<div dir="ltr">"There are no Illegal People" Lecture and discussion with David Bacon, photojournalist and author. .<br>
<br>The Jamaica Plain Forum (<a href="http://www.jamaicaplainforum.org">http://www.jamaicaplainforum.org</a>)<br>
First Church in JP, UU<br>
6 Eliot Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130<br>
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008, 7:00 p.m. FREE<br><br>David Bacon
will share first-hand observations on how the United States' trade and
economic policy sets off a domino effect which ends in high immigration
rates. In seeking to create a favorable investment climate for large
corporations, socioeconomic conditions are created that displace
communities and set migration into motion. Trade policy and
immigration are intimately linked, Bacon argues, and are, in fact,
elements of a single economic system.<br>
<br>David powerfully traces the development of illegal status back to
slavery and shows the human cost of treating the indispensable labor of
millions of migrants—and the migrants themselves—as illegal. He also
analyzes NAFTA's corporate tilt as a cause of displacement and
migration from Mexico and shows how criminalizing immigrant labor
benefits employers.<br>
<br>Award-winning photojournalist David Bacon spent thirty years as a
labor organizer and immigrant rights activist. His articles appear in
The Nation, American Prospect, the Los Angeles Times, and the San
Francisco Chronicle. Bacon hosts a weekly radio show on KPFA-FM in
Berkeley, California<br><br>David's new book "Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and
Criminalizes Immigrants" will be available for purchase. <br><br>This event is free and open to the public<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>****************************************<br>Sarah Schwartz Sax<br>Jamaica Plain Forum Coordinator<br>
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