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9780807042304

Illegal People

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807042304

  • ISBN10:

    0807042307

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2009-06-01
  • Publisher: Beacon Press

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Summary

For two decades David Bacon has documented the connections between labor, migration, and the global economy. InIllegal Peoplehe explains why our national policy produces even more displacement, migration, immigration raids, and an increasingly divided and polarized society. Arguing for a sea change in how we think, debate, and legislate about and around immigration, Bacon promotes a human rights perspective in a globalized world.

Author Biography

Award-winning photojournalist David Bacon spent thirty years as a labor organizer and immigrant rights activist. His articles have appeared in the Nation, American Prospect, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle. Bacon hosts a weekly radio show on KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. v
Making Work a Crimep. 1
Merry Christmas. You're fired.p. 1
How the Housekeepers Saw Itp. 8
The Smithfield Raids: Overt Union-Bustingp. 12
Why Did We Come?p. 23
Flight from Oaxacap. 23
Battles in the Minesp. 33
Displacement and Migrationp. 51
Forcing People into the Migrant Streamp. 51
The Sensenbrenner Family Businessp. 64
Migrant Labor: An Indispensable Part of a Global Systemp. 70
The Profitability of Undocumented Laborp. 77
Fast Track to the Pastp. 83
Not Enough Workers!p. 83
Modern-day Bracerosp. 92
How Corporations Won the Debate on Immigration Reformp. 105
Which Side Are You On?p. 119
Paolo Freire on LA's Mean Streetsp. 119
Los Angeles: Class War's Ground Zerop. 129
The Story of Ana Martinezp. 136
Immigration Enforcement Becomes a Weapon to Stop Unionsp. 142
Operation Vanguardp. 147
Immigrant Workers Ask Labor: "Which Side Are You On?"p. 153
Blacks Plus Immigrants Plus Unions Equals Powerp. 167
Mississippi Battlegroundp. 167
Katrina: Window on a Nightmarep. 179
The Common Ground of Jobs and Rightsp. 183
Remedy the Past's Injusticep. 189
People in the Streets Want Morep. 193
Illegal People or Illegal Work?p. 199
Illegal Means Not European and Not Whitep. 200
Fighting Second-Class Statusp. 209
Silicon Valley's High-Tech Sweatshopsp. 214
"What Future for Our Children?"p. 222
Whose New World Order?p. 233
High Skills and Low Salariesp. 233
From Guest Worker to German Citizenp. 238
Suppressing Asylum Seekers While Promoting "Managed Migration"p. 243
Mode 4 and the UN Convention on the Rights of Migrantsp. 246
Transnational Communities: A New Definition of Citizenshipp. 250
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