History
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Asian American Movement 101: The Beginning of the Movement (with apolgies to Kim Geron, from whom many of these thoughts were adopted) In 1968 the contemporary Asian American Movement (AAM)* began in different locations almost simultaneously on campuses across the country as young Asian Americans were galvanized by the movement to build Asian American studies programs on college campuses. They were part of efforts by students of color to... |
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Radical Resistance in Conservative Times: New Asian American Organizations in the 1990s By Diane C. Fujino and Kye Leung Thirty years after the emergence of the Asian American Movement, new Asian American formations continue to expand the struggle. However, like other US-based social movements, the Asian American Movement today is qualitatively different than in the 1960s and 70s. The political-economic landscape of the 1990s is much more...03/01/2000 |
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The Asian American Movement Today By Michael Liu Community Development Issues In 1971 Boston's first Asian American demonstration about domestic issues was organized to preserve Chinatown against land takings by a local university-hospital complex. That thread continues today in the battle of several organizations to preserve Chinatown as a residential, social, and political center for the Chinese... |
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A Quick History of Asians in the U.S. By Jerome Yuan 16th -18th century- Driven by competition and the industrial revolution, European nations begin to colonize Asia. Searching for a cheap labor force and raw materials, Europe (and later the US) proceeds to brutalize and strip Asia of its natural resources. 1820- American missionaries arrive in Hawai'i, setting the stage for US annexation and domination of...06/06/1999 |
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Seize the Time First Issue of Getting Together - February 1970 Seize the Time On December 4th, 30 Chicago cops laid a night-time ambush, and murdered two Panther leaders. One of the murdered Panthers was Fred Hampton, the 28-year old chariman of the Illinois Black Panther Party. A few days later, 300 cops launched a massive attack on the Los Angeles office of the Panthers, using such weapons...   |
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Serve The People First Issue of Getting Together - February 1970 40,000 people-young and old, women and men, children and babies-live in Chinatown. Most of us work hard and long hours, often in uncomfortable quarters - a sweatshop, a laundry, or a restaurant. We pay extremely high city, state, and federal taxes; in addition, many of us dutifully give money to various organizations such as tongs, family... |
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Things I Saw and Heard When I Worked in the Restaurant from Getting Together (circa 1972); Chinese-American Workers: Past & Present (Translated from Chinese) Among the many things we wanted to do when my colleagues and I first came to the U.S. in the second half of 1962, the most urgent one was to look for jobs. One day, a friend from the same hometown took us to New Jersey for an interview. The first time we were there, the lady in the... |
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Interview-Account of Injured Chinese Restaurant Worker from Getting Together (circa 1972); Chinese-American Workers: Past & Present Since capitalism places the accumulation of wealth as the highest goal in this society, it is no surprise that job safety and medical care for workers plays a distant second fiddle to business profits. Despite the technological achievements in the United States, workers' welfare in these... |
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Restaurant Workers Unite! from Getting Together (circa 1972); Chinese-American Workers: Past & Present "Hey Charlie" Many waiters in the restaurant face this kind of degrading and insulting treatment towards the Chinese people by the white racists. Facing this situation, a few waiters who have become numb respond without feeling bad about it. But more waiters slash back, showing their true anger... |
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Working in a Packing House from Getting Together (circa 1972); Chinese-American Workers: Past & Present Last summer I took a job at a fruit packing house in Sanger, a small California town 10 miles from Fresno. At that time Fresno wages were $1 25 to $1.65 an hour. This job paid $2.00 an hour. I took it hoping to earn a bit more money. Sanger is almost a classical working town. The main street, Academy... |
