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David Bacon

photos from the edge 49 – ¡CUAUHTEMOC CARDENAS PRESENTE!

Cuauhtemoc Cardenas should have been remembered as one of the great presidents of Mexico, which he certainly would have been. He ran for president...

The Labor and History of Snow Peas

Specialty crops now require a greater labor force than ever. David Bacon, Oct. 7 https://davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2026/10/photos-from-edge-45-labor-history-of.html  Not long ago I pulled my car to the side of the...

A New System of Labor Threatens Farmworker Power

Farmworkers began harvesting watermelons as soon as there was enough light to see, in a field near Arvin, California, in the San Joaquin Valley....

Life After Mother

Life After Mother, Five to Ten Years

About the time I closed that life chapter, my mother had a stroke, which started a chain of events that led to her death two years later and, once again, I was the only close relative to shoulder the burdens that accompanied the end of her life.