Thursday, June 18, 2015
The 21st Century "Harvest of Shame": Thousands of Farm Workers Can't Make a Living by David Bacon
Photo courtesy of David Bacon The home of the family of Alberto Martinez and Rufina Perez, Triqui migrant farm workers, in a plywood shack in the fields outside Hollister, California.
After reading THOUSANDS OF FARM WORKERS CAN'T MAKE A LIVING by David Bacon New America Media, one has to wonder whether things have changed that much for farm labor in the United States since Edward Murrow's famous television documentary "Harvest of Shame" in 1960.
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KJ
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/immigration/2015/06/the-21st-century-harvest-of-shame-thousands-of-farm-workers-cant-make-a-livingd-bacon.html