Rosalío Muñoz

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Rosalío Muñoz is a long-time activist and historian of Chicana/Chicano people’s history and culture, and UCLA student activism. He was a regular contributor to the People's World and other progressive publications from 1980-2008 and hopes to continue with more articles in 2017. Rosalío lives in Los Angeles, California.

 

LATEST ARTICLES BY Rosalío Muñoz

  • Opinion
    Ed Roybal Presente

    Ed Roybal Presente

    November 2, 2005 By Rosalío Muñoz

    Ed Roybal, first 20th Century Mexican American elected to the Los Angeles City Council (1949-1963) and to the House of Representatives (1963-1992) was a progressive Latino politician long before there was something called a Chicano movement....

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  • Opinion
    1970: Chicano Moratorium 2005: Latinos for Peace

    1970: Chicano Moratorium 2005: Latinos for Peace

    August 26, 2005 By Rosalío Muñoz

    Thirty-five years ago, on Aug. 29, 1970, some 25,000-30,000 people, mostly Mexican Americans, marched through the heart of the East Los Angeles barrios protesting the war in Vietnam. It was the largest Mexican American political demonstration...

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  • PrintEditions
    CAFTA = pollution, hunger, job loss

    CAFTA = pollution, hunger, job loss

    July 22, 2005 By Bruce Bostick And Rosalío Muñoz

    With a vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement expected in the House of Representative before the end of July, 10 activists in the Los Angeles Coalition Against CAFTA held a four-day hunger strike July...

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  • U.S.
    We are Joaquin: the legacy of Corky

    We are Joaquin: the legacy of Corky

    April 22, 2005 By Rosalío Muñoz

    During the 1960s, the American people broke out of the McCarthy era with mass movements for peace, civil rights, women’s rights, and labor organizing of agricultural and public workers. At the same time, throughout the Southwest,...

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  • U.S.
    1916 2005 Lalo Guerrero, trovador chicano presente!

    1916 2005 Lalo Guerrero, trovador chicano presente!

    March 25, 2005 By Rosalío Muñoz

    Known by all as Lalo, the Chicano trovador (troubadour) extraordinaire sang, composed and played mariachi, swing, bolero, boogie, mambo, cha-cha, rock and norteño music, often in poignant yet comic parodies, from the time of the Great...

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  • Opinion
    Chicano Moratorium Aug. 29: 1970 and 2004

    Chicano Moratorium Aug. 29: 1970 and 2004

    August 27, 2004 By Rosalío Muñoz

    The massive Aug. 29 demonstration in New York against the Bush agenda will be a historic event for our nation.

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  • Opinion
    Racism and the California recall

    Racism and the California recall

    October 3, 2003 By Rosalío Muñoz

     Jeremy Ryan’s article “Texas Redistricting Plan Threatens Equality” (PWW 9/20-26) is a significant contribution towards the unification of people’s forces, by laying bare the racist content of the Republican leadership’s offensive against our electoral democracy.

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