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The KUT Longhorn Radio Network Presents: Mexican American Experience Collection

Audio recordings including interviews, music, and informational programs related to the Mexican American community and their concerns in the series "The Mexican American Experience" and "A esta hora conversamos" from the Longhorn Radio Network, 1976-1982.

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Title:
The Socialist Workers Party And Its Effect On The Chicano
Program #
1978-44
Theme:
Politics

Series:
Politics
Host:
Armando GutiƩrrez
Guest:
Miguel Pendas
Date:
Oct 10, 1978

The Socialist Workers Party and Its Effect on the Chicano

Miguel Pendas, Socialist Worker Party Candidate for U.S. Senate, discusses his campaign and issues affecting Chicano community. Pendas decided to run for senator because he found that neither democrats nor republicans spoke on behalf of working people and Chicanos, and instead promotes the interests of big business. He argues that despite the efforts of the Chicano Movement, Chicanos still earn less than Anglos, and are still shut out of good paying jobs. For Chicanas, he argues, the situation is much worse. Moreover, the government is contributing to discrimination and racism by blaming high unemployment and other social ills on Mexican illegal immigrants. Pendas also argues that instead of improving conditions at home, the government is spending money on defense and the military to meddle in the affairs of other countries. Pendas argues that his rivals for the senate: Robert Krueger and John Tower continue these policies.

Although he believes socialists will not win elections right now, he argues that they have impacted political life by being at the forefront of important social movements, including the anti-war campaign and bilingual education. He believes their real political contribution lies in the activism and hopes that in time they will win more votes. For the future, they will continue organizing workers and Chicanos to build a socialist movement.

KEYWORDS

Activism
Affirmative Action
Bilingual Education
California Proposition 13
Capitalism
Carter Administration
Chicanas in the work force
Chicano Movement
Chicano Politics
Discrimination
Economy
Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act
Houston, Texas
Hughes Tool Company
Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Bill
Illegal Alien
Illegal Immigration
Income Inequality
Income Tax
Inflation
John Tower
La Raza Unida Party
Leonel Castillo
Lockheed Martin
Peace movement
Pentagon
Political Campaigns
Quotas
Racism
Reverse discrimination
Robert Krueger
Scapegoating
Service Industry
Socialism
Socialist Worker Party
Test biases
Testing
Texas Politics
The Bakke Case
The Carter Plan
Third Party Politics
Undocumented workers
Unemployment Rates
Vietnam War
Wage Disparities
White Collar Jobs
 

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