Mexica Movement

Our Credentials

December 17, 2008 Last Update

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Accomplishments

• Terminated $20 million movie project by Disney; our year-long protests killed the never-released "Zapata" movie (link)
• Protested film by Salma Hyek (re: her racist hiring practices); movie revenue lagged costs by $10 million (link)
• Created attention-getting posters for numerous campaigns; depicted in numerous national/local media outlets
• Provided the community with Education Booths at all major rallies and protests: posters, pamphlets, books, videos (link)
• Created largest mural in Los Angeles County: the 400-foot long Anahuac Mural at Roosevelt High School (link)
• Awarded two "Story of the Year" nods by Los Angeles IndyMedia (articles written by Mexica Movement)
• Brought additional media awareness to Maywood Police Department brutalities (link)
• Conspicuously participated in largest march in Los Angeles history - Gran Marcha 2006 (link)
• History making: participated in all major "immigration" rights marches and rallies
• An established, major opposition presence at Minuteman Project protest clashes (link)
• Coordinated Maywood defense protests against Minuteman/SOS protest (re: Maywood's "Sanctuary City" policies) (link)
• Raised media awareness against KABC hate radio host Doug MacIntyre for inciting bomb threat against school (link)
• David Duke especially despises the Mexica Movement, which tells us we are on the right side of history (link)

Activism

• Boycotted Steven Spielberg for his racist depictions of Indigenous people in "Road to El Dorado" cartoon
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• NBC Studios (Burbank) counter-protest against Minuteman Project (link)
• Protested Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (Phoenix, AZ) (link)
• Participated in Gran Marcha 2007: attention-getting posters, props, and messages (link)
• Petitioned FCC in community forum to remove license from KABC for enabling hate radio host Doug MacIntyre (link)
• Participated in May Day March 2007 (link)
• Assisted in the successful 2008 "Vote No On Recall" campaign in Maywood, CA (link)
• Participated in historic MacArthur Park community march-turned-police riot (link)
• Protested against corrupt home development on Indigenous burial grounds in Costa Mesa, CA (link)
• Confronted Lou Dobbs at UC San Diego (link)
• Marched in The Longest Walk 2 - Indigenous march to Washington D.C. (link)
• Counter-protested White Supremacist group in Burbank, CA at Home Depot site (link)
• Participated in Migrant March 3 from San Diego Border (link)
• Protested Fmr. Governor Pete Wilson in San Diego, CA (link)
• Protested outside Los Angeles Federal Building against deportation of Elvira Arellano (link)
• Supported Sanctuary Movement resident "Liliana" at events and counter-protest against White Supremacists (link)
• Hollywood "Immigration" Rights March (link)
• Supported Los Angeles Children's March Against Deportations (supplied posters) (link)
• Participated in march against "immigration" raids - Downtown Los Angeles Federal Building (link)
• Testified against corrupt Maywood Police Department activities; brought media attention to brutalities (link)
• Protested Mel Gibson's racist Apocalypto movie, which used white supremacist depictions of Indigenous People (link)
• Participated in Costa Mesa "immigration" rights march (link)
• Participated in "Black-Brown Unity" protest against Minuteman Project (link)
• Supported community youth protests against ICE raids (link)
• Dominated Baldwin Park protests against Minuteman Project (link)
• Posters used by supporters in Dallas, TX Mega March 2007 (link)
• Supplied posters to Student march Against Racism 2006 (link)
• Participated in Riverside Summit on "Immigration" (link)
• Testified at United Nations Special Envoy Forum against "immigration" racism - held in downtown Los Angeles

Education and Outreach

• Annual Genocide Museum (to mark Columbus Day) at East Los Angeles College (link)
• Established Anahuac Studies Club at East Los Angeles College (link)
• Organized local community lectures tour for "Liberty Wall" activist Guadencio Fernandez of Manassas, Virginia. (link)
• Lecture at University of Wisconsin, Whitewater 2006 (link)
• Conducted numerous heritage lectures and seminars (link)

Media Coverage of Mexica Movement

• Associated Press (link)
• El Universal - Mexico: "Boycott Against Steven Spielberg" (list)
• El Universal - Mexico: quotes from Mexica Movement (link)
• CNN - Lou Dobbs Tonight: coverage of Mexica Movement at Riverside Summit (link)
• CNN - Glen Beck Show (link)
• Fox News Live (link)
• Fox News - Hannity & Colmes (link)
• Los Angeles Times: "Assimilation Plays No Part In This Lesson" (link)
• Los Angeles Times: "Road to El Dorado Has No Respect For History" (link)
• Chicago Tribune: "Activists Spurn Colonizer Past" (link)
• LA Weekly (link)(link)
• OC Weekly (link)(link)
• Laredo Morning Times (link)
• La Opinion spanish language newspaper: (link)
• Oakland Tribune (link)
• ABC 7 San Diego (link)
• Los Angeles Magazine (link)
• Los Angeles Daily News (link)
• LA IndyMedia interview at "immigration" rights march (link)
• Annenberg Radio (link)
• WorldNetDaily: "Activists Turn Tables..." (link)
• Silicon Valley Metroactive (link)
• Hong Kong News media (link)
• KPFK 90.7 FM radio (link)
  
  Mexica Movement has also been interviewed by:
  NPR
  KABC radio
  Univision
  Telemundo
  KTTV
  TV Notas (Spanish-language magazine)
  KNX Radio