David Bacon
LATEST ARTICLES BY David Bacon
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U.S.
Beyond deportation: Fixing a broken system, filing a federal suit
January 29, 2016Ending detentions and mass deportations will require political courage and action from whoever is elected.
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Labor
Workers of San Quintin Valley: No longer willing to be invisible
January 22, 2016Thousands of workers - who pick strawberries and tomatoes for the US market - went on a two-week strike in protest over their poverty wages.
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World
Why the B-52 failed
January 12, 2016I 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, 2015When 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, 2015A 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"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, 2015An 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, 2015Fifty 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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