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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library
Title: CASA HGT Records
Creator:
CASA HGT
Identifier/Call Number: 28
Physical Description:
.8 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1975-1979
Abstract: Centro de Accion Social Autonoma-Hermandad General de Trabajadores (CASA-HGT), was a Marxist-Leninist / Third World Revolutionary
poliitcal organization with a particular emphasis on the unforseen impacts of capitalist globalization. This collection consists
of the organization's publications and internal documents.
Language of Material: Collection materials in Spanish and English
Physical Location: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library
and Archive for paging information.
Open for research.
These materials were given to the UCLA CSRC by Kathy and Joel Ochoa via Emilio Zamora to Richard Chabran on 20 June 1985.
A formal deed does not exist but a provenance folder is available for inspection at the CSRC Archives, 180 Haines Hall, UCLA.
The material is in the order determined by the initial archivist.
From 1968 through 1978, Centro Accion Social Autonimo-Hermandad General de Trabajadores (CASA-HGT) functioned as a self help
center and legal service provider for undocumented Mexican workers. It was led by Rudy Lozano, the most important Latino leader
in Chicago, who was assassinated in 1983. Lozano was instrumental in building the Black-Latino coalition that became a leading
force behind the election of Harold Washington as mayor of Chicago in 1983. CASA-HGT also picked up on a lost tradition: the
Primero de Mayo marches (May Day), an event that contributed Pilsen's reputation reputation as the activist neighborhood
of Chicago. CASA-HGT was a Marxist-Leninist / Third World Revolutionary poliitcal organization with a particular emphasis
on the unforseen impacts of capitalist globalization.
[Identification of item], CASA HGT Records, 28, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processed by Erika Perez, 2006. Finding aid edited and revised by Doug Johnson, 2018.
This collection consists of publications and internal documents of CASA-HGT.
These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user
must assume full responsibility for any use of materials, including but not limited to infringement of copyright and publication
rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
The original authors may retain copyright to the materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chicano movement.
Social conflict
Marxism-Leninism
Employee rights