David Bacon

FRED HIRSCH: DOING THE WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE

Because Fred had been a “big C” Communist for most of his life, and a “little c” communist to its…

5 years ago

CANCEL THE RENT: A RISING NATIONAL RENT STRIKE MOVEMENT GAINS MOMENTUM

But with the pandemic, rent strikes have become a widespread response to brutal economic pressure. According to the Terner Center…

5 years ago

WILL THE SUPREME COURT OVERRULE FARMWORKER UNION RIGHTS?

An organizer talks at lunchtime with a D'Arrigo Brothers worker with a union button on her cap. Capital & Main, November 20,…

5 years ago

SAN QUENTIN VIGIL SAYS INCARCERATION HAS BECOME A DEATH SENTENCE – PHOTOGRAPHS

On May 30th the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation transferred 121 prisoners from the California Institution for Men prison…

5 years ago

Workers’ Strikes Are an Important Part of Today’s Movement

There have been over 800 strikes since the COVID-19 crisis began, according to Payday Report, with many especially since the…

5 years ago

Vigan’s Public Market: The Commons in the Hands of Farmers and the Poor

Walking through the public markets of the Philippines, I can see a way that people have been able to institutionalize…

5 years ago

Apple Shed Strikes Win Recognition, and the Fight Goes On

The shed strike wave was touched off by the impact of the coronavirus on the hundreds of people who labor…

5 years ago

Washington Farmworkers Become COVID-19 Guniea Pigs

The novel coronavirus continues to spread throughout Central Washington

5 years ago

COVID-RELATED STRIKES HIT WASHINGTON’S APPLE SHEDS

This week the COVID-related strike in Washington state's Yakima Valley quadrupled in size, as workers walked out at three more…

5 years ago

Mexican Border Workers Strike Against COVID, But the U.S. Keeps the Factories Open

At first, workers in the factories took action to shut them down, a move widely supported in border cities. But…

5 years ago