Unions and New Immigrants

Unions and New Immigrants

Most U.S. labor unions agree on what to do about the some 12 million undocumented immigrants now living in the
Breaking with the Past: A 40th Anniversary Conversation with Margarita López Maya

Breaking with the Past: A 40th Anniversary Conversation with Margarita López Maya

One of Venezuela’s most prominent left intellectuals, Margarita López Maya is a historian at the Center for Development Studies at
Immigrant Day Laborers: Myths and Realities

Immigrant Day Laborers: Myths and Realities

Since at least the 1990s, immigration has been an emotional, hot-button issue, with pundits, elected officials, and think tanks like
Teatro Trono: Youth Theater in Bolivia

Teatro Trono: Youth Theater in Bolivia

Teenage actors parade barefoot onstage, jumping and pounding drums. Others walk in with notebooks and briefcases overflowing with papers. Each
Detention Archipelago: Jailing Immigrants for Profit

Detention Archipelago: Jailing Immigrants for Profit

The child’s drawing says it best. Beneath a crayon sketch of a little girl standing next to a prison is
Introduction - Of Migrants and Minutemen: Inside the Immigration Battle

Introduction – Of Migrants and Minutemen: Inside the Immigration Battle

The last time NACLA devoted a report to immigration (“Welcome to America: The Immigration Backlash,” November/December 1995), we noted: “The
Sex, Lies, and the Left

Sex, Lies, and the Left

The Nicaraguan legislature’s rescinding of the country’s therapeutic abortion law last December, with the support of the Sandinista bench, underlines
The Take, A film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein

The Take, A film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein

THE TAKE A film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein, distributed by Celluloid dreams. DVD, 2004, 87 minutes, color. In
There's No Jose Here, by Gabriel Thompson

There’s No Jose Here, by Gabriel Thompson

THERE'S NO JOSE HERE: FOLLOWING THE HIDDEN LIVES OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS by Gabriel Thompson, 2007, Nation, 320 pages, $14.95 paperback.
To Live and Let Live in South Los Angeles

To Live and Let Live in South Los Angeles

“Day to day, we all get along,” says South Los Angeles community leader Arturo Ybarra, unintentionally alluding to Rodney King’s
Power Struggle: Chileans Face Off on Hydroelectric Dams

Power Struggle: Chileans Face Off on Hydroelectric Dams

A startlingly cold storm pushed its way across central Chile last February, blanketing the Andes in snow and reminding Santiago’s
The Anti-Immigration Movement: From Shovels to Suits

The Anti-Immigration Movement: From Shovels to Suits

As millions of immigrants and their supporters took to the streets last year, the anti-immigration movement mobilized its own forces.