Analysis Of The Evil Empire Speech By Cesar Chavez

We have to voice up in order to let the public aware of the hazardous pesticides. In Wrath of Grapes Boycott Speech by Cesar Chavez, Chavez talks about the effects of using different types of pesticides in agriculture especially grapes. He argues that the pesticides not only harm the consumer, in fact it also harms the farmworkers and their families. Therefore, Chavez sincerely wants to tell the public that we should be aware of the usage of the pesticides by publishing this speech. In his speech he uses scientific researches to support his argument on the usage of pesticides. First, Chavez used the report from Environmental Protection Agency’s statistics to claim the pesticide used is more harmful than consumers think and it is also not that

Revolution and radical change seem, to many, to be intrinsically linked to violence. But as proponents of pacifism such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez will tell you, nonviolence holds the true power. Revolution, in the opinion of both these civil rights leaders, should be peaceful. In Cesar Chavez’s article for a religious organization’s magazine, Chavez expresses these beliefs by arguing against the idea of a bloody, casualty-filled revolution. He masterfully develops his case against violent revolution by using the rhetorical devices of allusion, logical cause and effect, and powerful metaphor and language.

United Farm Workers: The United Farm workers are a labor union that was created solely for the farmworkers in the United States. The origins of this labor union came about from two different existing organizations known as the “Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee led by Larry Itliong and the National Farm Workers Association led by Cesar Chavez, and Dolores Huerta. These two organizations decided to work together to fight stronger together for their rights. This term relates to our reading because they are known for the “grape strike” that took place in 1965 in Delano, California. The labor union wanted to fight for their rights against the social injustices between the owners, and the farmers. In our text’s we have seen this constant mistreatment of owners, and their workers, through poor pay, rights, and belittlement because of their cultural ethnicity.

During his address to The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco on November 9, 1984 Cesar Chavez sought support for the United Farm Workers by using rhetorical strategies such as pathos, logos and ethos to convey his message that farm workers need to stop allowing other people to treat them like inhuman farming implements to be disposed of whenever the owner feels they’ve become unprofitable. Chavez's speech starts with a description of a tragedy that highlights the mistreatment of migrants and ends with the belief that the descendants of Hispanic farm workers are the future of California and their accomplishments will enrich the entire nation. The Cesar E. Chavez Foundation articulates that as leader of the United Farm Workers of America, Cesar Chavez, saw the hopes for better lives for Mexican, Mexican American, and Hispanic workers in the United States repeatedly raised, sunk, and revived again. Many factors contributed to this seemingly unending fluctuation from hopefulness to despair, and Chavez's

Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King Jr. were connected by a telegram and a common goal of civil rights. On the tenth anniversary of King’s death, Chavez wrote an epitaph for King. The rhetorical devices used in the article highlight clear points in agreement and contrasting with King, while displaying a simple idea: nonviolence is key.

Cesar Chavez was a civil rights leader and a labor union organizer who delivered a carefully crafted speech by acknowledging the perspective of his audience in order to vouch for the use of nonviolence over violence. While Chavez is arguing against the use of violence, he refrains from blaming anyone who had ever used violence. He manages to gain the trust of the audience by presenting himself as an understanding and compassionate individual, which allows them to be more receptive to his message.

From the start, organizers of the grape boycott aimed at using non-violence to gain the patronage of consumers. In the Proclamation of the Grape Worker, Dolores Huerta states, “We mean to have our peace, and to win it without violence, for it is violence we would overcome-the subtle spiritual and mental violence of oppression, the violence subhuman toil does to the human body”(Huerta). In other words, growers although wrong, often exhibited violence to scare insubordinate workers into complying, yet farmworkers would not succumb to the same wrong by using violence. The most compelling evidence of the violence used against farm workers is described in a new article written by Andrea Castillo. Castillo interviews song writer Augustin Lira, who

