The untold story behind the first National Coming Out Day

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/national-coming-out-day-history

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak. Non-Violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win.
-- Cesar Chavez

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #CesarChavez #CivilDisobedience #NonViolence

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #BartolomeIsland #PinnacleRock #Galapagos

Today in Labor History September 8, 1965: Cesar Chavez led farm workers in California on their first grape boycott. The nationwide protest lasted five years and ended with the first union contract for U.S. farm workers outside of Hawaii. In 1966, Chavez’s organization officially became the United Farm Workers.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #ufw #cesarchavez #boycott #grapes #union #strike

Today in Labor History September 1, 1880: The utopian communistic Oneida Community ended after 32 years. The Community was founded by John Humphrey Noyes and his followers in 1848 near Oneida, New York. They believed that Jesus had already returned in AD 70, allowing them to bring about Jesus's millennial kingdom themselves. The Community practiced communalism (holding all property and possessions in common). They also practiced complex marriage, where 3 or more people could enter into the same marriage, and male sexual continence, where the male’s goal was to not ejaculate during sex. They were also one of the first groups in the U.S. to practice mutual criticism, to root out bad characteristics in people, something adopted by many later cults, and even by Cesar Chavez and the UFW under his leadership.

The Oneida Community has been portrayed in numerous works of fiction such as “Silken Strands,” by Rebecca May Hope (2019). “Assassination Vacation,” by Sarah Vowell (2005) and “Pagan House,” by David Flusfeder (2007).

#workingclass #LaborHistory #socialism #oneida #cesarchavez #cult #communalism #books #author #writer #fiction #novel @bookstadon

Today in Labor History August 23, 1970: The Salad Bowl strike began. Led by Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers (UFW), it was the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history. The strike cost the growers $500,000 per day. The strike was not only a battle between farm workers and the large, corporate growers. It was also a turf war between the UFW and the Teamsters, who had initially signed a contract with growers to represent the lettuce pickers. In late September 1970, the UFW launched a consumer boycott of all lettuce which had not been picked by members of the United Farm Workers. Violence was widespread. In November, someone bombed a UFW regional office. In December, federal marshals arrested and jailed Chavez. Two days later, former Olympic gold medal decathlete Rafer Johnson and Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert Kennedy, visited him in jail. However, an anti-union mob attacked Kennedy and Johnson on the steps of the jail. Only the intervention of Salinas city cops and the Brown Berets prevent injury to the visitors and full-scale riot.

The turf war between the Teamsters and the UFW continued after the strike and grew increasingly violent. A UFW picketer was shot on August 3. And on August 9, five firebombs were thrown at UFW picket lines. Another two UFW members were shot on August 11, and a UFW picketer was shot to death on August 16, 1973. Chávez ultimately entered into talks with the Teamsters. On September 27, 1973, the Teamsters agreed to leave jurisdiction over farm field workers to the UFW.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #UnitedFarmWorkers #ufw #union #strike #cesarchavez #teamsters #immigrants #chicano #boycott #bomb #jail #brownberets

Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak. Non-Violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win.
-- Cesar Chavez

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #CesarChavez #CivilDisobedience #NonViolence

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #GreatSandDunes #Colorado

Former Sun TyTy Washington Jr. signs with Los Angeles Clippers https://www.rawchili.com/nba/196786/ #Basketball #BradleyBeal #Bucks #CesarChavez #ChrisPaul #Clippers #JaredButler #JordanGoodwin #LosAngeles #NBA #PatrickBaldwinJr. #Phoenix #PhoenixSuns #PhoenixSuns #Rockets #ShamsCharania #suns #TrentynFlowers #TyTyWashingtonJr. #Washington

In the names of #HarveyMilk #YuriKochiyama
#CesarChavez #AngelaDavis

Represent!

#LockArms for #California

#HarrietTubman, who, after being born into #slavery, became an #abolitionist instrumental in the #UndergroundRailroad; #LucyStone, a prominent abolitionist & #suffragist; #MedgarEvers, a #CivilRights leader who was assassinated by a member of the Ku Klux Klan; #CesarChavez, a #labor leader; & #DoloresHuerta, another labor leader.

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#WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #Heterosexism #bigotry #discrimination #hate #Trump #PeteHegseth #military #Tyranny #AmericanAutocracy

And there's more...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-new-name-usns-harvey-milk-ships-named-for-civil-rights-leaders/

Excerpt: The documents obtained by CBS News also show other vessels named after prominent leaders are also on the Navy's renaming "recommended list."

Among them are the USNS Thurgood Marshall, USNS Ruth Bader Ginsburg, USNS Harriet Tubman, USNS Dolores Huerta, USNS Lucy Stone, USNS Cesar Chavez and USNS Medgar Evers.

#RuthBaderGinsburg #HarrietTubman #DoloresHuerta #LucyStone #CesarChavez #MedgarEvers

#USA #Navy #Hegseth #USMilitary

LAPD Officer Cesar Chavez https://copblaster.com/blast/57420/lapd-officer-cesar-chavez?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #CesarChavez #LAPD #LosAngeles #PoliceCommunity #HispanicHeritage

Lila Thulin: Ever heard of Fred Ross Sr.? New #documentary chronicles the legendary organizer’s work: 'American Agitators,' an award-winning film by UC Berkeley's Raymond Telles, profiles an activist who mentored Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.

#Film #labor #farmworkers #ucberkeley #CesarChavez #DoloresHuerta #union
https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/26/ever-heard-of-fred-ross-sr-new-documentary-chronicles-the-legendary-organizers-work/

Today marks the 32nd anniversary of #CesarChavez passing. Can you share how he influenced you?

Hoy se cumplen 32 años del fallecimiento de César Chávez. ¿Puedes compartir cómo te influyó?

#WeFeedYou #SoyEsencial

In the old days, miners would carry birds with them to warn against poison gas. Hopefully, the birds would die before the miners. Farm workers are society's canaries. Farm workers-and their children-demonstrate the effects of pesticide poisoning before anyone else. - #CesarChavez 1/

People forget that the soil is our sustenance. It's a sacred trust. It is what has worked for us for centuries. It is what we pass on to future generations. - #CesarChavez #EarthDay

Our newsletter celebrates César Chávez Day and provides educational resources about Chávez and the farmworker movement. It also shares students' positive reviews of the Farmworker Oral History Dramatization Project and publicizes the availability of the David Blumenkrantz Photographic Collection for researchers at the University Library’s Special Collections and Archives, including his collection related to homelessness in Los Angeles. #CesarChavez #farmworkersrights

https://bradleycenterliberated.substack.com/p/cesar-chavez

Happy Cesar Chavez Day.
Observed on March 31 every year, especially in #California.
Also a U.S. federal commemorative holiday, proclaimed by President Obama in 2014. The holiday celebrates the birth and legacy of the #CivilRights and #Labor movement activist. #CesarChavez #Peace #Vegan #SíSePuede

"History will judge societies, govts & insts: by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor & the helpless."
#CesarChavez

CS King: “César Chávez isn't an accident; he's a genius of his ppl, & their farm WKRs union -hero union. When you've succeeded in making your lives more secure & richer -whole nation will benefit. That's why your struggle has deeper dimensions than a strike for wages. You're demanding a place in the halls of man -no lowly ppl -only ppl who're forced down.”
#Unions

The United Farm Workers union #CesarChavez cofounded and led is on the fedi @ufwupdates.

Today, March 31, would have been #CesarChavez’ 98th birthday. It is an official holiday in California and a handful of other U.S. states. Sí se puede!