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    in Venezuela has given them the worst inflation rate in the world for almost a decade now. Many people in Venezuela are out of jobs due to policies enforced by the government to disperse of any humanitarian ideas. When the previous president Hugo Chávez launched the socialist “Bolivarian revolution”, some wealthy Venezuelans left because of fear to future Cuban-style communism. Although most of the Venezuelan citizens stayed and many…

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    (TS) The Archbishop Oscar Romero, of El Salvador, clearly represented persistence throughout his life, which played a significant role in raising awareness of the persecution and censorship in his country and people are facing. (PS) During many of his homilies, Romero often drew attention to the maltreatment and unfairness of his country's people, pleading that justice be brought to all. (SS)Romero would often say during his sermons,“[y]ou cannot find God on those paths of torture and outrage.…

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    change the world.’’ When it comes to heroes, Harriet Tubman and Cesar Chavez are both great people to think about. Harriet Tubman saved the slaves, including herself, from captivity. Also, Cesar Chavez fasted as a protest for the farm workers who were dying from not getting enough money to live on. The story of Harriet and the underground railroad followed by the north star was about how Harriet saved slaves from suffering. The story of Cesar was about how he improved farm workers’ lives. these…

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    like I was in heaven.” This was a quote that Harriet Tubman once said to herself. She was also one of the most effective person on fighting for human rights. Cesar Chavez was also important to changing human rights. Harriet Tubman and Cesar Chavez should always be thought about when talking about leaders that fought for human rights. Cesar Chavez was a great leader for the strike that led to improvement to farm work. Also, Harriet Tubman saved slaves and helped them escape slavery and to a…

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    and would find a solution. César Chávez and Dolores Huerta were the answer to the Hispanic American's need. Together, they worked to organize nonviolent ways to protest the conditions at a field workers job. César Chávez can be compared to Martin Luther King Jr. In many ways, the two of them were alike. Both used nonviolent ways to make their point. Martin Luther King Jr. organized a bus boycott to protest equal rights for African Americans on buses. César Chávez organized a nationwide grape…

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    Cesar Chavez was an inspirational figure in history who used civil disobedience to raise more respect for farm workers all throughout America. After his family lost their farm due to the great economic collapse as known as the Great Depression, they became migrant farm workers. The Chavez family along with other migrant farmer families were paid at the minimum wage, even though they experienced harsh physical labor. Cesar Chavez immediately recognized this was not right, and knew it needed to…

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    violence.”(Cesar lines 12-13) Romanticism is something that can be expressed in many different ways such as actions. Writing is one of the main action someone could do to express romanticism. This article was published by Cesar Chavez, and it’s for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr tenth anniversary of his assassination. Cesar is trying to persuade readers that nonviolence is probably the best choice when it comes to solving problems, especially when it involves in citizens. Cesar Chavez uses…

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    An activist is defined as a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change. Mother Jones, Cesar Chavez, and Lucas Bentitez have all dedicated their lives to bringing change for workers within America’s industries. These devoted workers rights activists fought to enact change to create equality between employers and their employees and to reinstitute personal security within certain industries. Mother Jones was a dedicated activist working for children’s rights in the early…

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    is yes peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society and not only that but it galvanizes others to do the same. Just look at history Gandhi, along with his actions inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and Dr. King’s actions inspired Cesar Chavez, all three of these men followed the undeniable kavorka known as civil disobedience. Civil disobedience towards laws impacts a free society so obliging that it helps gain independence and admiration in a society. Look at Britain’s Salt Acts…

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    The Tenth Anniversary On the tenth anniversary of the murder of one of the biggest influences on racial equality, Martin Luther King Jr, an article written by Cesar Chavez was published in a religious magazine, this article talks definitively about nonviolent resistance and it’s opposite, resistance through violence. Cesar Chavez reaches his point on nonviolence being the best possible way to succeed in protests by writing in a certain way that allows everyone to understand his points. His…

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