We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.

The thing about nonviolence is that it spreads. When you get people to participate in nonviolent action - whether it's a fast, a march, a boycott, or a picket line - people hear you, people see you, people are learning from that action.

We criticize and separate ourselves from the process. We've got to jump right in there with both feet.

I am happy to see that, increasingly, people care about farm workers. There is tremendous interest in where and how our food is grown.

We must use our lives to make the world a better place to live, not just to acquire things. That is what we are put on the earth for.

In fact, the corporations are driving out the competition and it is not getting better, especially when they are not paying income taxes. Thank goodness for the social media out there, because we sure can't count on the corporate media to get the word out.

My son, Emilio Huerta, is running for congress. He was a young man who was marching and picketing.