Mario Savio, The Heart of an Activist Tony Platt’s memories of Berkeley Free Speech Movement leader Mario Savio, who died in November 1996. obituaries, Savio, Mario Citation: Social Justice Vol. 23, No. 4 (1996): 14-15
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Jack Hirschman, Mali McGee, Diane Wang, and Sarah Menefee
Poetry in Honor of Ken Saro-Wiwa Poetry honoring Nigerian activist who was killed by the Nigerian government on November 10, 1995. poetry Citation: Social Justice Vol. 23, No. 4 (1996): 9-13
Ken Saro-Wiwa
Final Statement to the Tribunal Statement of Nigerian activist delivered address in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on September 1, 1995. He was killed by the Nigerian government on November 10, 1995. executions, Nigeria — politics, prisoners, political Citation: Social Justice Vol. 23, No. 4 (1996): 7-8
Christopher Williams
Environmental Victims: An Introduction Issue overview on the environmental justice movement. environmental justice movement, environmental protection, human rights, victims’ rights, workers’ rights Citation: Social Justice Vol. 23, No. 4 (1996): 1-6
Michael Welch
The Immigration Crisis: Detention as an Emerging Mechanism of Social Control Michael Welch discusses the immigration crisis viewing detention as a form of social control. Detaining large numbers of undocumented immigrants is a relatively recent development in Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) policy. Until the 1980s, only those deemed likely to flee and hide or […]
Sara Diamond
Right-Wing Politics and the Anti-Immigration Cause Sara Diamond outlines the complexities of the Right’s positions, including the fault lines within the Right vis-a- vis immigration policy. She points out the contradictions and strange bedfellows generated by the immigration issue in relation to the Right’s broader goals. During the Proposition 187 campaign in California, for example, […]
David Bacon
For an Immigration Policy Based on Human Rights David Bacon builds on his grass-roots immigrant advocacy experience to counter the attack on the rights of undocumented immigrants. The author addresses the thorny issue of financial costs versus contributions made by undocumented immigrants to the system, exposing who pays and who benefits, and the ways in […]
Lowell Sachs
Treacherous Waters in Turbulent Times: Navigating the Recent Sea Change in U.S. Immigration Policy and Attitudes Lowell Sachs presents the view from Washington — the political pressures shaping immigration policies and debates in Congress. Now that immigrants are being viewed as a liability, he discusses the effort in Congress to “pull up the welcome mat […]
Nestor Rodriguez
U.S. Immigration and Intergroup Relations in the Late 20th Century: African Americans and Latinos Nestor Rodriguez discusses the arena of intergroup relations between African Americans and Latinos from the perspective of Latino immigration. He begins by locating the arena of intergroup relations within larger structural processes related to global change and immigration. Utilizing findings from […]
John Horton
The Chinese Suburban Immigration and Political Diversity in Monterey Park, California John Horton uses ethnographic interviews, exit polls, and census data to research the ethnic transformation of Monterey Park (a suburb of Los Angeles), occasioned by the influx of Chinese immigrants and the ensuing economic, social, and political transformations as well as dislocation. In spite […]
J.C. Malone
Riding the Non-Stop Immigration Roller Coaster (A True Story) J. C. Malone offers an experience-based story by a professional journalist and writer who recently emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Michigan. This poignant tale of his job-search odyssey is a testament to the human toll of the process, caused by anti-immigrant sentiments in the receiving […]
Susanne Jonas
Rethinking Immigration Policy and Citizenship in the Americas: A Regional Framework Susanne Jonas addresses the multiple cross-border realities affecting U. S. immigration policies as well as their political consequences throughout the Americas. Using a multidisciplinary approach, she lays out the need for a regional framework as the context for a discussion of existing versus alternative […]
John Isbister
Are Immigration Controls Ethical? John Isbister challenges Americans to reflect on the ethics involved in immigration issues. “Ethics” is not to be confused with interests. If we look only at interests, some Americans benefit while others can be negatively affected by immigration. Ethics, by contrast, implies a focus on the equal moral worth of all […]
Linda Miller Matthei
Gender and International Labor Migration: A Networks Approach Linda Miller Matthei highlights the increasing importance of women as actors in the migration process. Contrary to long- held assumptions in migration research that males are the primary migrants, she argues that there is substantial(although fragmentary) evidence that both migrant and nonmigrant women are actively involved in […]
Néstor Rodríguez
The Battle for the Border: Notes on Autonomous Migration, Transnational Communities, and the State Nestor Rodriguez redefines the battle for the border as more than a simple struggle to stem the tide of undocumented migration. The late 20th century has inaugurated a new age of capitalist development; just as capital has developed new resources for […]
Saskia Sassen
Beyond Sovereignty: Immigration Policy Making Today Saskia Sassen argues that the demands of globalization of capital have created changes in the state, relativizing its autonomy and regulatory capacities. Drawing on examples from around the globe (Western Europe and Japan as well as the U. S.), she lays bare the dynamics shaping immigration and refugee processes […]