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"History is on our side. May the strike go on! Viva La Causa! Viva La Huelga!"215 views
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"We are tired of words, of betrayals, of indifference."213 views
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"Seeking social justice in farm labor with reforms we believe necessary for their well-being as workers."212 views
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"We do not want the paternalism of the rancher; we do not want charity at the price of our dignity."211 views
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The penance we accept symbolizes the suffering we shall have in order to bring justice to these same towns, to this same valley."204 views
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"We are poor, we are humble, and our only choice is to strike in those ranches where we are not treated with the respect we deserve as working men, where our rights as free and sovereign men are not recognized."202 views
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"We are sons of the Mexican Revolution, a revolution of the poor seeking bread and justice."197 views
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"To those who oppose us, be they ranchers, police, politicians, or speculators, we say that we are going to continue fighting until we die, or we win."195 views
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"Our men and women have suffered not only the basic brutality of stoop labor, they have also suffered the desperation of knowing that the system caters to the greed of callous men."192 views
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"We want to be equal with all the working men in the nation."191 views
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"We are suffering. We have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause."190 views
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"The farmworker has been abandoned to his own fate - without representation, without power - subject to the mercy and caprice of the rancher."187 views
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