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Review: West Edge Opera’s powerful ‘Dolores’ recalls life of iconic labor activist  

West Edge Opera premiered “Dolores,” an opera based on the life of activist Dolores Huerta at Oakland’s Scottish Rite Center, with the work’s subject in the house.   Farmworker Huerta, along with César Chavez and Larry Itliong, led the national boycott of table grapes in the 1960s to improve conditions for farm workers.  At 95, Huerta is […]

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