{"id":564,"date":"2016-12-12T19:09:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T19:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global-labour.info\/en\/2016\/12\/12\/the-strangers-among-us-joseph-b-atkins-ed-2016\/"},"modified":"2019-02-26T18:41:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T18:41:54","slug":"the-strangers-among-us-joseph-b-atkins-ed-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/global-labour.info\/en\/2016\/12\/12\/the-strangers-among-us-joseph-b-atkins-ed-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The strangers among us: Tales from a global migrant worker movement (ed. Joseph B. Atkins, 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A collection of 10 essays edited by Joseph B. Atkins. Compelling insight from 10 writers around the world about migrant workers’ rising consciousness of their rights and ability to assert those rights in a global economy that seems to place all power in the hands of mega-corporations. From tobacco workers in North Carolina to Vietnamese domestic workers in Taiwan and the network of organizations that support them, a movement is emerging that will pose a growing challenge to neoliberal rule. 136 pages.<\/p>\n

Go to: http:\/\/www.labourstart.org\/strangers.html<\/a> to buy the book.<\/p>\n

About the author<\/strong>
\nJoseph B. Atkins, a veteran journalist, labor writer, and professor of journalism at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of “Covering for the Bosses: Labor and the Southern Press (University Press of Mississippi, 2008) and the novel “Casey\u2019s Last Chance” (Sartoris Literary Group, 2015), and editor\/contributing writer of “The Mission: Journalism, Ethics and the World” (Iowa State University Press, 2002).<\/p>\n

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CONTENTS
\n<\/strong>Foreword,<\/em> Bill Chandler
\nIntroduction<\/em>, Joseph B. Atkins<\/p>\n

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA<\/strong>
\n Chapter 1<\/strong>
\n“Workers aren\u2019t a disposable product. They are the sole reason why everyone in this country has food on their table.\u201d – The Story of Eulogio Solanoa<\/em> – As told to author-photographer David Bacon
\nChapter 2<\/strong>
\nThe Coalition of Immokalee Workers: Grassroots Politics in the Age of Corporate Media, <\/em>Silvia Giagnoni<\/p>\n

EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA AND BEYOND<\/strong>
\n Chapter 3<\/strong>
\nHow LabourStart Campaigns Globally for Workers Rights, <\/em>Eric Lee
\nChapter 4<\/strong>
\nMoroccan Migrant Workers in Gibraltar Win Rights with Help from Friends, <\/em>Daniel Blackburn<\/p>\n

THE MIDDLE EAST<\/strong>
\n Chapter 5<\/strong>
\nTwo Years Turn into Twenty One: \u201cTemporary Migrants\u201d in Israel Answer Back through Local Activism, <\/em>Angie Hsu<\/p>\n

ASIA<\/strong>
\nChapter 6<\/strong>
\nIndia’s Movable Workforce,<\/em> Sindhu Menon
\nChapter 7<\/strong>
\nMigrant Workers Struggle to Survive in China, <\/em>Nancy Yan Xu
\nChapter 8<\/strong>
\nJapan\u2019s Ethnic Koreans: \u201cGood Koreans or Bad Koreans, Kill Them Both!\u201d<\/em>, Takehiko Kambayashi
\nChapter 9<\/strong>
\nSingapore: Citadel of Neoliberalism<\/em>, Joseph B. Atkins<\/p>\n

POSTSCRIPT<\/strong>
\nThe Immigrants’ Tango in Argentina, <\/em>Joseph B. Atkins<\/p>\n

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The latest book from LabourStart<\/em>
\n Publication date: December 2016<\/em>
\n All proceeds from the sale of this book go to support LabourStart’s campaigning activities.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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