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David Bacon

David Bacon is a writer and photographer, and former union organizer. He is the author of several books on labor, migration and the global economy, including In the Fields of the North / En los campos del norte, The Children of NAFTA, Communities Without Borders, Illegal People and The Right to Stay Home. His photographs and stories can be found at here and here.

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Dec 10, 2017
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Oaxacan Teachers Challenge the Test

The testing regime in Mexico is as entrenched as it is in the United States.
by
David Bacon,
California Federation of Teachers
May 9, 2013
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News Analysis

Laundering The Public Image Of Worker-Killing Sweatshops

The industry responsible for monitoring labor and safety practices of multinational suppliers has failed miserably.
by
David Bacon,
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May 7, 2013
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News

Demands Rise on Congress to Guarantee Immigrant Rights

Across California on April 10, activists demonstrated for immigration reform and articulated a sharply different version from any currently obtaining in the US Congress of what that reform…
by
David Bacon,
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April 17, 2013
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News

Corporate Education Reform Hits San Francisco Community College

Students and faculty are protesting changes proposed under the rubric of
by
David Bacon,
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March 19, 2013
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News

In Oakland, Mercado Chain Workers Protest Alleged Sexual Harassment, Firings

Laura Robledo lost her job when she complained she’d been sexually harassed by a coworker.
by
David Bacon,
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February 25, 2013
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Op-Ed

Let’s Stop Making Migration a Crime

Guest worker programs have been called “close to slavery.”
by
David Bacon,
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February 15, 2013
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Op-Ed

RIP Leo Robinson, Soul of the Longshore

Leo Robinson was an example of what being an internationalist and a working-class activist was all about.
by
David Bacon,
In These Times
January 24, 2013
Truthout
Photo Essay

Making a Life, but Not a Living in the Fields: Lucrecia Camacho’s Story

The work is hard, the wages are barely a living, but it is a life for many.
by
David Bacon,
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January 3, 2013
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Photo Essay

American Gallery: There is No One Face of Hunger

The numbers of hungry Americans is striking; Bacon’s photos give them a face.
by
David Bacon,
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December 13, 2012
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Op-Ed

Anatomy of the Walmart Strike: Walking Out, One Day at a Time

An inside account of a day in the life of the Walmart strike.
by
David Bacon,
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November 20, 2012
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