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

Politics

A detention center vigil that defies La Migra
March 6, 2018 By David Bacon
"We can't just watch the immigration policy of this country play itself out and do nothing, while ICE and the Border Patrol hunt people down and tear their families apart."
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Labor

How unions help immigrants resist deportations
February 14, 2018 By David Bacon
Unite Here has played a leading role in the defense of immigrant rights in California and throughout the country.
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Opinion

Berlin honors anti-fascists; we should honor fighters for equality
January 29, 2018 By David Bacon
It's all about class and race, and who holds power when those monuments are erected. Berliners can see it, walking through their city every day.
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Environment

Fighting for breath by the dying Salton Sea
December 19, 2017 By David Bacon
The children of North Shore are the proverbial canaries in the coal mine, whose sudden illnesses warn of a greater disaster to come.
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Labor

California farm workers finally win 25-year-old Gerawan Farms case
December 8, 2017 By David Bacon

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Labor

The true conditions of farm workers today
December 6, 2017 By David Bacon
In the 1970s, California farm workers were among the highest-paid in the U.S. Today, they are trapped in jobs that pay little and have no year-around work.
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U.S.

NAFTA forced millions out of Mexico and into the U.S.
November 10, 2017 By David Bacon
The trade deal destroyed the lives of millions in both the U.S. and Mexico.
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U.S.

Mainstream media underplays resistance to racism and Trumpism
August 31, 2017 By David Bacon
One racist quoted for each counterprotestor ignored the fact that there were at most a few dozen of one, and many thousands of the other.
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