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Stories and Photographs by David Bacon

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...
Friday, December 26, 2025

A MOVEMENT-BUILDING STRATEGY FOR ALL WORKERS

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A MOVEMENT-BUILDING STRATEGY FOR ALL WORKERS By David Bacon and Peter Olney The Nation, 12/26/25 https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

photos from the edge 25 - THE VERSATRONEX STRIKE

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photos from the edge 25 - THE VERSATRONEX STRIKE The first strike by production workers in a Silicon Valley factory, 1992-3 Photographs by D...
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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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