to continue to lead a dignified life.
L. La Raza Unida Party demands that the right of the ill to have adequate and free medical and hospital attention be met.
Documents of the Chicano Struggle
Self-Defense
A. We have the human right to defend our lives by any means necessary.
B. Community control of the police and all the judicial processes.
C. Free all political prisoners.
D. La Raza Unida Party supports and defends the full constitutional and human rights of La Raza - be they citizens, immigrants, or nationals.
E. All Raza men and women in the jails are political prisoners. The very nature of the judicial penal system in this country makes La Raza inmates political prisoners because that system does not afford them their basic constitutional rights.
1. La Raza has not had the benefit of trial by a jury of our peers.
2. La Raza does not have the money to pay for justice (that is, lawyers, court fees, adequate research assistance).
3. La Raza is railroaded by public defenders who misrepresent us and tell us to plead guilty.
4. The economic-social conditions that La Raza is forced to live in is the very reason for the offenses committed, which have in turn led to the imprisonment of all La Raza men and women now there.
F. Dismantling of the California Adult Authority Board - to be replaced by parole review boards in the community from which the prisoner comes.
G. Community control boards to administer the functioning of jails - these boards to be made up of 50 percent community elected officials and 50 percent inmates elected by inmates themselves.
H. Raza inmates have the right to form unions to implement collective bargaining.
I. Raza inmates must be paid federal minimum wages.
J. Full educational opportunities for all Raza inmates must be provided and include fully autonomous Raza departments.
K. On-the-job training for La Raza inmates in the field of their choosing.
L. Visitation rights which will include transportation for famllies and conjugal visitation.
Documents of the Chicano Struggle
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/docs/struggle/self.html
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/docs/struggle/ecoplat.html
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/research/docs/struggle/polplat.html
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Same old warmed over commie/totalitarian/racist bunk. 0 -
only in your mind 0 -
Isn't nemesisenforcer agreeing with your post? 0 -
I actually heard recordings of several Hispanic congressmen and Senators giving speeches at a La Raza get-together. Very anti American. Go figure...... 0 -
Maybe I miss took nemesesenforcer response so If I did I owe him a apology.Thanks for pointing out my error.[:D][:D] 0 -
Dang it! and I was going to make taco's for dinner tonight. 0 -
An Open Letter to La Raza,
Bite my ass.
Please.
Sincerely,
Ba Sardo0 -
quote:Originally posted by SG
Dang it! and I was going to make taco's for dinner tonight.
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when the war breaks out La Raza will no longer exist in America. 0 -
They just oughta be thankful we don't open season on them. Were it up to me..we would. 0 -
Most of that was complete BS that I oppose.
But how about "Free Puerto Rico"
Why not, why the heck do we want them anyway?
I wouldn't miss them, and they are a completely different culture.
Who else agrees? get rid of Puerto Rico?0
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