1987-1990 Watsonville &
1989 Watsonville, CA Cannery workers conference banner.
Green Giant – owned by Pillsbury in 1987 was closing down its plant in Watsonville and running away to Mexico to exploit cheap labor.
Chicano Latino political empowerment – T-shirt for cannery worker members.
Cannery worker striker’s button
1987 Food Caravan to Modesto strikers. Fundraising flyer. About 1,000 were on strike in Salinas and 1,000 in Modesto.
Xmas food and toy caravan fundraiser. After the 3rd month of the strike, financial hardships begin. Rents, mortgages, loans, are due and repossessions from banks also become part of maintaining a strike.
Cannery Workers Project membership card
Watsonville, City Hall Plaza campaign event and banners.
1988- “Dog Lady” poster for play. Fundraiser for the strikers by Teatro Campesino, San Juan Bautista, CA.
Unionize the New Otani Hotel,
biggest employer in Little Tokyo
1995- AFL-CIO March to demand unionization at Kajima’s New Otani Hotel (Doubletree Hotel)
L to R: Local 11 member, Rev. James Lawson, Linda Chavez Thomson, Executive V.P. of the AFL-CIO, John Sweeney-President, and Richard Trumka V.P. (both in red hats), Maria Elena Durazo, President of HERE Local 11.
The banner was made by members of Local 11 who cut out all letters and designs from felt pieces coordinated by David
1995- Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks about “Kajima’s Wall of Shame” 4 panels each 8 X 4 foot.
1945- Chinese are kidnapped by Kajima and made slaves for the war effort.
1975- Kajima & City of LA evicts hundreds from Little Tokyo to make room for Kajima’s New Otani Hotel.
1995- Kajima suppresses Latino hotel workers at their New Otani hotel who demand to unionize.
(designed by David Monkawa)
1996- Workers and community supporters chain themselves to the large truck parked diagonally in the middle of First St, and San Pedro St.
1990s Down with South African Apartheid
Asian Pacific islanders banner at the LA coliseum
Nelson and Winnie Mandela come to LA. Coliseum
1990 Nelson Mandela
Find the hidden pictures of 2 ANC fighters
1990 Asian American contingent marches down MLK Blvd.
towards Crenshaw Blvd.
Support African American Self-Determination and Full Equality
1992 – Massive demonstration against police abuse after 4 LAPD cops were found not guilty for the brutal beating of Rodney King. Courtesy: Los Angeles Times/ Times Mirror Corporation
The first Japanese American mall in the US, Crenshaw Square after the 1992 uprising. My step-dad’s watch repair store was burned out by angry youth after the verdict. Because of the historical relationships between Asians and Blacks, people were able to re-unify and move on after the tragedy.
2015 -Banner for Montgomery, AL – 50th Commemoration of Bloody Sunday.
Los Angeles, CA Asian American contingent.
1978 End Klan Terror
by David Monkawa & Ron Battle
Rev. Skip Robinson from Tupelo, Mississippi came to the Holman Church to speak about their community’s struggle with the KKK who has been trying to stop Black folks from voting. He said it’s a generational struggle. They’ve used boycotts, sit-ins, pickets, marches, demonstrations and armed struggle in self-defense. I used to not vote because I thought elections were rigged for rich people but after his rap, I started to vote while I still had the chance.
Center for the Study of Political Graphics collection
1992 Justice for the Tualalelei Brothers
Pouvi and Italia Tualalelei, two Samoan Brothers from Carson, CA were shot and killed by LA Sheriff’s Deputy Alfred Skiles. They were shot in the back while on their knees as ordered to do so by Skiles. Tragically their case was completely eclipsed by the Rodney King case going on at the same time.
Samoan community occupies the Carson city hall.
2021- Representatives from Progressive Asian Network for Action, PANA at the George Floyd verdict march to Fairfax & 3rd St.
“Yellow Peril, Black Power sign at bus takeover.
Flyer for Ktown for Black Lives rally at Liberty Park
Oppose US Imperialist Wars
1992 – Massive demonstration against police abuse after 4 LAPD cops were found not guilty for the brutal beating of Rodney King. Courtesy: Los Angeles Times/ Times Mirror Corporation
The first Japanese American mall in the US, Crenshaw Square after the 1992 uprising. My step-dad’s watch repair store was burned out by angry youth after the verdict. Because of the historical relationships between Asians and Blacks, people were able to re-unify and move on after the tragedy.
Logo: Blood is heavier than oil, balanced on peace symbol
First Gulf War
“1991- First Gulf War” Asian Americans and Japanese Americans marched from Little Tokyo to city hall.
2019- Map of Iran showing US military bases.
2007- Stop the illegal & unjust war in Iraq. Support Lt. Ehren Watada. Asian & JA contingent march in DTLA.
March in Little Tokyo.
Educational program in Little Tokyo held by Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress and Asian American Vietnam Veterans Organization
Flyer for Educational program
2019 Speakers who pledge allegiance to Israeli Zionists at AIPAC conferences
Nikkei Progressives have developed solidarity and mutual support with the Muslim communities over the years. The World Trade Center tragedy ignited anti-Muslim violence just like Pearl Harbor which set off anti-Japanese hysteria
Banner in use, with multi-faith community leaders in Little Tokyo.
2018 Womens Day March to city hall.
2018 US Marines guarding opium fields in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. They were assisting the Taliban profit from the opium- heroin trade so they could finance their war against Al Queda and other forces the US ruling class wanted to get rid of, at the time.
2017 – Corporate Democrats vs. Republicans
(cartoon for “Change Links” Magazine)
2017- National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA 2013 was the record breaking military budget. A core legal foundation in the act Is Section 1021 and 1022 which allows “indefinite detention” of US citizens.
2018 US private equity organizations and arms manufacturers spread guns around the world. Younger customers assures them a loyal base.