MAY DAY IN MT. VERNON
Photographs by David Bacon
https://davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2023/05/may-day-in-mt-vernon.html
In Mt. Vernon, Washington, hundreds of farmworkers and supporters marched in celebration of May Day in the annual Marcha Campesina. It was the height of the tulip season in the Skagit valley, and marchers carried signs reminding growers of the strike a year ago that forced them to recognize workers’ committees for the first time. As many signs declared, «Sin trabajadores no hay tulipanes» or «Without workers there are no tulips.» Roofing workers facing union busters in their strike for an independent union gathered support. And marchers brought their children in a celebration of their future. The march was organized by Community 2 Community Development and Familias Unidas por la Justicia.
WHEN WE SPOKE OUT AGAINST WAR –
Unearthing the history of protest against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Photographs © by David Bacon
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MORE THAN A WALL / MAS QUE UN MURO
More Than a Wall / Mas que Un Muro explores the many aspects of the border region through photographs taken by David Bacon over a period of 30 years. These photographs trace the changes in the border wall itself, and the social movements in border communities, factories and fields. This bilingual book provides a reality check, to allow us to see the border region as its people, with their own history of movements for rights and equality, and develop an alternative vision in which the border can be a region where people can live and work in solidarity with each other. – Gaspar Rivera-Salgado
David Bacon has given us, through his beautiful portraits, the plight of the American migrant worker, and the fierce spirit of those who provide and bring to us comfort and sustenance. — Lila Downs
Published by El Colegio de la Frontera Norte with support from the UCLA Institute for Labor Research and Education and the Center for Mexican Studies, the Werner Kohlstamm Family Fund, and the Green Library at Stanford University
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«The «border» is just a line. It’s the people who matter.» – JoAnn Intili, director, The Werner-Kohnstamm Family Fund