Radical Left FEB 9, 2025
Left-wing militant group pushing anti-ICE protests in LA teaches ‘self-defense’ classes to fend off deportation raids
UdB seeks to model itself on militant groups, such as the Brown Berets and the Black Panthers, as well as the socialist revolutions of Cuba and Venezuela.
A radical left-wing group, Unión del Barrio (UdB), is offering “self-defense” training to combat Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.
The Latino-focused organization, which models itself on militant groups like the Black Panthers, is also trying to recruit members for daily car patrols to help “expel” ICE agents from neighborhoods.
UdB, an American left-wing revolutionary socialist group was established in 1981 to combat “all manifestations of colonial, imperialist, and neoliberal oppression.”
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