A Senate Campaign: a perspective from the La Raza Unida party
Description:
The Mexican American Experience, a radio program produced by the Longhorn Radio Network, includes interviews, music, and informational programs related to the Mexican American community and their concerns. Program summary: Host Armando Gutierrez interviews Luis Diaz de Leon on his campaign for U.S. Senator as a Raza Unida Candidate. He remains committed to his agenda, which emphasizes education, employment, energy and the environment. He believes that even if he does not win, he is bringing up important issues that the other candidates will have to address. De Leon, a social worker and community organizer, is originally from Texas, but has lived for the last seven years in California. He discusses some of the differences between California and Texas politics and explains that he returned to Texas because he felt he should get involved with the people he had worked with in the past, including Jose Angel Gutierrez and the Raza Unida Party. He had formerly been a loyal democrat, but he decided to join La Raza when he realized that there was no difference between the democratic and republican parties. He decided to run for senator because he saw that the Raza Unida party was winning elections and becoming a viable third party. Moreover, he explains, the candidates: John Tower and Robert Krueger have not been committed to the needs of the people. De Leon then discusses some of the difficulties his campaign has faced and the personal reverberations he has encountered. Yet, he remains committed to his agenda, which emphasizes education, employment, energy and the environment. He believes that even if he does not win, he is bringing up important issues that the other candidates will have to address. Keywords: Anti-War Movement, Bilingual Education, Catholic Church, Chicano Politics, Colorado Mining Council, Community Organizing, Crystal City, Democratic Party, Democrats, Dolph Briscoe, Drake University, Education, El Paso, Texas, Energy, Environment, Environmental Justice, Gas Companies, GI Bill, Hank Grover, John F. Kennedy, John Tower, Jose Angel Gutierrez, La Raza Unida Party, Laredo, Latinos, Lavaca Company, Liberals, Lubbock, Texas, Mexican American Youth Organization, Oscar Wyatt, Our Lady of the Lake University, Political Campaigns, Racial Exclusion, Robert F. Kennedy, Robert Krueger, San Francisco, California, Social Justice, Stanford University, Temple, Texas, Texas Politics, Third Party Politics, Two Party System, Vietnam, Worden School of Social Work. Broadcast date not recorded.
Creator/Contributor:
Longhorn Radio Network (creator), Gutiérrez, Armando (host), and de León, Luis Díaz (interviewee)
Date Created/Date Issued:
9/12/1978
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
sound recordings, grabaciones sonoras, radio programs, programas de radio, and Audio
Extent:
24 minutes, 52 seconds
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language:
English
Place of Publication:
Austin (Tex.)
Topic:
Mexican Americans--Politics and government, Mexicano americanos--Política y gobierno, Texas--Politics and government, California--Politics and government, and California--Política y gobierno
Time Period Covered:
1970-1979
Place Name:
San Antonio (Tex.), Laredo (Tex.), Lubbock (Tex.), Des Moines (Iowa), and San Francisco Bay Area
Geographic Coverage:
United States (country), Iowa (state), United States (country), and California (state)