Chuy Varela Collection
This collection takes its name from Jesse “Chuy” Varela, a Bay Area radio host who frequently interviewed political, activist, and labor figures connected to issues affecting Latin and Central American communities. Topics includes immigration to the US, the 1994 NAFTA treaty, labor issues such as the activism of Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, and the UFW, and related political developments affecting the region (1994 Mexican election, CA Prop 187, Sandinistas, Zapatistas, (EZLN) etc.) and others.
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![United Farm Workers (UFW) - Boycott S.F. Supervisors](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
This recording deals with a number of issues regarding the boycott against California table grapes. Adam Ortega, the spokesperson for the grape workers and farmers, speaks on a number of topics pertaining to the boycott. The reliability and vision of the United Farm Workers’ Union and public reaction to the boycott is discussed as well as the medical effects of pesticides, especially on children, the prevalence of pesticide use and poisoning in California. There are also brief segments of music on this tape.
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