The home of the Coyotitos will have a new school name effective July 1, after the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education voted to rebrand César Chávez Elementary School on Tuesday.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/cesar-chavezs-name-stripped-from-las-cruces-school/3047698
Les révélations d’une enquête du « New York Times » sur le fils d’immigrés mexicains, travailleur agricole dès l’âge de 10 ans, suscite la consternation dans le pays. Plusieurs Etats ont déjà annoncé l’annulation des célébrations du 31 mars, journée d’hommage à ce héros du peuple latino instaurée par Barack Obama, en 2014.
Ahead of any steps to remove his name from César Chávez Elementary, the Las Cruces Public Schools board has solicited public input. So far, reaction has been mixed.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/at-las-cruces-school-mixed-reaction-to-removing-chavezs-name/3019783
Las Cruces Public Schools is weighing whether to remove Cesar Chavez’s name from a local elementary school after sexual assault allegations, drawing mixed public reaction over costs, fairness and how the renaming process should work.
Just heard back from Councilor Candace Avalos after I wrote suggesting renaming César Estrada Chávez Boulevard to Union Avenue, instead of another excessively long, personality driven name, and they seem receptive to it.
Today in Labor History March 31, 1927: Cesar Chavez was born. Famous for his role in leading the United Farm Workers and, now, even more infamous for his sexual assaults on women and girls in the movement, it should be pointed out that there were numerous other abusive and rotten aspects to his leadership style that affected both women and men. For example, in 1967, he launched his first of several purges of the UFW, ostensibly to remove Communists. However, there was no evidence of communist infiltration of the union and it was most likely a move to solidify his autocratic rule.
In the 1970s, he blamed “illegal immigrants” and “wetbacks” for UFW failures and launched the "Illegals Campaign" to identify illegal migrants so that they could be deported. His cousin Manuel Chavez established a UFW patrol, or "wet line," along Arizona's border with Mexico to stop illegal migration into the US. Actions such as these led to conflicts with many progressive groups that had previous collaborated with the UFW, including the National Lawyers Guild and the Confederation of Mexican Workers.
In 1977, Chavez became infatuated with the religious cult, Synanon and used Synanon’s “game” to punish union members and enforce conformity and obedience to his authority by subjecting members to harsh, profanity-laced criticism from the rest of the community.
He also expressed support for the brutal Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and specifically his declaration of martial law, which alienated Filipino members of the union, as well as many of the religious organizations that had supported the UFW. Ironically, Chavez had originally travelled to the Philippines in order to win back support of Filipino farmworkers. And, contrary to the official mainstream narrative, it wasn’t even Chavez who had started the UFW, or the Delano Grape Strike. Rather the 1965 grape strike had been initiated by Larry Itliong and the Filipino-led AWOC. The nationwide protest lasted five years and ended with the first union contract for U.S. farm workers outside of Hawaii.
You can read more about the Filipino roots of the farm workers labor movement here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2026/03/25/larry-itliong-and-the-filipino-roots-of-the-united-farm-workers-movement/
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The "Great Man of History" is a myth & was actually 10 women putting the work in."
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Swift and widespread, efforts to rebrand César Chavez Day are fueled by emotion and duty
In Colorado, lawmakers are considering a bill to rename the voluntary state holiday there to Farm Workers Day.
Swift and widespread, efforts to rebrand César Chavez Day are fueled by emotion and duty
In Colorado, lawmakers are considering a bill to rename the voluntary state holiday there to Farm Workers Day.
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