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The circumstanes of farmers and farm workers are absent from the consciousness of most Americans. Yet, there is a rich tradition of efforts by both groups to act collectively to improve their common conditions. Social movements with predominantly urban constituencies have received the most attention by scholars as well as the general public. There is, however, a historical and intellectual need to study the legacy of agrarian movements if only because, as Wendell Berry stated, "Eating is an agricultural act." | |||
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"Across the San Joaquin valley, across California, across the entire nation, wherever there are injustices against men and women and children who work in the fields...there you will see our flags, with the black eagle with the white and red background, flying. Our movement is spreading like flames across a dry plain."
Prayer of the Farm Workers' Struggle
So I will know my people's plight.
Free me to pray for others;
For you are present in every person.
Help me take responsibility for my own life;
So that I can be free at last.
Grant me courage to serve others;
For in service there is true life.
Give me honesty and patience;
So that the Spirit will be alive among us.
Let the Spirit flourish and grow;
So that we will never tire of the struggle.
Let us remember those who have died for justice;
For they have given us life.
Help us love even those who hate us;
So we can change the world
Amen
UFW Site Contents
The circumstanes of farmers and farm workers are absent from the consciousness of most Americans. Yet, there is a rich tradition of efforts by both groups to act collectively to improve their common conditions. Social movements with predominantly urban constituencies have received the most attention by scholars as well as the general public. There is, however, a historical and intellectual need to study the legacy of agrarian movements if only because, as Wendell Berry stated, "Eating is an agricultural act."
