Labor legend Dolores Huerta dies at 96
The woman who gave the world "Sí, se puede" decades before politicians made it a bumper sticker has passed away at 96.
Back when massive agricultural companies treated field laborers like disposable farm machinery, Dolores Huerta stepped directly onto the dirt and organized the strikes that brought boardrooms to a standstill.
Alongside Cesar Chavez, she built the United Farm Workers from scratch, enduring police beatings, constant arrests, and brutal contract fights while somehow raising eleven children. During a grueling 1972 protest, she coined "Sí, se puede" — a phrase that would eventually echo across decades of grassroots movements before mainstream campaigns rebranded it into polished campaign slogans.
Spending nearly a century fighting off corporate power only to watch national politicians get elected on recycled strike chants remains one of the sharpest ironies of modern activism.
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