{"id":29831,"date":"2023-09-01T16:10:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T23:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colef.mx\/elmuro\/?p=29831"},"modified":"2023-09-01T16:10:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T23:10:41","slug":"waiting-for-refuge-in-mexico-city-photoessay-by-david-bacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colef.mx\/elmuro\/waiting-for-refuge-in-mexico-city-photoessay-by-david-bacon\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting for refuge in Mexico City – Photoessay, by David Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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WAITING FOR REFUGE IN MEXICO CITY – Mexico City Streets
by David Bacon
On the Line – The Progressive – August 24, 2023
https:\/\/progressive.org\/magazine\/waiting-for-refuge-in-mexico-city-bacon-20230824\/<\/a>
https:\/\/davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com\/2023\/08\/waiting-for-refuge-in-mexico-city.html<\/a>
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A Haitian refugee shows her frustration at not being able to reach her destination.

With all the attention on the detention centers on the border, U.S. media rarely if ever acknowledges that camps of migrants and displaced people exist all over Mexico.\u00a0 In documenting the impact of U.S. border policy on Mexico, I took these photographs in a settlement of Haitian migrants, who had been living for a month in Giordano Bruno Plaza in Colonia Juarez, in downtown Mexico City. \u00a0

Over a hundred families were heading for the border after a long journey from Haiti when they realized that they would not be able to cross, or that if they tried and were unsuccessful in getting asylum (since hardly any Haitians do) they would be deported back to Haiti.\u00a0 In May alone over 4000 Haitians were put on the deportation planes by the U.S. government.

The Mexican government and the government of the city provide some minimal services to the Haitians, who were debating whether they should stay in Mexico.\u00a0 There is a process, albeit cumbersome, in which they can apply for permission to stay and work. \u00a0

Next to the Haitian encampment is a planton, or occupy-style protest camp, set up by Otomi indigenous people and the association \u00abUnited for Farmer and Indigenous Rights.\u00bb\u00a0 Some years before they had occupied an abandoned building and then were expelled.\u00a0 Refusing to leave they began living on the sidewalk outside, demanding decent housing and protesting gentrification.\u00a0 Their long-established camp provided the Haitians a place to wash.

The neighborhood authorities who maintain the plaza have painted on a wall behind the migrant tents, \u00abAmor es el vinculo de vinculos\u00bb or \u00abLove is the bond of all bonds.\u00bb\u00a0 It is an ironic statement, given the world’s (and especially the US’) hostility to migrants, but it is also a statement that the people of this neighborhood have given them the use of their neighborhood park as a place to rest. \u00a0

The statement itself comes from Giordano Bruno, a revolutionary monk of the early Renaissance, burned at the stake in Rome’s Piazza de Fiori in 1600 for asserting that the earth was not the center of the universe.\u00a0 He is considered a hero of scientific and free thought.\u00a0 Bruno spent most of his life as a migrant and refugee, much like the Haitians, fleeing the Inquisition, before he was finally captured.\u00a0 Bruno’s statement of his mystical vision refers to the chapter in the Bible, Colossians 3:14:\u00a0 \u00abAnd above all these things, clothe yourselves with love, which is the bond of unity.\u00bb

Returning a few weeks later, I found most of the Haitians had left.\u00a0 According to Josias Termot, they’d gone to the border, and some had been able to cross.\u00a0 Others were now living in the Casa del Migrante, a refugee shelter managed by the Cuauhtemoc local government a few blocks away.\u00a0 Many were without work, however, and during the day returned to the plaza to hang out with a new group of migrants from Venezuela, who’d just arrived. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gina washes clothes in a bucket.<\/em>
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Berlande cooks for her family.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Neika is just trying to live as normal a life as she can on the road.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fabienne cooks for her family.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Families in the camp’s tents cook their food for lunch<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u00abAmor es el vinculo de los vinculos\u00bb<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Josias Termot is a leader of the camp community..<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Katia cooks for her family.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Katia cooks for her family<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Peeling garlic<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sleeping on the sidewalk
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Next to the camp of the Haitians is a protest planton of Otomi indigenous people, who offer washing and other services to the Haitians.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Two Haitian men ask to use the bathroom in the planton of Otomi<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Daniel Alejandro Medina says he is from Westminster and wants to go back.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Michelle Medina nurses her baby Salome Comenal, and Milagros Tovar holds a Venezuelan flag, while a group of Haitian men look on.<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The doorway of a church provides refuge<\/em> .<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PHOTO EXHIBITIONS \/ EXPOSICIONES DE FOTOS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

MAS QUE UN MURO \/ MORE THAN A WALL<\/strong>
Photographs by David Bacon \/ Fotografias por David Bacon\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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International Meeting on Human Mobility 2023
Encuentro internacional sobre movilidad humana 2023
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Museo Nacional de las Culturas del Mundo<\/strong>
Palacio Nacional
Moneda 13, Centro Hist\u00f3rico
Centro, Cuauht\u00e9moc
06000 Ciudad de M\u00e9xico
CDMX, Mexico

