August 28, 2003

Cruz Bustamante:

"The students who are MeCHA today are just like the students when I was there. Pretty much they are trying to get an education .. I think the actuality of what takes place in those organizations is to provide student leadership. For me, and many, many others, we were running for student government. That's how I got here today."

Here's a MeCHa watch web page. And at hispanicvista.com you will find opposing views on the significance of MeCHa and Bustamante's past affiliations with this group. Sharkblog characterizes the racist and statist platform of MeCHa as national socialism.

Posted by Greg Ransom