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Friday, February 27, 2026

photographs from the edge 28 - BROCCOLINI HARVESTERS

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photographs from the edge 28 - BROCCOLINI HARVESTERS Photographs by David Bacon Driving on the frontage road beside Highway 101, just south ...
Thursday, February 19, 2026

BLOCKADES SHUT DOWN MEXICAN HIGHWAYS

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BLOCKADES SHUT DOWN MEXICAN HIGHWAYS Farmworkers send a message to Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum By David Bacon The Nation - 2-21...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

photos from the edge 27 - JESSE JACKSON, PRESENTE!

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photos from the edge 27 - JESSE JACKSON, PRESENTE! Photographs by David Bacon For a while it seemed like Jesse was everywhere.  In the last ...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

photos from the edge 26 - OAKLAND'S BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN

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photos from the edge 26 - OAKLAND'S BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN Honoring the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Photographs by David Bacon E...
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davidbacon
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. His latest book, In the Fields of the North / En los campos del norte (COLEF / UC Press, 2017) includes over 300 photographs and 12 oral histories of farm workers. Other books include The Right to Stay Home (Beacon Press, 2013).and Illegal People (Beacon Press, 2008), which discuss alternatives to forced migration and the criminalization of migrants. Communities Without Borders (Cornell/ILR Press, 2006) includes over 100 photographs and 50 narraatives about transnational migrant communities, and The Children of NAFTA (UC Press, 2004) is an account of worker resistance on the US/Mexico border in the wake of NAFTA.
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