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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryAfrican Americans and Immigrant Workers Miah, Malik Article 2018 Malik discusses job competition and tensions between Afrcian Americans and Hispanic workers, more specifically between African Amercians and undocumented workers. He illustrates this through the examp... Alice in Migraland The School of Authentic Journalism Film/Video 2013 The story of how undocumented students organized creatively and strategically and got the Federal Government to grant them legal status. American Dreams: Lost and Found Terkel, Studs Book 1981 Interviews with 100 Americans who relate their dreams, disappointments, aspirations and experiences. Black Immigrants, 'Model' Minority? Plus: Don Imus Dickerson, Debra Article 2008 'Black' is a label which obscures more than it illuminates. Building a Solidarity City Article 2013 A Solidarity City is the creation of a community that rejects a system that engenders poverty and anguish, not solely for immigrants and refugees, but also for other Montrealers confronting these same... California Greens Advance: The Camejo and Chretien Campaigns: Against The Current vol. 124 Rubin, Mike Article 2006 In California the Green Party is changing both in its social composition and in its political diversity. The party's support for immigrants' rights, especially around the issue of state driver's licen... Canadian Information Sharing Service: Pilot Copy, February 1976 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1976 The first issue of the Canadian Information Sharing Service publication. The name of the publication was later changed to Connexions and then to Connexions Digest. Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 4 - November 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 3, Number 2 - April 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 3, Number 3 - June 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Challenging Kim Moody: Against The Current vol. 130 Friedman, Michael Article 2007 Two reports challenge Kim Moody’s assertion (“Immigrant Workers in the United States,”Part 1, ATC 127) that “[t]he claim is raised by some that the rapid growth of immigrant Latinos in the workforce h... Connexions: Volume 3, Number 6 - December 1978 - Unemployment/Chomage Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Connexions: Volume 4, Number 1 - February 1979 - National Security/Securite Nationale Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Connexions: Volume 4, Number 4 - September 1979 - Food/La Nourriture Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Connexions: Volume 6, Number 4 - November 1981 - Unorganized Workers/Travailleurs Non-Organises Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions: Volume 8, Number 3-4 - Winter 1983/84 - Native Issues - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1987 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 2 - Winter 1988 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1988 Connexions Digest: Issue 51 - May 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 52 - August 1990 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1990 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 Connexions Library: Race, Racism, Ethnicity, Multiculturalism Focus  Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on race, racism, ethnicity, multiculturalism, identity. Death in the Desert: Migrants Risk Everything to Cross the Border Sprague, Jeb Article 2010 This is a NAFTA border. Money moves freely, people with money do too, but the poor are pushed into a dangerous cycle of crossing the desert. The Economy of Cities Jacobs, Jane Book 1970 Ideas about what makes cities rich or poor, how cities grow, and how city growth affects national economies. For Bread and Hope Moynihan, Keven (Audio-Visual Studios - Producer) Slide Show 1976 15 min. slide-tape looking critically at migration and regional under-development in Canada. The foreign victims of criminal injustice Tatchell, Peter Article How non-UK offenders are often denied truth, fairness and justice. A Gran Marcha and Beyond: Against The Current vol. 122 The Editors Article 2006 March, 2006 marked an eruption that hit the streets, showed its strength, and took everyone including its participants by surprise. Millions marched all over the country: 300,000 in Chicago, 50,000 i... How Private Prisons Profit From the Criminalization of Immigrants: Lobbying for Lock-Up Carlsen, Laura Article 2012 How a nation uses its power to deny a person’s freedom has always been a critical measure of authoritarian rule. Massive incarceration based on race, ethnic origin or nationality, political beliefs, c... "Illegals" of the World Unite?: Against The Current vol. 141 Murray, Star; Williams, Charles Article 2009 An interview with David Bacon. Immigrant Students and Workers Take to the Streets: Outpouring in Chicago: Against The Current vol. 122 Feinberg, Joseph Grim Article 2006 In late February, word began to spread around Chicago about a protest against HR 4437, a bill passed by the House of Representatives to criminalize undocumented immigration, as well as aid given to un... Immigrant Women in the Land of Dollars: Life and Culture on the Lower East Side, 1890- 1925 Ewen, Elizabeth Book Tells the story of the Jewish and Italian women who came to inhabit New York's Lower East Side during