Pushback 144
Before I get into the news about the people and organizations fighting the Trump administration, I want to acknowledge the heartbreak and anger a lot of us are feeling about revelations of Cesar Chavez's ill-treatment of girls and women who trusted him and believed in him on behalf a critical workers' rights movement. Although I am deeply saddened that many women, including Dolores Huerta, suffered because of his evil actions, these revelations didn't shock me. Aside from the rumors and documented problems that have circulated about Chavez for longer than I have been in the labor movement (close to 30 years), the mistreatment of women in leftist organizations is rampant. Like those women, I have gone through things (thankfully far less violent) that I kept to myself because it would harm "the movement." I've worked with many men for whom the ends (even their own personal ends) justified the means, who claimed they were acting in the name of "The Workers."
Chavez's actions ultimately held back the change that we need in our food labor systems, both through his monomaniacal leadership style and because of what he stole from the women and children around him.
So I will just say here what I've said in the several conversations I've had. It is the farmworkers movement that is the hero. The workers together are the heroes. Farmworkers showed us that; Minneapolis has shown us that. The movement is the hero. The people together have the power to be our own heroes.
On to the news:
The River Otter's Remarkable Comeback: Nothing to do with Trump, just good news.
Trump administration's expansion of migrant detention ignites fierce opposition
Another set of Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests slated for more than 50 locations around N.J.
Everyone needs to know. So here it is! ~ NO KINGS III MOSCOW IDAHO progressive rally and protest
Charleston protest demands U.S. hands off Iran
Organizers in Petaluma prepare for biggest anti-Trump protest yet
Is there a 'No Kings' protest March 28? Over 100 protests in Florida
Grady Judd doubles down on "path forward" for some undocumented immigrants
No Kings Trump protests set for March 28 in Mississippi
At least 12 'No Kings' protests are planned for Houston area next Saturday. Here's where
Last pro-Palestinian protester detained in Trump's campus crackdowns is released by ICE
Top Architecture Firm Won’t Design More ICE Prisons After Employees Revolt
No water for ICE: Utilities to planned Georgia detention center cut off
Joe Kent, a Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official, Resigns Over the Iran War
Even MAGA country is protesting Trump
Florida sheriffs, including Grady Judd, criticize Trump’s mass deportation efforts
European leaders rebuff Trump’s call to open the Strait of Hormuz
Comer has subpoenaed Pam Bondi over Epstein files release
Judge Orders Voice of America to Restart All News Operations
