Who gets the risks? The risks are given to the consumer, the unsuspecting consumer and the poor work force. And who gets the benefits? The benefits are only for the corporations, for the money makers.
Category Archive: Cesar Chavez
It is my deepest belief that only by giving our lives do we find life. I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice.
Since the Church is to be servant to the poor, it is our fault if that wealth is not channeled to help the poor in our world.
There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.
To be a man is to suffer for others. God help us to be men!
The end of all knowledge should be service to others.
The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people.
There is no law for farm labor organizing, save the law of the jungle.
Though many of the poor have come to see the affluent middle class as its enemy, that class actually stands between the poor and the real powers in this society – the administrative octopus with its head in Washington, the conglomerates, the military complex.
We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.