In September 1965, she and Cesar Chavez led a national boycott of abusive grape growers. During this boycott over five-thousand Filipino- American grape pickers protest against the low wages and the long hours of work. The protest is best known as the Delano Grape Strike, and Huerta helped organize a large scale boycott of California grapes. According to the book Dolores Huerta: Labor Leader, by Debra A. Miller, “…Dolores Huerta basically sent representatives to big cities like Chicago and Boston to make even larger the boycott. The work of these representatives was to convince people to buy wine only if it had a union label…” By 1970, grape growers agreed to accept contracts which unionized most of the industry, adding 50,000 UFW members. It became the most ever represented by a union in California agriculture. Even though it was difficult to accomplish, Huerta never back down and accomplished what she

According to the documentary, Viva La Causa, farmworkers have gained minimum wages, rights, and a union. During the strike, the Delano growers had connections with the police, therefore, they were armed with strong forces against the picketers. The picketers were cruelly treated and we know this because the article, Fighting for Farmworkers' Rights: Cesar Chavez, The Delano Grape Strike and Boycott stated, “Picketers were sprayed with pesticides, threatened with dogs, verbally assaulted, and physically attacked.” However, Cesar Chavez responded with the nonviolent way of sending his allies in the clergy to walk the picket lines. In June of 1975, The California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, the only law in the country that protects farmworkers’ right to unionize, was passed. The act stated, in Section III: Unfair Labor Practices, “The purpose of establishing an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) procedure is to prevent employers and unions from interfering with, restraining or coercing farm workers in the exercise of their rights as defined by the

According to Ricky Tejada-Flores “Hundreds of students, religious workers and labor activists talked to consumers in front of markets, asking them to do a simple thing: “Help the farm workers by not buying grapes.” At its height, over 13 million Americans supported the Delano grape boycott.” On September 8, 1965, Filipino American grape workers walked out on a strike protesting for years of poor pay and conditions of work. These Filipino American grape growers asked Cesar Chavez to join them on the strike. Cesar led a 300-mile walk from Delano to Sacramento.

When caught in an injustice, protesters tend to use various strategies in attempt to successfully convey their opinions. In an article published by Cesar Chavez, he describes his fight for civil rights by using Martin Luther King Junior’s methods to show how violence fails to promote victory. Chavez appeals to his audience by using ethos, pathos, and allusion to highlight how nonviolence is more of an effective form of protesting.

By the end of the program, farm labor unions began to form which eventually led to the abolishment of laws stating it was illegal to organize farm labor. This lead the way to the grape strikes in California and the boycotts in stores, lead by Filipino farm workers. After the first strike several various organizations began to form and led similar movements around the country. Through the 1960s to the 1980s, Cesar Chavez was a major inspiration to such movements and organizations. One of the most notable protests was when Chavez and the UFW marched from the Coachella Valley to the Mexican

With Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and Gil Padilla, the NFWA was formed. The movement focused on using boycotts to get its’ message across. The UFWU, United Farm Workers Union, was a union that aligned itself with the goals of other Chicano movement leaders and unions. Their goals involved better wages and treatment for migrant workers. With Chavez’s influence, many similar leaders emerged throughout the United States, working to gain better and humane treatment for

Ronald Reagan’s speech “Evil Empire” was given in front of the National Convention of Evangelicals on March 8, 1983. The National Convention of Evangelicals was a big enough platform for Reagan to convey his message to the citizens of the United States and the world. Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, served his presidency during the reign of the Soviet Union. Reagan established his credibility throughout the speech, through quoting many different individuals such as, C.S. Lewis, Abraham Lincoln, and many others. Along with using quotes, Reagan also used statistics and facts to back up his messages. Reagan’s objective was to inform and persuade not only the citizens of the United States, but the rest of the world, about the cruel ideologies of the Soviet Union, abortion, and infanticide.

In “Wrath of Grapes Boycott Speech”, Cesar Chavez emphasizes that “We farm workers are closest to food production.” (690, Chavez) He highlights he is a farm worker working closest to food