The Dark Side of Cesar Chavez
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The Dark Side of Cesar Chavez

1:13:32 Mar 20, 2026
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On 3/18, the NYT dropped its years-long investigation into Cesar Chavez, and in it, survivors told their stories for the first time. It revealed that he abused them when they were minors. In this episode, we share the new allegations, but also discuss a troubling past that involves anger issues, being controlling, the wet lines, his admiration for a cult leader, and more.sexual assault resources:https://doloreshuerta.org/sexual_assault_resources/Historias Unknown: https://www.historiasunknown.com/sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/cesar-chavez-sexual-abuse-allegations-ufw.html?smid=url-sharehttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/cesar-chavez-sexual-assault-allegations-takeaways.html?rsrc=flt&smid=url-sharehttps://medium.com/@dolores_huerta/march-18-2026-e74c20430555The Crusades of Cesar Chavez by Miriam Pawelhttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/the-madness-of-cesar-chavez/308557/https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/cesar-chavez-complicated-legacy-united-farm-workers-immigration/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-29/cesar-chavez-problematic-miriam-pawel
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