Photo Essay

(Photos by David Bacon)On Tuesday, April 24 in San Francisco, thousands of angry homeowners, immigrants, union members, Occupiers and community groups converged on the annual shareholders meeting of Wells …

Chicago Spring, April 7, 2012. (Photo: sierraromeo [sarah-ji]) Though it's been a temperate winter, things are heating up in Chicago. With only weeks to go until May Day and …

Pacific Steel workers march through Berkeley. (Photo: David Bacon) Berkeley, California - Two hundred immigrant workers, their wives, husbands, children and hundreds of supporters marched through downtown …

Indigenous Triqui children march through the streets of Oaxaca on December 19, 2011, to protest a wave of killings in their home community of San Juan Copala. (Photo: David …

(Photo: Lance Page / Truthout) 1. Entrance October 28 The man sitting behind the chain barrier between Portland, Oregon's Lownsdale Square and …

Southern California janitors block the streets to protest the firing of immigrant workers. (Photo: David Bacon) Oakland, California - When Occupy Seattle called its tent camp "Planton …

Hyatt Housekeepers Sue the Hotel in San Jose In San Jose, two housekeepers at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after …

Los Angeles, California - When a private employer, like the Los Angeles Film School (LAFS), decides to fight the efforts of its workers to form a union, there is …

Bellingham and Tacoma, Washington - Grassroots people and political activists occupy parks in Bellingham and Tacoma, Washington, to support the New York City demonstration, Occupy Wall Street. Occupiers …

Seattle, Washington - Seattle is the first Occupy I've seen whose banners refer to it as a “planton,” giving credit to the social movements of Mexico, Central America, the …