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The Unity Manifesto

Kelvin Rodeo

Published on: 21/06/2026

A 2014 essay on unity, the CNMI guest worker program, and the call to stand with our brothers and sisters.

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Speech on the Plight of the Foreign Workers of the CNMI

Kelvin Rodeo

Published on: 21/06/2026

A January 2014 speech by Kelvin Rodeo on the exploitation, legal limbo, and human rights crisis facing thousands of long-term nonresident workers in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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THE KAOZ THEORY KRONICLE

ESSAYS, LETTERS, EDITORIALS, SPEECHES, AND MORE FROM THE FRACTURE LINES OF HISTORY, IDENTITY, MEMORY, AND BELONGING.

The Unity Manifesto

Speech on the Plight of the Foreign Workers of the CNMI

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