this period of massive migration. Immigrant Workers in the United States (Part 1): Against The Current vol. 127 Moody, Kim Article 2007 The rise of mass immigration in much of the developed world began its acceleration with the global economic crisis of the 1970s. A deepening crisis of profitability; the collapse of the Bretton Woods ... Immigrant Youth Victory!: Against The Current vol. 159 The Editors Article 2012 President Obama’s directive removing the threat of deportation from hundreds of thousands of young people is a tribute to the heroism of those who have come out as “Undocumented and Unafraid.” It’s st... Immigration Article 1977 A report on the current state of immigration policy in Canada and the possible ramifications of Bill C-24. An Interview with Patricia Campbell: Against The Current vol. 123 Finkel, David Article 2006 Patricia Campbell is President of the Irish Independent Workers Union (IWU), an independent trade union and social movement in both the north and south of Ireland. She is a deputy editor of the journa... Israeli Rabbis Ban Marriage For Jewish 'Untouchables' Cook, Jonathan Article 2009 New immigrants to Israel from Russia with inadequate documentation have found themselves on a collision course with Israel's Orthodox rabbis, who regard themselves as guarding the Jewish people's ethn... Keep Out: The case for open borders: New Internationalist October 2002 - #350 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2002 A look at refugees and the challenges they face. Discussion of how the refugee experience differs in different parts of the world. A Letter from North America – Our Migrant Crisis Tate, Ernest Article 2017 This is the third of Ernie Tate’s letters to Left Unity detailing and analysing the struggles against Trump as they emerge on the other side of the pond. Liberal Dreams and Nature's Limits: Great Cities of North America Since 1600 Lemon, James T. Book 1996 An exploration of city life through time, focusing on the life [economically, socially, politically, etc.] of five large North American cities at various times in the past - Philadelphia during the ti... Living "Illegal": The Human Face of Unauthorized Immigration Marquart, Marie Friedmann; Steigenga; Williams;, Philip J.; Vasquez, Manuel A. Book 2011 Migration: Changing the World Arnold, Guy Book 2011 The author discusses the increasing trend of migration in the modern world, its causes and effects, and peoples and governments responses. Monopoly Capital: An essay on American economic and social order Baran, Paul A.; Sweezy, Paul M. Book 1966 An analysis of American capitalism. Organizing Unions Cornish, Mary; Spink, Lynn Book 1994 How to form or build a union. Shows how to strength organizing drives by responding to the concerns of all workers, including women, immigrant workers, people of colour, workers with disabilities, leb... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 2, 2016: Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, and Contempt for Democracy Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Article 2016 Brexit, the British vote to leave the European Union, has thrown the political elites into turmoil and confusion. The referendum was supposed to be a safe political manoeuvre, a way to produce an appe... Pamplona's locksmiths join revolt as banks throw families from their homes Muñoz, Monica; Tremlett, Giles Article 2013 In the years of the housing boom, Spain's banks offered 100% mortgages. Now, while receiving millions in public aid, they are throwing people out of their homes. But there's a rebellion under way. Political Correctness: Handle with Care Street, Paul Article 2016 Racial, gender, and ethnic diversity matters, of course, but political correctness (PC) tied to bourgeois identity politics can be deadly to left thinkers and activists and to the causes of peace and ... Position Paper: Committee Against the Deportation of Immigrant Women Hall, Sherona Article 1977 This Position Paper was prepared by the Committee Against the Deportation of Immigrant Women (C.A.D.I.W.) in response to the growing discrimination and harassment faced by immigrant women. A Primer on Immigrant Rights Vargas, Zaragosa Article 2011 The struggle for immigrant rights is one of the most important struggles of our time, and it occurs under a working-class banner. Raising the Workers' Flag: The Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936 Endicott, Stephen L. Book 2012 A history of the Workers' Unity League, the Canadian affiliate of the Communist Red International of Labour Unions. Rank and File: Personal Histories of Working Class Organizers Lynd, Alice; Lynd, Staughton (eds.) Book 1973 A collection of stories and recollections from labour movement organizers. A Seventh Man: A book of images and work about the experience of migrant workers in Europe Berger, John Book 1975 Images, poetry, quotes and short written pieces that portray the experiences of male migrant workers in Europe. A Shared Experience: Bridging Cultures, Resources For Cross-Cultural Training Article 1983 A manual about immigrants and their adjustments to a new environment, addressed primarily to community workers who respond to the needs of immigrants. Shooting to Kill Immigrants on the Mexican Border : A Border Agent Fired First at Immigrant Smugglers? Lindorff, Dave Article 2012 Sometimes it takes a small tragedy to call attention to expose a much bigger one.
