David Bacon

David Bacon is a California writer and documentary photographer. A former union organizer, today he documents labor, the global economy, war and migration, and the struggle for human rights.

LATEST ARTICLES BY David Bacon

World

Why the B-52 failed
January 12, 2016 By David Bacon
I opened my copy of the New York Times to find an article titled, "After 60 Years, B-52's Still Dominate the U.S. Fleet."
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Opinion

The legacy of Spain and the Lincoln Brigade
December 7, 2015 By David Bacon
When I think about Spain, I think about the people who taught me to fight for a different world, for a vision of a just society, a socialist society.
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U.S.

The Panoche Hills: the strange sere bones of an ancient landscape
October 13, 2015 By David Bacon
A reflection on the dry landscape and living history of the Panoche Hills: It is austere, it is dry, it is dramatically beautiful.
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World

The people in the tents say yes
October 2, 2015 By David Bacon
"I will not leave - this park belongs to the people of Tijuana; we will defend it."
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Labor

California judge throws out anti-union election, points to grower money
September 29, 2015 By David Bacon
An administrative law judge threw out one of the dirtiest decertification elections in recent labor history.
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Labor

Radical roots of the great grape strike
September 21, 2015 By David Bacon
Fifty years ago, the great grape strike started in Delano, when Filipino pickers walked out of the fields on September 8, 1965.
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Labor

Indigenous migrants demand change in the fields
September 17, 2015 By David Bacon
"We are the ones who pay for the government of this state and country with the labor of our hands."
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World

In Mexico, a history of struggle drives a dance of resistance
September 8, 2015 By David Bacon
Change and catastrophe produced one of the world's most beautiful dances: The Dance of the Feather.
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