Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/story/148036/life%27s_the_same_in_a_labor_camp_with_or_without_papers/ While there are differences in the experiences of people without papers and guest workers, some basic aspects of life are the same. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:00:01 PDT David Bacon, New America Media -24191deffe477fe06f47473baa7ad261 http://www.alternet.org/story/147419/activists_pan_dems%27_approach%3B_say_another_immigration_policy_is_possible/ Grassroots groups don't like the Democrats' proposals for comprehensive immigration reform. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:00:01 PDT David Bacon, TruthOut.org -e86fd6b1aed763ba58e8bc8edd0d4ef3 http://www.alternet.org/story/144584/the_brutal_dark_side_of_obama%27s_%26quot%3Bsofter%26quot%3B_immigration_enforcement/ 'Sanctions pretend to punish employers but in reality, they punish workers.' Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:01 PST David Bacon, The Progressive -c706f0d67bab95674fd8850600dc9ae6 http://www.alternet.org/story/140821/we_made_them_rich_and_they_called_us_criminals_/ Companies exploit undocumented workers, and then claim that sanctions require them to fire them when it's convenient. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:01 PDT David Bacon, TruthOut.org -aa513906c5862121958b7e4836f10785 http://www.alternet.org/story/133843/why_tens_of_thousands_of_migrant_workers_will_fill_the_streets_on_may_day/ On May Day, hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of people will fill the streets in city after city, town after town, across the US. Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:00:01 PDT David Bacon, TruthOut.org -a08c0b0950853d9d7c5225400b38a8f8 http://www.alternet.org/story/114298/black_brown_coalition_fueled_big_union_win/ The successful union strategy relied on uniting a diverse workforce of African Americans, Puerto Ricans and immigrant Mexicans. Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:00:01 PST David Bacon, New America Media -2818dc6731a0455bd0075d98fae6b89d http://www.alternet.org/story/113102/chicago_workers_beat_back_the_bankers%27_attempt_to_hold_on_to_bailout_cash/ Can direct action on the part of workers overturn American corporatism? Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:01 PST David Bacon, TruthOut.org -5093d7dcaccc9c52a7e76e3a6e7a4b04 http://www.alternet.org/story/108844/there_needs_to_be_change_immigrants_and_labor_can_believe_in_/ A new administration that has raised such high expectations should look for new ideas, not recycle the bad ones of the last few years. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:01 PST David Bacon, The Nation -7ff09dabdadb83b37fcc9d5177a9b097 http://www.alternet.org/story/104946/silence_on_immigration/ National political campaigns say less and less about immigration enforcement. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:00:01 PDT David Bacon, Foreign Policy in Focus -cecbbf5dce80d173ec9487d5fcb8e580 http://www.alternet.org/story/104866/immigration%3A_stop_the_raids_in_the_first_100_days/ Something is clearly wrong with the priorities of immigration enforcement. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT David Bacon, TruthOut.org -ba0cda5dd050c5a5792e9890e954856f http://www.alternet.org/story/97279/the_politics_driving_mississippi%27s_ice_raid/ A major raid in Mississippi had a political agenda -- to undermine a growing coalition threatening the state's conservative establishment. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:00:01 PDT David Bacon, New America Media -bdbf3bd1f43581ce008144fba8a41436 http://www.alternet.org/story/92639/immigration_and_the_right_to_stay_home/ Much of today's immigration from Mexico begins with heavily-subsidized U.S. corn. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:00:01 PDT David Bacon, deleted -c50303ff5222bce50ce719f09bfcef1e http://www.alternet.org/story/45554/meatpacking_laborers_victimized/ Undocumented immigrants were recently arrested for securing jobs at meatpacking plants by using Social Security numbers that didn't belong to them. Their crime: paying for someone else's retirement. Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:00:01 PST David Bacon, The American Prospect -099ba65d1143542d90b8c40c0df683bd http://www.alternet.org/story/23443/baja%3A_the_free-trade_state/ On the Mexican border, old post-revolutionary legal rights are just so much ink on paper, and even the decisions of federal judges to enforce the law are simply ignored. Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:00:01 PDT David Bacon, NACLA -f92f63172a3f74ff5261c053eb025d5e http://www.alternet.org/story/22230/what%26atilde%3B%26cent%3B%26acirc%3B%26sbquo%3B%26not%3B%26acirc%3B%26bdquo%3B%26cent%3Bs_really_behind_the_%26atilde%3B%26cent%3B%26acirc%3B%26sbquo%3B%26not%3B%26euml%3B%26oelig%3Bstudent_bill_of_rights%26atilde%3B%26cent%3B%26acirc%3B%26sbquo%3B%26not%3B%26acirc%3B%26bdquo%3B%26cent%3B/ Young conservatives are trying to revive McCarthy-era witch-hunts on campuses. Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:00:01 PDT David Bacon, Pacific News Service -895df6a24c45297cb239065bcafa1fa4 http://www.alternet.org/story/21886/iraqi_labor_leader%3A_we_will_defend_our_oil/ An Iraqi union leader may be the biggest obstacle blocking U.S. efforts to privatize oil and other industries in Iraq. Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:00:01 PDT David Bacon, Pacific News Service -009b43fb969ff1c89f0a919d33b70ecf http://www.alternet.org/story/19400/a_union_of_labor/ Iraqi workers are fighting for their rights, which have been severely undermined by the policies of the coalition authority. Their biggest supporter: American labor unions. Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:00:01 PDT David Bacon, Foreign Policy in Focus -6b72ae1b07bcd7ac94b68f62d7cf4d8b http://www.alternet.org/story/17364/u.s._arrests_iraqi_union_leaders/ There's another kind of battle being waged in Iraq -- the fight for worker's rights. Many Iraqi union organizers are finding that the U.S. authority isn't much kinder to them than was Saddam. Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:00:00 PST David Bacon, Pacific News Service -2fdddc426480d46ce18affae5e455c82 http://www.alternet.org/story/15606/books%2C_not_bombs%3A_students_protest_a_war_on_education/ The link between war in Iraq and education at home is growing more apparent, especially in California. Protest against the war among young college-bound students is growing as resources for education at home shrink. Wed, 09 Apr 2003 00:00:00 PDT David Bacon, Pacific News Service -6863f2f626660f54ec03d557f9b79bd6 http://www.alternet.org/story/39/school_testing%3A_good_for_textbook_publishers%2C_bad_for_students/ Standards and testing are this year's buzzwords when it comes to education. But a major player in this game is rarely mentioned -- the cabal of three huge companies that dominate the test publishing industry. Sat, 01 Apr 2000 00:00:00 PST David Bacon, Pacific News Service -d67d8ab4f4c10bf22aa353e27879133c