Through October, 2023 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

ESSENTIAL<\/strong>
Exploring the daily reality of Latinx agricultural workers through visual art and poetry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wesaam Al-Badry, Abiam Alvarez, David Bacon, Hannah Baldrige, caleb duarte, Juan R. Fuentes, Ricardo Ruiz, Christie Tirado, Arleene Correa Valencia, and historic works from the collection of SFSU’s Labor Archives and Research Center
Guest curated by Brianna Montserrat Miranda

Fine Arts Gallery<\/strong>
Fine Arts Building Room 238,
San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue,\u00a0San Francisco, CA 94132

August 12 to September 2, 2023
Opening reception: Saturday, August 12, 1 \u2013 3 pm
Gallery talk Wednesday, August 30, 4 pm – Fine Arts Gallery <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

IN THE FIELDS OF THE NORTH\/EN LOS CAMPOS DEL NORTE<\/strong>
Photographs by David Bacon\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Global Museum<\/strong>
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA\u00a0

October 8 – December 3, 2023 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WHEN WE SPOKE OUT AGAINST WAR<\/strong>
Unearthing the history of protest against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Photographs \u00a9 by David Bacon
https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/56646659@N05\/52759801492\/in\/album-72177720306862427\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BOOKS – LIBROS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

MORE THAN A WALL \/ MAS QUE UN MURO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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

Price:\u00a0 $35 plus postage and handling
To order, click here: \u00a0
https:\/\/david-bacon-
photography.square.site\/
product\/more-than-a-wall-mas-
que-un-muro\/1?cp=true&sa=true&sbp=false&q=false<\/a>

\u00abThe \u00abborder\u00bb is just a line. It’s the people who matter.\u00bb – JoAnn Intili, director, The Werner-Kohnstamm Family Fund <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

IN THE FIELDS OF THE NORTH \/ EN LOS CAMPOS DEL NORTE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photographs and text by David Bacon
University of California Press \/ Colegio de la Frontera Norte
302 photographs, 450pp, 9\u201dx9\u201d
paperback, $34.95 (in the U.S.)

order the book on the UC Press website:
ucpress.edu\/9780520296077<\/a>
use source code\u00a0 16M4197\u00a0 at checkout,\u00a0<\/strong>receive a 30% discount

En Mexico se puede pedir el libro en el sitio de COLEF:
https:\/\/www.colef.mx<\/a>

Los Angeles Times reviews In the Fields of the North \/ En los Campos del Norte – click\u00a0here<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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WORK AND SOCIAL JUSTICE:<\/strong>
The David Bacon Archive exhibition at Stanford Libraries
https:\/\/exhibits.stanford.edu\/bacon\/browse<\/a>

Exhibited throughout the pandemic in the Cecil H. Green Library at Stanford. The online exhibition (https:\/\/exhibits.stanford.edu\/bacon<\/a>), which includes additional content not included in the physical show, is accessible to everyone, and is part of an accessible digital spotlight collection that includes significant images from this body of work. For a catalog: (https:\/\/web.stanford.edu\/
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Online Interviews and Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Red Lens Episode 6: David Bacon on US-Mexico border photography<\/strong>
Brad Segal: On episode 6 of Red Lens, I talk with David Bacon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Bacon is a California-based writer and documentary photographer. A former union organizer, today he documents labor, the global economy, war and migration, and the struggle for human rights.  We talk about David’s new book, ‘More than a Wall \/ Mas que un muro’ which includes 30 years of his photography and oral histories from communities & struggles in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/71834023?fbclid=IwAR0BRhHYbrYU3BoeoAMFKU_zdHs5Xirmmt1LzQtfwf1yD8p9EYLXKhzzbDE<\/a>Letters and Politics – Three Decades of Photographing The Border & Border Communities<\/strong>
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nvs6SyXsM-4<\/a>
Host Mitch Jeserich interviews David Bacon, a photojournalist, author, broadcaster and former labor organizer. He has reported on immigrant and labor issues for decades. His latest book, More Than A Wall, is a collection of his photographs of the border and border communities spanning three decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exploitation or Dignity – What Future for Farmworkers<\/strong>
UCLA Latin American Institute
Based on a new report by the Oakland Institute, journalist and photographer David Bacon documents the systematic abuse of workers in the H-2A program and its impact on the resident farmworker communities, confronted with a race to the bottom in wages and working conditions.
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UXKa2lHJXMs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Bacon on union solidarity with Iraqi oil worker unions<\/strong>
Free City Radio – CKUT 27\/10\/2021 –
https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/freecityradio\/oct-27-2021-ckut-27102021-david-bacon-on-union-solidarity-with-iraqi-oil-worker-unions<\/a>

