No One Is Illegal: Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border
“A rare combination of an author, [Mike Davis is] Rachel Carson and Upton Sinclair all in one.”—Susan Faludi\ “[Davis’ writing is] perceptive and rigorous.”—David Montgomery, The Nation\ “[Davis’ work is] brilliant, provocative, and exhaustively researched.”—The Village Voice\ “[Davis’ work is] eloquent and passionate.”—Tariq Ali\ No One Is Illegal debunks the leading ideas behind the often violent right-wing backlash against immigrants.\ Countering the chorus of anti-immigrant voices, Mike...
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No One Is Illegal debunks the leading ideas behind the often-violent right-wing backlash against immigrants.
Pt. I"What is a vigilante man?" : white violence in California history1Pinkertons, Klansmen, and vigilantes152White savages213Yellow peril274"Swat a Jap"335The anti-Filipino riots396The IWW versus the KKK437In dubious battle538Thank the vigilantes599The zoot suit wars7110Beating the UFW7711The last vigilantes83Pt. IIMexico : caught in the web of U.S. empire12Conquest sets the stage9913Neoliberalism consumes the "Mexican miracle"10914From the Maquiladoras to NAFTA : profiting from borders115Pt. IIIMexican workers : the "other" American working class15Mexican workers to the rescue12516Segregated workers : class struggle in the fields13117The Bracero program : a twentieth-century caste system13918Poverty in the fields : legacy of the Bracero program14919Immigrant workers continue to build America155Pt. IVThe war on immigrants20Immigration policy as a means to control labor17321The race and class construction of immigration restrictions18122Constructing the "illegal" Mexican worker : racism and Mexican labor19123Immigration double standards19724Militarizing the border : death warrant for migrant workers20125Inventing an invisible enemy : September 11 and the war on immigrants21526The bipartisan segregationists of labor22727The right wing calls the shots23728Terrorists on the border : the minutemen stalk their prey249Pt. VQueremos un Mundo Sin Fronteras!29Human rights activists confront the far right26130Unions and immigrant workers26731Making borders history27732A new civil rights movement287
