El Tribuno del Pueblo is a bilingual Publication whose mission is to empower our community with the truth and strategy to fight for a better world. We believe that no human being is illegal; that Mother Earth should be protected, and healed; and that technology should be used for the wellbeing of society and not just the ruling class.


We chose the thunderbird flying upwards as our logo. The thunderbird is a universal symbol for liberty. It's flying upwards towards the light of a new society.

We have to take action but it begins with telling the truth! The current crisis is actually an era of inequality, where democratic institutions are under attack. As capitalism fails, the only strategy left for the ruling class is to turn us against each other through scapegoating narratives and divisive politics. This is why we are a national source of information that is connected to a national independent network of movement newspapers and publications representing the voices of millions of everyday people who are fighting for human rights and a world for people not profits.

We are building a network of correspondents across the country that report on the struggles developing in their cities and towns. We offer this platform to responsibly tell the truth, educate, and inspire new strategies to win the fight for economic justice. We invite you to contribute your stories, experiences, art, opinions and donations.

We cannot recount all the struggles El Tribuno del Pueblo has been a part of, we highlight the most important ones here:

In the 1970s grass root leaders wrote for, distributed and supported El Tribuno del Pueblo's efforts to bring to the fore the battles to build the United Farm Workers Union in California and the attempts to form the Texas Farm Workers Union.

During these years, the leaders in the fight to stop the Migra from using children as bait to detain their undocumented relatives used El Tribuno del Pueblo to rally the population against this Migra tactic of using children as bait to detain their undocumented relatives.

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The Texas case of Ricardo Aldape Guerra, an undocumented 20-year-old young man who was wrongly accused of murder and spent 15 years on Texas death row became a transnational case that had immense meaning to so many. The public’s outrage helped to free him, El Tribuno covered the story and was there.

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Leaders in the San Joaquin Valley, California used El Tribuno to campaign against the Migra inhumane tactic of chasing farm workers in the fields purposely leading them to rivers and canals. This tactic led desperate farm workers to drown in the waters of the rivers and canals while attempting to flee. Their crime was to want to work for the support of their families. Eventually, the national immigration reform prohibited these types of raids.

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In the 90s El Tribuno del Pueblo exposed the militarization of the border that led to the expansion of the wall between San Ysidro and Tijuana, B.C. This was a 14-mile long section that became a symbol of the controversial immigration issue. (The Wall was further politicized and developed by #45 to divide the country with his hatred.)

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The 2006 mega marches displayed the power of the people to mobilize and feel their strength. With slogans like “today we march, tomorrow we vote,” and “Aquí estamos y no nos vamos” the Sensenbrenner bill was defeated. El Tribuno offered national bilingual coverage and interviewed leaders across the country.

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El Tribuno del Pueblo joined the many networks and organizations that emerged to fight anti-immigrant state and local laws, like the 2010 Arizona copycat law SB 1070 and ICE Secure Communities. Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio also violated people’s rights via profiling them and indiscriminately arresting, or as one Tribuno correspondent wrote, “hunting innocent people.”

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El Tribuno coverage of the 2008 economic recession and the struggles for housing, living wage jobs, and against budget cuts connected the paper to fighters who were increasingly calling for system change and economic rights.

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El Tribuno captured the betrayal of the first African American president when it became known that he had deported the highest number of immigrants gaining the title of Deporter-in-Chief. Proposed legislation has exposed the manipulative nature of this government including misuse of taxpayer money to enrich for-profit owners of detention centers.

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A change was witnessed by the thousands of migrants caravanning across many countries to seek asylum. The separation on families and caging of children shocked the country into more protests to demand humanitarian treatment and ceasing this irreversible mistreatment and psychological harm that the children had to bear. El Tribuno also covered the September 2014 Mexican Ayotzinapa 43 disappearance of student teachers. Corruption between the drug cartels and police were finally proven, after seven years of the mothers demanding their return – “Vivos se los Llevaron, Vivos los Queremos.”

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El Tribuno del Pueblo is mainly facilitated by volunteers from all walks of life who have built a network of other writers, tech-savvy /skilled volunteers, artists and photographers. The readers offer donations to ensure this work continue. We are here to stay and to help make a difference.

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El Tribuno del Pueblo is mainly facilitated by volunteers from all walks of life who have built a network of other writers, tech-savvy /skilled volunteers, artists and photographers. The readers offer donations to ensure this work continue. We are here to stay and to help make a difference.