Organizing during COVID, the intrinsic value of the people who grow our food<\/strong>
Sylvia Richardson – Latin Waves Media
How community and union organizers came together to get rights for farm workers during COVID, and how surviving COVID has literally been an act of resistance.
https:\/\/latinwavesmedia.com\/wordpress\/organizing-during-covid-the-intrinsic-value-of-the-people-who-grow-our-food\/<\/a>

Report Details Slavery-Like Conditions For Immigrant Guest Workers<\/strong>
Rising Up With Sonali Kohatkar
https:\/\/www.oaklandinstitute.org\/report-details-slavery-conditions-immigrant-guest-workers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Right to Remain<\/strong>
http:\/\/www.franknews.us\/interviews\/415\/the-right-to-remain<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beware of Pity<\/strong>
http:\/\/www.franknews.us\/interviews\/525\/beware-of-pity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

En Espa\u00f1ol

Ruben Luengas – #EnContacto<\/strong>
Hablamos con David Bacon de los migrantes y la situaci\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico frente a los Estados Unidos por ser el principal pa\u00eds de llegada a la frontera de ese pa\u00eds.
https:\/\/rubenluengas.com\/2021\/03\/video-mexico-estados-unidos-migracion-y-suenos-rotos-encontacto\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jornaleros agr\u00edcolas en EEUU en condiciones m\u00e1s graves por Covid-19: David Bacon<\/strong>
SomosMas99 con Agustin Galo Samario
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YWQSvM9s1lw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00abLos fot\u00f3grafos tomamos partido\u00bb<\/strong>
Entrevista por Melina Balc\u00e1zar Moreno – Milenio.com Laberinto
http:\/\/www.milenio.com\/cultura\/laberinto\/david_baconm-fotografia-melina_balcazar-laberinto-milenio_0_959904035.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Bacon comparte su mirada del trabajo agr\u00edcola de migrantes mexicanos en el Museo Archivo de la Fotografia<\/strong>
http:\/\/www.cultura.cdmx.gob.mx\/comunicacion\/nota\/0038-18<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online Photography Exhibitions<\/strong>

Documentary Matters –  View from the US <\/strong>
Social Documentary Network
Four SDN photographers explore themes of racial justice, migration, and #MeToo
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fWl-uENA7SQ&t=1641s<\/a>

There’s More Work to be Done<\/strong>
Housing Assistance Council and National Endowment for the Arts
This exhibition documents the work and impact of the struggle for equitable and affordable housing in rural America, inspired by the work of George \u201cElfie\u201d Ballis.
https:\/\/www.thereismoreworktobedone.com\/david-bacon<\/a>

Dark Eyes<\/strong>
A beautiful song by Lila Downs honoring essential workers, accompanied by photographs
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bdC2gE3SNWw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A video about the Social Justice Photography of David Bacon:
https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/14TvAj5nS08ENzWhw3Oxra4LMNKJCLF4z\/view<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the FIelds of the North<\/strong>
Online Exhibit
Los Altos History Museum
https:\/\/www.losaltoshistory.org\/exhibits\/in-the-fields-of-the-north\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Tour – In the Fields of the North<\/strong>
History Museum of Tijuana
Recorrido Virtual de la Exposicion – En los campos del norte<\/strong>
Museo de Historia de Tijuana
https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/542258639265202\/videos\/659536991515786<\/a>
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THE REALITY CHECK – David Bacon blog<\/strong>
http:\/\/davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other Books by David Bacon – Otros Libros<\/strong>

The Right to Stay Home:  How US Policy Drives Mexican Migration  (Beacon Press, 2013)
http:\/\/www.beacon.org\/productdetails.cfm?PC=2328<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Illegal People — How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants  (Beacon Press, 2008)
Recipient: C.L.R. James Award, best book of 2007-2008
http:\/\/www.beacon.org\/Illegal-People-P780.aspx<\/a>

Communities Without Borders (Cornell University\/ILR Press, 2006)
https:\/\/www.cornellpress.cornell.edu\/book\/9780801473074\/communities-without-borders\/#bookTabs=1<\/a>

The Children of NAFTA, Labor Wars on the U.S.\/Mexico Border (University of California, 2004)
https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book\/9780520244726\/the-children-of-nafta<\/a>

En Espa\u00f1ol:  

EL DERECHO A QUEDARSE EN CASA  (Critica – Planeta de Libros)
http:\/\/www.planetadelibros.com.mx\/el-derecho-a-quedarse-en-casa-libro-205607.html<\/a>

HIJOS DE LIBRE COMERCIA (El Viejo Topo)
http:\/\/www.tienda.elviejotopo.com\/prestashop\/capitalismo\/1080-hijos-del-libre-comercio-deslocalizaciones-y-precariedad-9788496356368.html<\/a>

For more articles and images, see  http:\/\/dbacon.igc.org <\/a>and http:\/\/davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com<\/a>
and https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/56646659@N05\/albums<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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