MACRI Talk - The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement

Join MACRI for a virtual book talk with Dr. Christian Paiz, author of The Strikers of Coachella: A Rank-and-File History of the UFW Movement (University of North Carolina Press, 2023) to learn about the United Farm Workers and the women, men, and children who powered this social movement.

Our FREE virtual event will stream live on Facebook https://bit.ly/YT-MACRI at 6PM Central Time.

About the book

Based on more than 200 hours of original oral history interviews conducted with Coachella Valley residents who participated in the UFW and Chicana/o movements, as well as previously unused oral history collections of Filipino farm workers, bracero workers, and UFW volunteers throughout the United States, this stirring history spans from the 1960s and 1970s through the early 1980s.

About the author

Dr. Christian Paiz is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. He is a twentieth-century U.S. labor historian with interests in transnational migration, social movements, and history methods.

Views and ideas shared by presenters do not necessarily reflect those of the MACRI, its staff, or funders.

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