The People's Defense Committee (CDP) brought together community people and peasants in Chihuahua who were linked to Chicano groups across the border. Originally formed as a united front to resist state repression, it became a strong political force fighting for better urban services, farmland and housing. "For the proletarian revolution" and "May 1 - in El Paso $4 dollars an hour, in Juarez $4 dollars a day for work."