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10-09-2012, 04:24 AM #1
Rewriting History (Will The Real Cesar Chavez Please Stand Up?)
Rewriting History | American-Rattlesnake
With a little under a month remaining until Election Day, the Obama campaign has transitioned into full-blownhispandering mode. This week’s symbolically potent, yet empty, exercise in gestural politics entailed President Obama designating the home of former California labor leader Cesar Chavez a national monument. The ostensible purpose of this decision is to rally support among one of his party’s most reliable voting blocs, i.e. Hispanic Americans. Because even though they still decisively support the President’s reelection, that support does not always translate into votes, as other analysts have trenchantly observed.
What makes Obama’s trip to California so fascinating though is not the seemingly transparent play for votes among an ethno-linguistic group already inclined to vote for his reelection, but the figure he chooses to honor in pursuit of this goal. It should be remembered that as head of the United Farm Workers, Cesar Chavez was militant in his efforts to increase the wage scale of California’s poorly-paid and exploited agricultural workers...Reporting without fear or favor-American Rattlesnake
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10-13-2012, 12:46 AM #2
Great piece in The Examiner:
The violent César Chávez legacy towards illegal aliens - Wilmington Conservative | Examiner.comReporting without fear or favor-American Rattlesnake
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