Mark Medina

And the philosophy of the union since then has been not just to grow this union, but also for them to be able to stand on their own two feet. Their idea is that they are very proud of their independent nature of that union. They're not part of the AFL-CIO. They're not part of the United Farm Workers. They're not part of any other organization.

And the philosophy of the union since then has been not just to grow this union, but also for them to be able to stand on their own two feet. Their idea is that they are very proud of their independent nature of that union. They're not part of the AFL-CIO. They're not part of the United Farm Workers. They're not part of any other organization.

And the philosophy of the union since then has been not just to grow this union, but also for them to be able to stand on their own two feet. Their idea is that they are very proud of their independent nature of that union. They're not part of the AFL-CIO. They're not part of the United Farm Workers. They're not part of any other organization.

When I spoke to some of their leaders last year, one of the things that came to mind was, They brought up a quote from Eugene Debs, the notion of like, if we were to lead you into the promised land, someone else would just lead you out. And the notion of their union is we have to be able to stand on our two feet.

When I spoke to some of their leaders last year, one of the things that came to mind was, They brought up a quote from Eugene Debs, the notion of like, if we were to lead you into the promised land, someone else would just lead you out. And the notion of their union is we have to be able to stand on our two feet.

When I spoke to some of their leaders last year, one of the things that came to mind was, They brought up a quote from Eugene Debs, the notion of like, if we were to lead you into the promised land, someone else would just lead you out. And the notion of their union is we have to be able to stand on our two feet.

We can't rely on anyone else because if they promise us things today, tomorrow they'll hold something over us. That's the notion that farm workers lead this movement and lead this union. is an incredibly powerful statement of what working class people can do. The kinds of workers that everyone else kind of looks at, they could never do it.

We can't rely on anyone else because if they promise us things today, tomorrow they'll hold something over us. That's the notion that farm workers lead this movement and lead this union. is an incredibly powerful statement of what working class people can do. The kinds of workers that everyone else kind of looks at, they could never do it.

We can't rely on anyone else because if they promise us things today, tomorrow they'll hold something over us. That's the notion that farm workers lead this movement and lead this union. is an incredibly powerful statement of what working class people can do. The kinds of workers that everyone else kind of looks at, they could never do it.

These workers could never handle this kind of level of struggle and couldn't do this kind of organization, have built one of the most powerful independent farm worker unions in the West Coast. Lelo, Alfredo Lelo Juarez, was a founding member of this union. He was a farm worker starting at the age of 12.

These workers could never handle this kind of level of struggle and couldn't do this kind of organization, have built one of the most powerful independent farm worker unions in the West Coast. Lelo, Alfredo Lelo Juarez, was a founding member of this union. He was a farm worker starting at the age of 12.

These workers could never handle this kind of level of struggle and couldn't do this kind of organization, have built one of the most powerful independent farm worker unions in the West Coast. Lelo, Alfredo Lelo Juarez, was a founding member of this union. He was a farm worker starting at the age of 12.

And since then, devoted his entire life to organizing, to helping workers, to being the kind of person who commits himself to the work of making the world a better place than he found it. You know, at 25, he is significantly younger than me. And when I think of people who I look up to, who I think of, wow, when I grow up, I want to be someone like that. I think of Lalo.

And since then, devoted his entire life to organizing, to helping workers, to being the kind of person who commits himself to the work of making the world a better place than he found it. You know, at 25, he is significantly younger than me. And when I think of people who I look up to, who I think of, wow, when I grow up, I want to be someone like that. I think of Lalo.

And since then, devoted his entire life to organizing, to helping workers, to being the kind of person who commits himself to the work of making the world a better place than he found it. You know, at 25, he is significantly younger than me. And when I think of people who I look up to, who I think of, wow, when I grow up, I want to be someone like that. I think of Lalo.

I have met Lalo many times over the years. He's a very soft spoken, very thoughtful type of person. And yeah, I think that the labor movement owes him a bit of a debt now. It is time that we as a whole stand up for him.

I have met Lalo many times over the years. He's a very soft spoken, very thoughtful type of person. And yeah, I think that the labor movement owes him a bit of a debt now. It is time that we as a whole stand up for him.

I have met Lalo many times over the years. He's a very soft spoken, very thoughtful type of person. And yeah, I think that the labor movement owes him a bit of a debt now. It is time that we as a whole stand up for him.

Yeah. The weaponization of the state to go after immigrants and go after activists is, I'm sure to your audience as well-known, is nothing new. And it no-knows party affiliation. The Democratic administrations have been doing this to immigrant communities and have been using it to silence political activists. The Trump administration, however, is now doing this on a level that is...

Yeah. The weaponization of the state to go after immigrants and go after activists is, I'm sure to your audience as well-known, is nothing new. And it no-knows party affiliation. The Democratic administrations have been doing this to immigrant communities and have been using it to silence political activists. The Trump administration, however, is now doing this on a level that is...