Cesar Chavez, d 4/23/1993, wrote a new chapter in the history of American labor by organizing the first union of farm workers. Through nonviolence, he transformed a local labor struggle into a moral cause that brought hope to the hopeless and aroused the conscience of the nation.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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