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Cultural Workers Movement

This collection contains materials related to the cultural workers movements in California in the 1970s, which sought to advocate for and organize cultural workers dedicated to indigenous and international artistic forms and ideas, and to form a committed revolutionary and anti-imperialist cultural front. 

The majority of this collection includes material related to the Cultural Workers' Front of Our America (El Frente de Trabajadores de la Cultura de Nuestra America), the North American section of the original Frente organization formed in Quito Ecuador in 1972. At the Quinto Festival de los Teatros Chicanos/Primer Encuentro Latino Americano, it was decided to expand the front to North America so that cultural workers whose objectives matched those of the Frente and who struggled against US imperialism could be included.   

Composed of visual artists, writers, musicians, and theater people, the Front was dedicated to "rediscovering and building peoples' culture; to using culture as a form of political education; and producing work which reflects the struggles of Third World and working people in the U.S." 

Materials in this collection illuminate the history, formation, and cultural work of the Frente (in the US) during its main period of activity from 1974-1975. This includes materials related to Frente conferences, publications, and internal notes and proposals. The collection also includes some miscellaneous material from similar organizations and cultural initiatives. 

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anti-imperialism
Chicano
Cultural Activism
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Cultural Workers Front
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National Liberation
Native American Resistance
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