[Marxism] LA Times on the UFW

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

Just read Miriam Pawel's series on the UFW in the LA Times.

"Farmworkers Reap Little as Union Strays From Its Roots," 8 Jan. 06:
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ufw8jan08,1,7202033.story?
coll=la-center-rosebowl>

"Linked Charities Bank on the Chavez Name," 9 Jan. 06:
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-
nonprofits9jan09,1,3592043.story?coll=la-center-rosebowl>

"Decisions of Long Ago Shape the Union Today," 10 Jan. 06:
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-
history10jan10,1,2415699.story?coll=la-center-rosebowl>

"Former Chavez Ally Took His Own Path," 11 Jan. 06:
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-
medina11jan11,1,2847918.story?coll=la-home-world>

"Real Estate Deals Pay Off for Insiders," 9  Jan. 06:
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-
estancia9jan09,1,3398761.story?coll=la-home-world>

I had heard of various problems of the UFW, but it's a lot worse than
I imagined.  "Decisions of Long Ago Shape the Union Today" is the
most depressing -- I didn't know that Cesar Chavez' anticommunism
purged so many organizers.

See, also,
Marc Cooper, "Sour Grapes," 12-18 August 2005:
<http://www.laweekly.com/ink/printme.php?eid=66777>;

and

"Inside the UFW," The Bakersfield Californian, a series of articles
run on 8-11 May 2004:
<http://www.bakersfield.com/special/ufw/e/>.

Yoshie Furuhashi
<http://montages.blogspot.com>
<http://monthlyreview.org>
<http://mrzine.org>



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