A Conversation With Marshall Ganz.

GANZ, Marshall; LABOR organizing; OBAMA, Barack, 1961-; STUDENT Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.); CHAVEZ, Cesar, 1927-1993

The article profiles Marshall Ganz, a professor at Harvard University and a union organizer who has worked with a number of groups including farmworkers, environmental activists, and campaigner for women's rights in the Middle East. It is noted that Ganz was responsible for mobilizing the young people who worked on the campaigner of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008. A number of topics are addressed including his work on training programs in the Middle East, his service with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, and his alliance with Cesar Chavez, the leader of the farmworkers in the United States.