The Reality Check

Stories and Photographs by David Bacon

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

THE HUMAN COST OF A STRAWBERRY WAGE

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THE HUMAN COST OF A STRAWBERRY WAGE By David Bacon Civil Eats, 4/24/24 Guillermina Diaz, a Mixtec immigrant from Oaxaca, picks strawberries....
Sunday, April 21, 2024

THE USE AND MISUSE OF A "CAN"

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THE USE AND MISUSE OF A "CAN" Photographs by David Bacon Shipping containers have deep meaning for the working people of the San F...
Friday, April 12, 2024

STRANGE SOUPS AND BRASS BANDS

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STRANGE SOUPS AND BRASS BANDS Photographs of Zacatecas by David Bacon A maze of constricted alleys spreads out at the bottom an old stone st...
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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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