Damián Garcia & The Second Battle of the Alamo

Damian Garcia & The Second Battle of the Alamo

Damian Garcia grew up in the projects of San Bernardino, California. Garcia was a 1967 graduate of San Bernardino High and afterwards graduated from U.C. Santa Barbara with a degree in the field of Latin American Studies. In the mid-‘70s he hooked up with the Revolutionary Communist Party USA (RCP-USA) and he dedicated his life to liberation. 

On March 20, 1980 Damian Garcia, along with two others, raised the red flag over the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. From the top of the Alamo, Damian announced through a bullhorn: "We've come to set the record straight about the Alamo. This is a symbol of theft of Mexican land. A symbol about the murder of Mexicans and Indians, and a symbol about the murder of Chicanos and Mexicanos throughout the whole Southwest."

They called on people to come out in struggle, together with people worldwide, on May 1st, International Workers Day.

They were arrested for desecration of a venerated object.

On April 22, 1980, a month after the Alamo action, Damian Garcia was stabbed to death while organizing in LA’s Pico-Aliso Gardens housing project in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. Members of Damian Garcia's political party strongly believe that the LAPD were covertly involved in the events leading to his murder. Garcia was survived by his wife Carole and their two year old son, also named Damian.

The Revolutionary Communist Party USA is a Maoist organization founded by expat Bob Avakian.

Two of its most prominent members are Sunsara Taylor (seen here sparring with Bill O'Reilly)...

... and spokesperson Carl Dix, seen here speaking at the Kimani Gray protest in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

KimaniGray NYTimes

RCPUSA

The Kasama Project

Portland Indy Media Article

For Further Reading

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1 FOOTNOTE^↩According to a Los Angeles Times report, the
RCP was distributing leaflets which said "No
Work, No School for May Day" when a crowd of
approximately 50 youth confronted them. The
shouting match that ensued quickly escalated to
violence when alleged youth gang members
turned fire hoses on RCP members and
demanded party members leave the project. At
first they turned project fire hoses on the RCP;
and then attacked them with fists and knives.
Two party members were stabbed, Damian
Garcia and Hayden Fisher. Garcia died at the
scene from multiple stab wounds to the abdomen,
chest and neck. Fisher was rushed to a nearby
hospital in critical condition with a stab wound
to the back and later recovered.