The Border Wall, in Photographs and Music
In “Border Cantos,” Richard Misrach evokes the reality of the border wall through photographs, accompanied by sound compositions by Guillermo ...
Alternative Immigrant Demands
The Dignity Campaign, FIOB, and AFSC proposals, are not just alternative programs for changing laws and policies, but implicit strategies ...
Immigrant Labor, Immigrant Rights
Workers are paid a piece rate corresponding to the amount of sprouts they harvest. Photo by David Bacon. In ...
Debating the Raids: A Misstatement and a Disagreement
In his article in the November/December issue, "Building the Homeland Security State," Roberto Lovato says: "David Bacon posits that the ...
Displaced People: NAFTA’s Most Important Product
Since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993, the U.S. Congress has debated and passed ...
Selling the Public Sector: Latin America Reacts: Mexico: Lights Out for Electric Company Sale?
In the 1930s and 40s, General Lázaro Cárdenas made nationalization of economic resources and land reform symbols of Mexican national ...
Testing NAFTA’s Labor Side Agreement
Norberto Cordoba sacrificed his job, trying to end condi- tions in his factory so dan- gerous that he feared the ...
Development for Whom?
Two separate and very different ideas about economic development and workers rights have emerged in Mexico. The differences are deep, ...
Stories from the Borderlands
I. Industria Fronteriza Tijuana’s oldest maquiladora closed last year. It didn’t fall victim to the dreaded Chinese competition, confounding a ...
