There is no law for farm labor organizing, save the law of the jungle.
Interpretation
Farm workers must unite and advocate for their rights in a hostile environment.
This quote by Cesar Chavez emphasizes the harsh realities faced by farm laborers, suggesting that without formal laws to protect their rights, they are left to navigate a survival-of-the-fittest situation. It calls for solidarity and courage among workers to organize and fight for their rights against exploitation and neglect.
In practice
During a union meeting, to inspire solidarity among members.
I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom. It was my dog Boycott who led me to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings.
I think one of the great, great problems...is confusing people to the point where they become immobile. In fact, the more things people can find out for themselves, the more vigor the organization is going to have.
In the final analysis it doesn't really matter what the political system is...We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down and change the climate of hate and fear around us.
Our union represents a breaking away...represents sharing a power, represent questioning, represents a new force...however long it takes, we are geared for a struggle.
Every time we sit at a table at night or in the morning to enjoy the fruits and grain and vegetables from our good earth, remember that they come from the work of men and women and children who have been exploited for generations.
I just was built with an innate ability to not let fear guide me in how I run my life.
A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexual identity or expression. It's often the effeminate boys and the masculine girls, the ones who violate gender norms and expectations, who get bullied.
Gymnastics has made me strong. I feel like it broke me down to my lowest point, but at the same time, it has given me the greatest strength anyone could ask for.
My spirit tells me I cannot be silent.
Coraline shivered. She preferred her other mother to have a location: if she were nowhere, then she could be anywhere. And, after all, it is always easier to be afraid of something you cannot see.
And I fell violently on my face.
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