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David Bacon
David Bacon is a writer, photographer and former union organizer. He is the author of Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants (2008), Communities Without Borders (2006), and The Children of NAFTA: Labor Wars on the US/Mexico Border (2004). His website is at dbacon.igc.org.
Most Recent Articles
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Working
Domestic Workers and Their Children March for Rights in Calif.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.—Early Tuesday morning, buses of domestic workers and their children began arriving at the huge more »
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Features
Fighting the Firings
After years of 'silent raids' and federal workplace audits, unions and community allies are going on the offensive. more »
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Will Public Workers and Immigrants March Together on May Day?
One sign carried in almost every May Day march of the last few years says it all: "We more »
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A Labor Law Bosses Would Love
Backed by industrialists, Mexican politicians are on the verge of erasing most workers' rights. more »
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Protesters in San Francisco and Beyond Declare: ‘We Are One’ (SLIDESHOW)
On Monday, April 4—the 43rd anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated more »
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Cesar Chavez, and the State of the Farm Workers Movement
The famous union activist would have turned 84 yesterday The U.S. media tends to view social movements as more »
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Foundry Workers Strike to Save Their Healthcare
Berkeley, Calif.—A strike of more than 450 workers in one of the largest foundries on the west more »
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Features
Fired for the Crime of Working
Not much has changed for undocumented workers since Obama took office. more »
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News
Utah’s New Immigration Bills: A Blast From the Past
The state laws have been called "the nation's most liberal," but they're not much different from Cold War-era deportation policies. more »
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Divide and Deport: On Immigration, Thom Hartmann and Lou Dobbs Have Much in Common
Hartmann says he wants to "put Lou Dobbs out to pasture." But a close look at his new more »
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