Thousands marched in East Los Angeles against the Vietnam War and its burden on Mexican American communities. Police intervention turned the gathering into a violent confrontation in which journalist Rubén Salazar and others were killed. The mobilization connected unequal opportunities at home, military service abroad and the right of a racialized community to organize politically.
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The Chicano Moratorium treated the Vietnam War as unrelated to the position of Mexican Americans at home.
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The movement connected opposition to the war with racial inequality and unequal opportunities within the United States.