Reflections of Social Justice / Cesar Chavez

Description

Talk by United Farm Workers' President Cesar Chavez on the role of boycotts in attaining greater social justice in American society. He begins by discussing the successful 1970 grape boycott which raised the consciousness of consumers to the health risks of grape production, as well as the plight of the migrant farm worker. He presents significant evidence to the carcinogenic dangers of grape consumption and calls for another boycott to bring pressure to bear upon the growers. He goes on to discuss the continued exploitation of agricultural workers, and that the battle for social justice is never ending. Public action, he argues, is the best means for attaining change, but the battle music be managed so that people can participate easily. He concludes by taking questions from the students concerning his life and work.

Recorded by Radio Free Maine.

Recorded at Harvard on Arpil 7, 1992.

Broadcast date

1992

Program Length

57 minutes

Archive number

SZ0762

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