The right to stay home : how US policy drives Mexican migration /
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| Author / Creator: | Bacon, David, 1948- |
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| Imprint: | Boston : Beacon Press, [2013] |
| Description: | xv, 309 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9343321 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. From Perote to Tar Heel
- Pushing People out of Veracruz
- Smithfield Goes to Mexico
- And Veracruz Migrants Come to the United States
- The Union Campaign in Tar Heel
- Demands for Change, on Both Sides of the Border
- A Union for Tobacco Workers
- Narrative 1. You Don't Need to Be a Doctor or Scientist to Smell the Stench: The Story of Fausto Limon
- Narrative 2. We're Here Because of the Economic Crisis: The Story of David Ceja and Guadalupe Marroquin
- 2. Cursed by Gold or Blessed by Corn
- Communities Resist Canadian Mining Companies
- Killings in San Jose del Progreso
- Oaxacans Debate Poverty and Migration
- A Government Committed to the Right to Not Migrate?
- Can the Triquis Go Home?
- Narrative 3. If We Don't Attack the Roots of Migration, It Will Continue to Grow: The Story of Rufino Dominguez
- Narrative 4. We Want to Talk about the Right to Stay Home: The Story of Aldo Gonzalez
- 3. The Right to a Union Means the Right to Stay Home
- Mexican Miners Resist Repression and Poverty
- Labor Law Reform a Boss Could Love
- Calderon Goes to War with the SME
- Migration and Cross-Border Labor Solidarity
- Narrative 5. We're Fighting for Our Right to Keep on Living in Cananea: The Story of Jacinto Martinez
- Narrative 6. No Matter What the Result, We Will Continue to Resist: The Story of Humberto Montes de Oca
- 4. Defending the Human Rights of Migrants
- Special Courtrooms for Immigrants
- Bush Ties Workplace Raids to Immigration Reform
- Myths and Realities of Enforcement
- Mississippi Resists Political Raids and Anti-Immigrant Bills
- Utah's Immigration Bills: A Blast from the Past
- Narrative 7. They Pay Us a Wage That Barely Allows Us to Make a Living: The Story of Lucrecia Camacho
- Narrative 8. We Made Them Millions of Dollars: The Story of Lupe Chavez
- 5. Fighting the Firings
- Mass Firings: The Obama Administration's Workplace Enforcement Policy
- The Firings Spread, along with Resistance
- Protest Tactics Cross the Border
- Marching Away from the Cold War
- Narrative 9. This Law Is Very Unjust: The Story of Teresa Mina
- Narrative 10. When We Speak You Hear a Roar: The Story of Keith Ludlum and Terry Slaughter
- 6. Human Beings or Just Workers?
- How Do You Say Justice in Mixteco?
- Something Less Than Citizens
- Enforcing Labor Rights for Border Crossers
- Canada's "Model" Guest Worker Program
- The Pitfalls of Regulating Guest Worker Programs
- Narrative 11. The Future Doesn't Exist for Us Here: The Story of Miguel Huerta
- 7. The Right to Not Migrate and Radical Reform
- Challenging the Washington, DC, Consensus
- The Right to Not Migrate Is a Social Movement
- Acknowledgments
- Sources
- Index
