------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the April 10, 2003 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
CESAR CHAVEZ—PRESENTE! FROM THE PICKING FIELDS TO THE BATTLEFIELDS
On March 29, farm workers, labor unionists, the Latino community and supporters marched in California for the third year since the state established Cesar Chavez's birthday as an official holiday. The events commemorate the life of the founder of the United Farm Workers union.
This year's marches carried special significance, because the
Celebration of Chavez's life coincided with the brutal and racist U.S. attack
against the people of Iraq.
An anti-war contingent organized by the ANSWER coalition took part in the San Francisco march (above). Signs, banners and chants drew the connections between the struggle for the rights of farm workers that Cesar Chavez dedicated his life to and the injustice of the U.S.-led war against Iraq.
In San Diego, ANSWER supporters handed out bilingual informational flyers to hundreds of people at the local parade (upper left).
--Gloria Verdieu and Bill Hackwell
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