Pepe Lozano

Chicagoan Pepe Lozano was a staff writer with the People's World through 2014. He comes from an activist family and has lived on the city's southwest side in a predominantly Mexican-American community his whole life. Lozano now works as a union organizer.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Pepe Lozano

U.S.

Torture victim fights for freedom
August 19, 2008 By Pepe Lozano
Every day Mark Clements prays to God in his prison cell that one day he will be a free man. He has been incarcerated since 1981–27 years–for a crime he says he did not commit. A...
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World

Wheres the humanity in immigration enforcement?
December 21, 2007 By Pepe Lozano
When human beings are called “illegal” and “alien” by elected officials and law enforcement agencies and in the media, what kind of message are we spreading?
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PrintEditions

Hip-hop is how you live, its a way of life
December 14, 2007 By Pepe Lozano
Music has always been a powerful tool in organizing social justice movements, expressing political consciousness and raising cultural awareness.
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Arts

Mexican museum honors Day of the Dead
November 2, 2007 By Pepe Lozano
At the museum, one ofrenda on display was dedicated to the memory of 32 Chicago Public School students who died, mostly to gun violence, during the 2006-2007 school year.
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Born in the USA, dont take our parents away
September 21, 2007 By Pepe Lozano
WASHINGTON — Martin Andrade, 40, is a security officer from Chicago and is originally from Michoacan, Mexico. He has been living in the U.S. legally for almost 30 years. Two years ago, his wife and mother...
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World

Chicago mother fights deportation
September 1, 2006 By Pepe Lozano
CHICAGO — Elvira Arellano, 31, an immigrant rights activist and mother of a 7-year-old child, has taken sanctuary in a church here, defying efforts by the U.S. government to deport her to Mexico. She told reporters,...
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Walkout highlights Chicano history. MOVIE REVIEW
March 31, 2006 By Pepe Lozano
On March 18, the HBO cable television network premiered “Walkout,” a film based on the 1968 protest by thousands of Mexican American students from five East Lost Angeles high schools.
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Labor

“Were here to stay!” Nations largest immigrant rights rally rocks Windy City
March 17, 2006 By Pepe Lozano
Hundreds of thousands of people from all over Chicago and surrounding areas marched here March 10 in one of the biggest pro-immigrant demonstrations in U.S. history, displaying massive support for immigrant rights.
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