Paul Chavez (Cesar's Son): Most of us in the family...strongly support the candidacy of Hillary

[Godhumor]

"The fact of the matter is most of us in the family that continue to work closely in the movement that my father began strongly support the candidacy of Hillary," he said.

Paul Chavez said that support goes up to his mother, Helen Chavez, 88, who is in the hospital fighting an infection. Nevertheless, he said his mother has asked his sister to talk to him about running public service announcements for Clinton, urging people to get out to vote.

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Still, Paul Chavez called his father a "practical idealist" who would have seen a lot to like in Clinton's worldview.

"He believed this country was big enough and great enough to offer its share of bounty to all of us, but he also knew you had to go to work everyday and provide results on a daily basis," Paul Chavez said, before pointing to Clinton's work for immigration policy, collective bargaining for farmworkers in California, and early childhood education for Latino children. "When I think about that and the work and track record of Hillary there is no question in my mind who my father would support."

https://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/cesar-chavezs-son-not-true-that-my-father-would-have-support?utm_term=.mvaVDqMpMP#.amaKza5d51

[DemocratSinceBirth]

1. From 08

[Luminous Animal]

2. Quick. Tell me about Paul Chavez and the state of the UFW and farm workers today.

[Vattel]

4. Careful. Most only know the up side of the story. You will be accused of sacrilege.

[Luminous Animal]

5. It is really a crying shame. Chavez did great things but a grass roots organizer he was not.

The UFW was a pure top down org that could barely survive without his leadership.

I wonder how many people who support this endorsement know one single thing Paul has done on behalf of farmworkers.

I wonder how many people who support this endorsement know of any current farm worker led actions that are going on now.

I wonder how many people who support this endorsement know about the Driscoll Farms, Yoplait, and Haagen Dazs boycott led by workers in berry fields.

[Vattel]

6. Chavez and Huerta are heroes of mine , but I don't worship my heroes.

Anyone familiar with the history of the UFW knows that neither deserves sainthood.

And I really don't like attempts at endorsements from the grave. As for Paul--I confess I don't know much about him.

Edited to add: It was sad to see Huerta take part in Clinton's distortion of Bernie's record on immigration issues. She was so dishonest. I am glad John Lewis at least walked back his remarks about Sanders. (To be fair to him, he might have accidently suggested things he didn't really intend to suggest.) I wish Huerta would apologize for her distortion of Sanders' record.

[Luminous Animal]

7. Mine, too. I worked with Huerta in the Bay Area and have so much respect for her

Sarandon has also worked with her on activist issues. It was comical to see how she turned into "someone who cannot be questioned" because what it really revealed is that her idolaters have rarely been in the trenches discussing strategy and then carrying it out. Huerta is no withering icon. She is smart as a whip and quite able to hold her own in a discussion with her allies.

I wish she would apologize, too.

As for Paul, even before Chavez's death, the organization was withering. They had little ground game and locals representation was almost non-existent. Near all decisions were made from top down. So when the grape boycott was successful and everyone went back to eating grapes, the owners steadily and confidently destroyed the gains and membership of the UFW in its heyday of about 500,000 affiliate members and sympathetic members. By the time Chavez died, that went down to around 80,000 and around 20,000 of actual UFW members. Today the UFW has less then than 6000. Around 1% of farm workers in CA.

I'm not saying that any of this is Paul's fault. But to tout him as a great endorsement solely on his parentage is feeble. He has never been a labor leader. His role has been to maintain his father's importance. And there is nothing wrong with that.

[Bill USA]

3. recommended!

[brooklynite]

8. The bus he'll be thrown under has a Union driver?