David Bacon
LATEST ARTICLES BY David Bacon
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World
Striking Los Mineros leader describes horrifying conditions
May 18, 2012Our town is where the Mexican Revolution began in 1906, at a time when miners there were virtually enslaved.
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Labor
Appalling conditions exposed at farmworker camps
April 16, 2012It's hard to make ends meet for many trailer residents.
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Labor
Seattle port strike challenges “independent contractor” lie
February 22, 2012Truck drivers in the Puget Sound shut down ports for two weeks - and begin to shift the balance of power.
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U.S.
Domestic workers and their children march for rights
January 27, 2012One Filipina caregiver from the East Bay explained that she sleeps in the same bed as her client: "What I'd like would be a bed where I could sleep by myself," she said.
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U.S.
Tenants get together and fight slumlord
December 13, 2011Doyle Gardens sounds like it might be a pleasant apartment complex, where residents stroll down walkways between flowerbeds surrounded by greenery. Its name is a lie.
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U.S.
Occupy California students fight cuts and fee hikes
November 14, 2011Students at the University of California walk out of classes to protest budget cuts and rising tuition, and to support the New York City demonstration, Occupy Wall Street.
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U.S.
Border communities are ground zero for hunger
April 18, 2011For the people who live in boder towns, some with roots going back for generations, these tiny communities are home to growing hunger and poverty.
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U.S.
Students, faculty occupy building to protest cuts
April 14, 2011Students and faculty at California State University in East Bay marched to administration offices, then occupied the building in protest.
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