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The article on the left hand side describes the active efforts of Whitaker and Baxter, the grower's public relation arm, to discredit the United Farm Workers Union. On October 1969 they started fires throughout different fields and framed a group of 5 young farm workers for those crimes. There acts were part of their anti-union hysteria. The article on the right hand side illustrate the efforts of Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers Union, and their supports protesting the inhuman acts of the United States Food and Drug Administration and growers to overlook the deadly effects of pesticides on farm workers health.

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Campaigns, fires, grower's, union, farm workers, grapes, Whitaker, Baxter, libel, Delano police, Fire department, departamento de fuego, United Farm Workers Union, poisoned food, comida envenenada, Cesar Chavez, FDA, U.S. Federal & Drug Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, chemicals, pesticides, health, inhuman treatment

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1969

Language

English

Location

California

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El Malcriado Newspaper Collection

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Archives & Special Collections of California State University, Monterey Bay

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Arrests Torpedo W & B Smear Campaign on Fire & Condoning Poisoned Food Chavez Blasts FDA: Arresta Torpedo Campaña de Desprestigio de W & B Sobre Incendios y Rechazo de Alimentos Envenenados Chávez critica a el FDA

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