they will understand|that our cause is just.
Then we will prevail.|Yes we can!
Strike! I
The growers are going to be...
Larry, now that we are together,|the growers are gonna have to...
I'm not worried about them.
My people are angry.
This thing has been building for too long,|it's ready to explode.
Everyone is angry, we just have|to manage our own people.
I have people from Stockton to Coachella!
I didn't say it was going to be easy,
but if you take care of your side,|I take care of mine, we'll be fine.
- There are things we can't control.|- No, there are things we have to control.
So who the hell is this Cesar Chavez?
Nobody knows.
Somebody said he was from Arizona.
Word is he used to hang around Alinsky|and the other commies from the CSO.
He's been up and down the valley,|stirring up trouble.
I heard he's Mexican.
Seems a safe bet.
They've come out with this newspaper.
Got this beaner character in there|named Don Sotaco.
There he is.
He's kinda funny.
Well, it's a cartoon,|but I'm not sure it's funny.
Who cares, most of our workers|are illiterate.
Yeah, but you can understand a cartoon|without being able to read.
So, this Don Sotaco,
he, uh, informs the workers|about their rights.
- And this is what, a weekly?|- Mmm-hmm.
Thank God it isn't a daily.
Although, 52 weeks a year,|that is a lot of rights, Sheriff.
Long live the strike!
Long live the farmworker!
Long live our cause!
Long live our farmworker movement!
Did they confirm?
- Of course.|- Anyone...
Mostly local, but some are actually|coming down from San Francisco, Arizona...
- Where are they?|- I don't know. They should be here by now.
Get the hell off our property!
Go back to Mexico!
Stay calm, don't react.
We don't need you. Wetbacks.
- Get out of here!|- Don't react, just keep moving.
We don't need you.|We want you out of our country.
We want you back to Mexico.|Get the hell out of our country!
What do you think you are looking at, huh?
aaaa spics! We don't need you! Get out!
Keep marching. Keep marching, please.
- Get these sons of bitches off my land.|- Yes, sir.
We aren't going anywhere,|we have the right to be here.
Suit yourself.
Deputies, now, you're witnesses.|This horde invaded my property
and we are just defending ourselves.
A man has a duty to defend his property.
You are aaaa right he does.
Cesar, they will shoot.
You get rid of them!
Everybody move! Move back!
Back to the main road,|everybody move back now!
Move back! Move back! No, no, no!
Are you going to do something?
You hard of hearing?|The boss told you to clear out.
He's not my boss.
And our tax dollars pay|for this public road.
Tax dollars?
There's your tax dollars.
Hey, Gilbert!
Hey, that's enough now. Come on, that's|all. Let's go. Get on over here.
Hello, you are late.
Farm workers|in Delano, California
have begun an unprecedented strike
in the central valley.
Filipino and Mexican workers|have joined forces
to demand fair wages and better working|conditions for their members.
Would you say that most of|your workers are making a decent living?
All I can say is that the men|have to be their judges of their own,
what they want,|because they have chosen this way of life
and, if they were not happy,|they wouldn't be here.
How much have you been getting|for a day's work?
Only two dollars.
- Two dollars a day?|- Yes.
- Are you sure it's not broken?|- I'm sure.
Dad?
It's okay, Fernando.|Go back to sleep, please.
I said go back to sleep, Fernando,|you have school tomorrow.
Here. Put it on.
Does this help?
I told you five minutes ago|to sit down at the table.
Mmm.
To all the growers, their lawyers|and this garbage injunction.
At least they finally got Fred|to come down here.
This court ruling bans all mass picketing.
Mmm. And the best part,
they got a ban on saying|the word "Huelga" anywhere near the fields.
- "Huelga f?"|- "Huelga-"
Can you say "Strike"?
As long as you don't translate it.
You would think a bunch of lawyers|would have heard of the First Amendment.
It's a joke.|They'll get it thrown out on appeal.
Yeah, by the time the state court|hears the appeals,
the grapes will be picked,|the growers know that.
There's only one thing we can do.
We have to get people|to violate the injunction,
and make the Sheriff enforce it.
You mean get arrested.
Make them arrest us and fill up the jails?
And give the white press|exactly what they want? Hmm?
Rowdy Mexicans in jail.
Have you had your head in the dirt|this whole time?
Things are changing.
Okay, but who is gonna go?
I'll do it.
Once they get you in their jails,
they can figure out ways of keeping|you there a long time, Cesar.
So I'll do it.
Do what?
I'll get arrested.
You can't get arrested.
What? Why not?
Well, who is going to|take care of the kids?
The kids are fine.
- They are big, they take care of themselves.|- No.
Cesar, you are the one who says|we can't ask our members
to do things we are not willing|to do ourselves.
I said no.
Dolores, what do you think?
I think it's a good idea.
I think it's a good idea, too.
Come, let's eat.
You know how it works,|they don't understand.
Strike!
Strike!
Mrs. Chavez,
we have a court order that forbids you|from saying the word "Huelga. "
Strike!
This is your first warning, Mrs. Chavez.
This is your second!
- Good morning to you.|- Good morning, sir.
- Good morning, Grace.|- Good morning.
Call my wife and tell her|I'm not going to be able to make lunch.
Come on, let's go.
I need you to take the trucks across|the border into Mexico,
and I want y'all to bring me back|some illegals
who are willing to work|for an honest day's pay.
And I want you to bring them back here|by the truckload, you hear me.
'Cause we are gonna break|this godaaaa strike.
You'll see what these sons of bitches do
when they see their cousins|out there working on 'em fields.
Everyone gather up.
Who's thirsty?
Here, have some cold water.
It's free...
I've been told that some union members
affiliated with the communist party
have been talking with you.
Making promises.|These promises are nothing but lies.
You could even end up in jail.
And for what?
What's wrong, Cruz?
Aren't you thirsty?
If any of you has a problem,|tell me about it.
We don't want any problems here.
- Jail was amazing?|- Yeah, it was.
I got to meet so many amazing people.
There was this woman, Irene,
she was so smart, and I'm gonna|put her on the Credit Union.
And also there was this man|who was laying next to me.
Laying next to you?
Yeah, I saw when he got arrested.
The cops were beating him,|and they were calling him names,
and they were trying to get him|to fight back and he wouldn't.
Do you plan on seeing him again?
Cesar, I don't know what|you are talking about.
Well, you know what? Maybe we can|make him part of the team, you know?
We are always looking for good men.|I mean amazing.
'Cause it was amazing, right?
- Cesar, don't be jealous.|- No.
I'm not jealous.
I'm just glad that you had|such a good time in jail.
Cesar!
Cesar! Hey, Cesar!|It's Jerry Cohen, remember me?
- Who's that?|- He's a lawyer.
You know that man?
How much do you know about|what we are doing?
I've been analyzing your strategy,|and one thing is clear,
you have to stop these injunctions.
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