The small tragedy happened when Nicholas Ivie, a US Border Patrol agent, was shot dead on a dark night in rough terra... The Social Organization of Family Violence: An Ethnography of Immigrant Experience in Vancouver Article 1978 This study examines the social organization of wife battering among immigrant families in Vancouver. The focus is immigrant women's experience of being battered, and how this experience is located wit... The Strategy and Organizing Behind the Successful DREAM Act Movement Gonzalez, Paulina Article 2012 Undocumented youth have shown that ordinary people build extraordinary people power, even in the United States.
Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights Gordon, Jennifer Book 2007 Jennifer Gordon discusses her years spent working with the organization she founded, the Long Island-based Workplace Project. A Troublemaker's Handbook: How to Fight Back Where You Work -- And Win! La Botz, Dan Book 1991 An organizing manual for workers dealing with both major issues and everyday problems in the workplace. A Troublemaker's Handbook 2 Slaughter, Jane (ed.) Book A manual for workers who want to take control over their lives at work. In hundreds of first-person accounts, workers tell in their own words how they organized and struggled to do that. Twice Removed: Double Punishment and Racial Profiling in Canada Boctor, Lillian Film/Video 2013 Immigrants who commit criminal offences are punished twice: once when they're sentenced for their crime, and again when they are permanently removed from Canada, even if they had lived here since chil... Uncertainty shapes immigrant life in the United States Chávez, Armando Article 2017 Immigrants in the United States without legal residency or who were admitted on a temporary basis feel that their lives have become much more complicated in 2017 because of the current Republican admi... Wadim Rau, Carsten; Wendler, Hauke Film/Video 2012 The story of Latvians who sought asylum in Germany, their lives there, and the consequences when harsh immigration policies suddenly tear them apart in this critique of laws written and applied withou... What's Left of Queer?: Immigration, Sexuality, and Affect in a Neoliberal World Nair, Yasmin Article 2012 We need to refuse the narratives of abjection that are routinely forced upon us. They only render us immobile creatures, begging for help. We are all neoliberals now. We're all selling our bodies, our... When Human Beings Are Illegal: Against The Current vol. 136 Rachleff, Peter Article 2008 Once the government assumes the task of separating citizens from "impossible subjects," historian Mae Ngai points out, "the border" is everywhere, not just between countries. Thus, the border has come... Why I Represent the New Orleans Immigrant Workers Who Committed Civil Disobedience: An Honor to Defend Them Quigley, Bill Article 2013 In the thirty six-years I have been a lawyer, I have seen many people take brave moral actions. I have represented hundreds in Louisiana and across our country who have been arrested for protesting f... The Writings of David Roediger Horowitz, Roger Article 1997 Roediger criticizes Marxists for too often reducing racial discrimination to conflicts over resources, such as jobs or housing, that are manipulated by a society's upper classes in order to divert att... Sources LibraryExtremism goes mainstream Across Europe far-right parties are gaining power by forming coalitions while liberals have failed to find a coherent response Traynor, Ian 2010 Right wing extremist parties that attempt to stir up racial and ethnic prejudices have been gaining support during the recession in Europe. In Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy liberals already form ... Made in America An Informal History of the English Language in the United States Bryson, Bill 1994 A history of American English. Media and Minorities Representing Diversity in a Multicultral Canada Fleras, Augie; Kuhz, Jean Lock 2001 An examination of the politics of media minority relations in a multicultural Canada. Secretive contract reveals Ontario and Border Services jointly responsible for detention injustice Sources News Release 2015 The End Immigration Detention Network is releasing a secretive contract between the Ontario and Federal government which shows joint responsibility for immigration detention violations. Ontario has de... |
