The New York Times reported Wednesday that Chavez, who died in 1993, groomed and sexually abused young girls whose parents worked in the movement during the 1970s.
BREAKING: California lawmakers say they'll change the name of César Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day following sexual abuse allegations.
-- The Associated Press (@apnews.com) Mar 19, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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"Hours after she learned that Csar Chavez, the iconic Latino farm labor activist, had been accused of sexually assaulting girls in the movement he led, Austin city council member Vanessa Fuentes began hearing from constituents demanding the city rename Csar Chavez Street."
Perhaps rename after Mahatma Gandhi instead?
Gandhi Was a Racist Who Forced Young Girls to Sleep in Bed with HimOr, maybe not...
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and we can go ahead and lose the word "claims" or alleged.
his family has apologized to the victims.
Is political activism is a really fertile ground for predators?
www.nbcnews.com
Because you can see what happened to Huerta, a living legend, and SHE was afraid to say anything. Didn't want to hurt the movement.
For instance MLK?
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On the one hand Democrat lawmakers have introduce bills that allow convicted sex offenders to live closer to schools, playgrounds, and childcare facilities, and get out of jail early.
On the other hand they act all outraged by it.
Literally sleep, is my understanding.
He didn't rape them like Trump or Chavez.
So like Biden? I mean he only literally showered with his daughter.
Gandhi Used His Position To Sexually Exploit Young Women. The Way WE React To This Matters Even Today
Gandhi had young women in his ashram, some of them still teenagers, one of them his own grand-niece, sleep naked with him in his bed at night.
The women, most of whom were in their late teens or early twenties (not surprisingly, given he could have experimented' with the older women or even his own wife!) were repeatedly described as depressed and weeping, and seemed to be completely in his control. Besides this, some of the archival references lead me to believe that Gandhi may well have been practicing the traditional, historic form of Indian celibacy which hinges on one thing only - and that is control of ejac[k]ula[shun]. Everything else is permitted.
www.youthkiawaaz.com
Mao never unpersoned bourgeois faster than the American center-left establishment is deleting of Cesar Chavez this week.
Amazing.
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A WhataBidenism!!
A WhataTrumpism ... Snoofy dragged Trump in to discussion about Chavez...
Its not surprising you can't understand the thread.
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