Rosalío Muñoz

Rosalío Muñoz is a long-time activist and historian of Chicana/Chicano people’s history and culture and UCLA student activism. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Rosalío Muñoz

U.S.

United we march — Sí se puede!
May 5, 2006 By Rosalío Muñoz
It was a May 1 like no other. On the day celebrated around the world as International Workers Day, 2 million-plus people marched in the U.S. for justice and a path to citizenship for immigrant workers.
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U.S.

Senate panel yields to marching millions but more battles lie ahead
March 31, 2006 By Rosalío Muñoz
WASHINGTON — The surging movement for immigrant rights hit Congress like a political tsunami last week, splitting Republicans and pressuring Senate Democrats to fight back against harsh anti-immigrant measures in a hotly contested election year
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Opinion

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
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
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
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!
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
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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