{"id":6345,"date":"2025-06-20T15:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T22:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=6345"},"modified":"2025-06-25T20:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T03:53:07","slug":"the-history-of-the-war-on-immigrants-and-us-imperialism","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/laborfest.net\/2026\/event\/the-history-of-the-war-on-immigrants-and-us-imperialism\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of The War on Immigrants and US Imperialism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">(Zoom event)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historical panel looking back at the Bracero Program to today, largely based on the video oral history interview of Al Rojas, conducted in 2002 and 2003 for The Latino Leadership Oral History Program, Ctr. for Oral History U.C. Berkeley by <em><strong>AL Stein<\/strong><\/em> &amp; <em><strong>Richard Candida Smith<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><strong>Jose Angel<\/strong><\/em> will discuss his book &amp; research on the FBI surveillance of Rojas during the Pittsburgh Grape Boycott of the 1960s. <em><strong>Desiree Rojas<\/strong><\/em> will shed light on her family\/organizing experiences, and discuss the living\u00a0 legacy and important work of the Al Rojas Foundation, incorporated in 2024. <em><strong>Dr. Paul Ortiz<\/strong><\/em> Will offer his perspectives as a labor oral historian. He was historical consultant for<br \/>\n&#8220;American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos\u201d exploring Latino history and the consequences of omitting the past. 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