United Farm Workers has support in AZ,CA and WA 2019 part of national transportation of fo (tags)
The group could shelve a nuclear bomb and do this with salt on arable farmland.
Cesar Chavez on Zionism (tags)
This month we celebrate the birthday of Cesar Chavez, a friend to Israel and the Jewish people.
Honduras Coup update January 2015 (tags)
Honduras Coup update January 2015 Starting yet another year with killing, shootings, a disappearance, threats and judicial processes against those who protest, with ever deepening militarisation using military police, and ever graver privatisation, using model cities amongst other laws.
Fugitive Laurean took bus from Juarez to Guadalajara (tags)
Mexico has a longstanding record of refusing to extradite suspects to the United States if they face a possible death sentence upon conviction.
People in the Zapotec community of Santiago Xanica in the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca continue to struggle for their right to choose their municipal president in an assembly by means of traditional practices and customs and to gain the freedom of the first political prisoners of the Ulises Ruiz regime in the face of threats, harassment, and arrest warrants on the eve of the municipal elections of August 26.
March for Zapata in East Los Angeles (tags)
March for Zapata in East Los Angeles Full Rights For All Immigrants! Land, Justice, Liberty and Struggle! Sunday, April 12, 9 am Assemble at corner of Cesar Chavez & Lorena, East LA March to El Parque Mexico
Students March for Farmers at Cesar Chavez Walk L.A. (tags)
On Saturday, April 1st, at Historic Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, thousands gathered to celebrate the 8th Annual Cesar Chavez Walk L.A. The event was hosted by the United Farm Workers and the UFW Foundation. Hundreds of students support the UFW, South Central Farmers, and other organizations.
Oxnard College Organizes (tags)
Speaking Truth to Power (tags)
I would like to acknowledge the following professors for this dialogue and article about a sensitive issue in the Chicano movement: Mario Barrera of Berkeley, Noam Chomsky of MIT, Chuck O’Connell of UC Irvine, and Jorge Mariscal of UC San Diego.
The Truth about a Mexican hero (tags)
Cesar Chavez was no hero to revolutionary change
Local Sailor, Killed in Iraq, Honored (tags)
Ceremony honors fallen sailor. Pomona man died while serving in Iraq.
On Saturday, April 2nd, thousands of students and workers took the streets of East LA in Monterey Park to celebrate the success of the United Farm Workers (UFW) and its leader, Cesar Chavez, in the historic Delano Grape Strike which led to the signing of the first farmworker labor contracts in 1970.
On Saturday, April 2nd, thousands of students and workers took the streets of East LA in Monterey Park to celebrate the success of the United Farm Workers (UFW) and its leader, Cesar Chavez, in the historic Delano Grape Strike which led to the signing of the first farmworker labor contracts in 1970.
Cesar Chavez Day: Walk for Dignity (tags)
The Xispas website and blog is the place to learn about Xicano culture, art, and politics. We deal with history, indigenous traditions, books, opinions, and social criticism. In this newsblast, we offer some people's history and opportunity for community action. Con solidaridad - Xispas staff
Images - East LA Immigrants Rights March (tags)
Saturday October 16, 2004 - Thousands marched down Cesar Chavez Avenue this morning, calling for respect and rights for immigrants. (Community/Labor march, not the a.n.s.w.e.r. march up broadway.)
Cesar Chavez March & Rally (tags)
On Saturday, March 27th, thousands of students and workers took the streets of Los Angeles in Downtown Los Angeles to celebrate the success of Cesar Chavez immigrant rights movement. United Farm Workers (UFW) organized the event. Among other major organizations that promoted the march were the following unions: SEIU, AFL-CIO, and CLC. To my estimation, between three to five thousands people marched in the street of LA..........BELOW FIND A 35 SECONDS VIDEO AND 7 PICTURES.
Chavez Vive! La Lucha Sigue!. 2004 Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Parade & Festival Service Employee's International Union, Local 99 AFL-CIO,CLC
Teacher/ Activist Cesar Cruz Fired For Placing Students and Parents Above Profit (tags)
International Activist, Poet, and Elementary Teacher Cesar Cruz was fired Monday at Downer Elementary School. The firing occured after an article was published that documented Cesar's organizing of a 70 mile march on Sacramento by students and parents to protest budget cuts at their 99% people of color school, as well as the presence of the nearby prison and oil refinery. (Un) Coincidentally, Cesar had also recently aided the community in their demands for a new school and site-based management. A call for action is occurring.
Join California Safe Schools - Cesar Chavez Day March! (tags)
CESAR CHAVEZ DAY MARCH MARCH 27, 2004
Sirhan Sirhan Is Innocent! (tags)
Reporting on a recent speech by Sirhan Sirhan Lawyer, Lawrence Teeter, in Los Angeles.
Anti-War, Anti-Occupation Rallies This Weekend--Far From Over Muthaf#$kas!! (tags)
There are two anti-war/anti-occupation rallies this weekend in Los Angeles. As KRS-One once said, "we will be here forever." And we'll grow...and grow...
Some History of UFW: From Book: LA CAUSA: The Migrant Farmworkers Story Larios (tags)
This is sold in some parts of our country as a childrens book. Really it is more like Labor Studies or Chicano Studies or U.S. History. 93 pages. Authors Dana Catharine de Ruiz and Richard Larios with Mr. Alex Haley, General Editor. Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers.
Interview with Reverend Cesar Taguba of BAYAN (tags)
Interview with Reverend Cesar Taguba, Coordinator of Bagong Alyansang Makabatan (Bayan) International - Europe, Philippines Interviewed by Michelle Sinigayan, Video by Redmond Entwistle, at The People of Color Against Imperialist Globalization (PCAIG) - “Globalize Dignity, Solidarity, and the Struggle!” conference on June 23-25, 2000 East Los Angeles College