David Bacon
LATEST ARTICLES BY David Bacon
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Politics
Veteran People’s World journalist Ringo Hallinan knew whose side he was on
June 27, 2024“The point isn't to be objective and neutral, but to be fair and accurate. Neutrality destroys independent reporting.”
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Labor
The second demolition of Oakland’s Wood Street
February 20, 2024One resident of the Oakland, California homeless encampment said he felt safe there from the violence that often affects people sleeping on sidewalks.
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Labor
Farm Workforce Modernization Act’s failure reveals division in immigrant rights movement
January 11, 2023The United Farm Workers saw it as a way to win legal immigration status for undocumented field laborers.
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Labor
Ill harvest: In rural California, farmworkers fend for themselves for health care
December 9, 2022Where government and health care institutions are absent, some communities turn to grassroots action.
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U.S.
Oakland’s unhoused targeted for eviction, but where will they go?
August 18, 2022Cob on Wood, the Bay Area’s oldest and largest encampment, is being forcibly cleared.
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Politics
Revival of Bracero Program is the wrong path to take
July 7, 2022Workers are not dispensable items to throw away when they are used up.
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Labor
Trouble in the tulips
April 1, 2022The fields of flowers are so beautiful they can take your breath away, but the conditions under which they're cultivated and harvested can be just as bad as they are for any other crop. "This year...
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Labor
In 114-degree heat farmworkers are still at work
August 4, 2021
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