by James Frickey / June 2006 issue Socialist Action For the past 20 years, the U.S. has sought in earnest to remove its southern border as a barrier to foreign trade and investment, while continuously reinforcing it as a barrier to the free movement of workers. Over the years, the Mexican peasantry has been uprooted, … Continue reading The Basic Contradiction of U.S. Immigration Policy →

by James Frickey / June 2006 issue Socialist Action Andrew Stern, president of the 1.7-million-member Service Employees International Union, once likened the leadership of a mass movement to the crew on a sailboat. What matters is the wind in the sails, he said, not the fight over who steers. The wind behind the movement for … Continue reading Congress Debates ‘Reform’ Bill on Immigrant Rights →

by Mark Ostapiak / June 2006 issue of Socialist Action Newspaper The May 1 demonstrations that rocked the nation with a political strike and economic boycott saw immigrant workers—largely Latino—bring back the true character of international workers day, begun by immigrants in the United States in 1886: relying on working-class mass action in the streets … Continue reading A Chicana Activist Speaks Out on Immigrant Rights →