![]() ![]() ![]() During the past few years I have been studying the plague of pesticides on our land and our food.” The fast is finally a declaration of non-cooperation with supermarkets who promote and sell and profit from California table grapes. The fast is also an act of penance for those in positions of moral authority and for all men and women activists who know what is right and just, who know that they could and should do more. The fast is also a heartfelt prayer for purification and strengthening for all those who work beside me in the farm worker movement. It is a fast for the purification of my own body, mind, and soul. ![]() Martin Luther King, Jr. Chávez engaged in prolonged hunger strikes-a water only, 25 day fast in 1968 a fast in 1972 that lasted 24 days and his last in 1988 for 36 days-to not only turn a spotlight toward the movement, but to remind supporters and detractors that non-violence can work.Īccording to the United Farm Workers biography of Chavez, he said the following of his decision to engage in a hunger strike: Huerta and Chavez were influenced by the civil disobedience and non-violent campaigns of Mohandas Gandhi and Dr. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |