Podcasts about braceros

The United States’ entry into World War II presented a challenge to American farmers. On the one hand, demand for agricultural products skyrocketed. On the other hand, a dire labor shortage emerged, as tens of thousands of American farm workers joined the military and others headed from rural areas to bigger cities in search of wartime industry jobs.   So, the governments of the United States and Mexico made an agreement: the creation of a program to bring Mexican workers to the U.S. on temporary labor contracts to help farms, as well as railroad companies, across the country.   Officially called the “Emergency Farm Labor Supply Program,” it became known as the Bracero Program. Around 15,000 Mexican workers came to Oregon as braceros while the program lasted here, from 1943 to 1947.   Braceros often endured labor abuses, workplace injuries, and anti-Mexican racism. They also saved American agriculture during the war and built Mexican American communities in the Northwest for years to come. This week, we learn about the history of the Bracero Program in Oregon and throughout the Pacific Northwest.   To learn more, watch OPB’s 2007 “Oregon Experience” documentary, “The Braceros.” For more Evergreen episodes and to share your voice with us, visit our showpage. Follow OPB on Instagram, and follow host Jenn Chávez too. You can sign up for OPB’s newsletters to get what you need in your inbox regularly.   Don’t forget to check out our many podcasts, which can be found on any of your favorite podcast apps: Hush Timber Wars Season 2: Salmon Wars Politics Now Think Out Loud And many more! Check out our full show list here.

No último episódio desta temporada mergulhamos numa história pouco conhecida pela maioria: a da trajetória dos Soldados da Borracha na Amazônia Brasileira! Nessa conversa com o cineasta Wolney Oliveira e o historiador Marcos Vinicius Neves falamos sobre a vida dos Soldados da Borracha, seringueiros na Amazônia Brasileira durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Discutimos a migração e ocupação territorial no Norte do país, a influência Norte-Americana na política e economia nacional, e como que a história dos Soldados se relaciona com as desigualdades sociais e regionais no país. Vem com a gente! Trailer do filme Soldados da Borracha que estreou no Festival É Tudo Verdade de 2019, e recebeu 15 premiações, aqui: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChWUijmw0Ts Exposição “Braceros e Soldados da Borracha, trabalho e poder nas Américas.”:https://sites.google.com/berkeley.edu/latin-american-cities/exhibitions?authuser=0 Livro "Soldados da Borracha os Herois Esquecidos": https://www.amazon.com.br/Soldados-Borracha-Os-Her%C3%B3is-Esquecidos/dp/8575316451

A fines de mayo de 1971, un reclutador de trabajadores rurales fue acusado de asesinato en relación con la muerte de doce (en un principio) recogedores de fruta migratorios, cuyos cadáveres acuchillados fueron encontrados en tumbas cavadas en huertos al norte de Yuba City, comunidad agrícola de California central.Juan Vallejo Corona, jalisciense, de 37 años de edad, no hizo resistencia al arresto. Alberto Fuentes, corresponsal de LA PRENSA, informó que el presunto asesino de más de 20 personas padeció esquizofrenia y fue tratado en un hospital psiquiátrico. Se rumoró que Juan Vallejo contrataba gente para cavar fosas, las cuales, decía, “servirían para enterrar basura” y se creía que los desconocidos “cavaban así sus propias tumbas”.Puedes conocer más de este y otros casos en los Archivos secretos de La Prensa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this short episode of Talking Hoosier History, we'll discuss the Mexican bracero workers who came to Indiana during WWII, how Hoosiers welcomed them (or didn't), and how the braceros helped the U.S. meet wartime agricultural needs. We'll also get a glimpse of how the Bracero Program established immigration patterns that remain relevant today. Written and produced by Jill Weiss Simins. Performed by Justin Clark. A transcript of this episode is available at the THH website: https://podcast.history.in.gov/. Notes and sources: https://blog.history.in.gov/braceros-in-the-corn-belt-part-two/. Image: Dorthea Lange, Braceros, photograph, ca. 1942, accessed Online Archive of California.

Hillary and Tina cover the Snow Riot of 1835 and Operation Wetback Hillary's Story In 1835, white workers faced poor wages and long hours. BUT instead of fighting for labor laws, they took their anger out on black run businesses in Washington, D.C. known as the Snow Riot. Tina's Story Throughout the mid20th century, the US faced an immigration problem not unlike today. BUT the solution resulted in one of the largest mass deportation in American history. Sources Hillary's Story Cultural Tourism DC Epicurean Eating House/Snow Riot Site, African American Heritage Trail (https://www.culturaltourismdc.org/portal/epicurean-eating-house/snow-riot-site-african-american-heritage-trail) Emancipation DC The Snow Riot (https://emancipation.dc.gov/page/snow-riot) Histories of the National Mall Snow Riot (https://mallhistory.org/items/show/183) History News Network Francis Scott Key's Shameful Role in the "Snow Riot" (https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/10042)--Washington DC's First Race Riot NPR (Books) August 'Snow-Storm' Brought Devastation To D.C. (https://www.npr.org/2012/07/05/156123569/august-snow-storm-brought-devastation-to-d-c) Washington Post The 'Snow Riot' (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/2005/02/06/the-snow-riot/0514ba84-54dd-46ac-851c-ff74856fcef4/)--by Jefferson Morley Wikipedia Snow Riot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Riot) Photos Anna Maria Thornton (https://www.npr.org/2012/07/05/156123569/august-snow-storm-brought-devastation-to-d-c)--screenshot of painting by Gilbert Stewart via NPR Books WLRN Beverly Snow's Restaurant (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Beverly_Snow%27s_Epicurean_Eating_House.jpg)--unknown artist via Wikipedia (public domain) Tina's Story Britannica Operation Wetback--by Brent Funderburk (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Operation-Wetback) CATO Institute Enforcement Didn't End Unlawful Immigration in 1950s, More Visas Did (https://www.cato.org/blog/enforcement-didnt-end-unlawful-immigration-1950s-more-visas-did)--by Alex Nowrasteh History The Largest Mass Deportation in American History (https://www.history.com/news/operation-wetback-eisenhower-1954-deportation) Imagine Mexico Operation Wetback: Most Massive Deportation of Undocumented Mexicans in USA History (https://imagine-mexico.com/operation-wetback/) Immigration History Operation Wetback (https://immigrationhistory.org/item/operation-wetback/) NPR It Came Up In The Debate: Here Are 3 Things To Know About 'Operation Wetback' (https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/11/455613993/it-came-up-in-the-debate-here-are-3-things-to-know-about-operation-wetback)--by Eyder Peralta Philadelphia Tribune “Operation Wetback”: America's Worst Mass Deportation (https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/coard-operation-wetback-americas-worst-mass-deportation/article_59154bc8-eebb-5200-bce4-7c52f78d8718.html)--by Michael Coard Slate What the Mass Deportation of Immigrants Might Look Like (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/11/donald-trump-mass-deportation-and-the-tragic-history-of-operation-wetback.html)--by Louis Hyman and Natasha Iskander Southern Poverty Law Center (Facebook page) Operation Wetback (https://www.facebook.com/SPLCenter/photos/a.439820219699/10155563742319700/?type=3) Timeline “Operation Wetback” uprooted a million lives and tore families apart. Sound familiar?--by Laura Smith (https://timeline.com/mass-deportation-operation-wetback-mexico-eb79174f720b) Vox Operation Wetback, the 1950s immigration policy Donald Trump loves, explained (https://www.vox.com/2015/11/11/9714842/operation-wetback)--by Dara Lind Wikipedia Operation Wetback (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wetback#CITEREFNgai2004) Photos Mexican immigrants held by Border Patrol during Operation Wetback (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Operation_Wetback.png)--from US Border Patrol Museum (public domain) via Wikipedia Dwight D. Eisenhower (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Dwight_D._Eisenhower%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_May_29%2C_1959.jpg/1024px-Dwight_D._Eisenhower%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_May_29%2C_1959.jpg)--from White House Presidential Library (public domain) via Wikipedia Lieutenant General Joseph M. Swing (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/LTG_Joseph_M._Swing_%28cropped%29.jpg)--from Harry S. Truman Library & Museum (public domain) via Wikipedia

Angelica Salas vino a los Estados Unidos a la edad de 4 años con su hermana mas pequeña vinieron a reunirse con su Mama y Papa quienes ya estaban trabajando aca. El Padre en el programa de Braceros. Angelica, como persona indocumentada, se dio cuenta de todas las dificulatades y constantes temores que confronta la poblacion de inmigrantes indocumentados y en algunos ocasiones, aun aquellos que tienen documentos. Ella comenzo a trabajar en CHIRLA como voluntaria y desde el año 2000, ocupa la posicion de Director Executiva, a la que dedica todo su tiempo con pasion. Angelica se graduo de la Universidad y obtuvo una Maestria. Ella es perfectamente bilingue y ha hecho de CHIRLA una organizacion que trabaja extenuamente por los derechos de los inmigrantes. Angelica Salas tiene la habilidad de recrutar y contratar al personal mas capacitado para trabajar en la causa de alcanzar la tan esperada "Reforma MIgratoria". Ojala todos pronto reconozcan que muchos de los inmigrantes aseguran cada dia, que todos los que vivimos en los Estados Unidos, tengamos alimentos en nuestros platos cada dia. Asi que todos los dias, antes de cada alimento, demos gracias a Dios y a todos los trabajadores por todo su esfuerzo.

En este capítulo hablamos de: Zapatos de madera, El manguito, Felipe III, Nudos de bufanda, Braceros españoles, Lugares con inviernos extremos, Boinas, Y más sobre Ropa y formas de calentarse.

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If you're from the South, you know that Nuestra Gente have been written out of the history books.  So we took it upon ourselves to bring you the history we were not taught in school. The Nuestro South podcast debuted in 2019. Now, we're back with new ingredients. Our stories feature illustrations by North Carolina artist,  Antonio Alanis on our Youtube video episode.  Our hosts Bryan, Daisy, Dorian, and Axel invite you to share in a rich conversation about growing up Latina/o/x in the South. You know the flavor. Welcome to Nuestro South, Refried!On this episode our Nuestro South we discuss the story of Braceros in Arkansas during a period of time with Jim Crow segregation across the South. Our hosts explore the various ways our communities continue to face discrimination but also how we as individuals and communities confront it head on to build strength and power in unlikely spaces.Hosts: Daisy Almonte, Bryan Mejia, Axel Herrera, Dorian GomezProducers: Julie Weise, Erik Valera, Elaine Utin, Ricky HurtadoLatinxEd Staff: Maria Pulido, Lucero Rocha, Isabella LimaEditor: Dorian GomezIllustrator: Antonio AlanisGraphics: Keyla FerretizThis project was made possible through the generous support of The Whiting Foundation, the Southern Documentary Fund, and LatinxEDFollow us on Social Media @NuestroSouthInstagram- https://www.instagram.com/nuestrosouth/Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/NuestroSouthTwitter- https://twitter.com/nuestrosouthTikTok- https://www.tiktok.com/@nuestrosouthYoutube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNidXQ3-nyxqsb4R5UWJh4A/videos Email: nuestrosouth@latinxed.orgWebsite: https://nuestrosouth.org/  Music for this video is obtain through the Artlist Personal License

Hosts Patty Rodriguez and Erick Galindo's families were just some of the millions who migrated to the United States during the great migration, a period of circular movement across the border fueled by the Bracero program and shaped by America's wars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with Holly Berg and Adriana Trujillo of the Greeley History Museum as they share a little about their upcoming exhibit "Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964". Our conversation centered on history, opportunity, marginalization, and how this unique exhibit brings national history to a local stage.

Author and musician Rosa Martha Zárate Macías has been working for generations to bring justice to the Braceros who came to the United States from Mexico during World War II, promised wages that many of them did not ever receive. Rosa visited Bellingham to educate the community about the parallels between the Bracero program and today's version of legal slavery, the H2A guest worker program.To order a copy of Rosa's new book, Our Grandfathers Were Braceros and We, Too... email c2cmedia@foodjustice.orgSupport the show (https://foodjustice.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=2)

In this bilingual episode, Rosalinda Guillen interviews musician and author Rosa Marta Zárate Macias and her editor, Armando Rendón about the upcoming book, "Our Granfathers Were Braceros".Our Grandfathers Were Braceros is a dual language, Spanish and English, book on the Bracero Program, co-authored by Rosa Marta Zárate Macias and Abei Astorga Morales.​The authors collected many interviews, research and witness the fact that many Braceros were never paid, however much their labor was critical to the war effort of the USA during WWII.  These Braceros still await their remuneration by the USA government, more than 50 years past due.Armando Rendón, a native of San Antonio, Texas, is the award-winning author of The Adventures of Noldo books for young adults, the author of Chicano Manifesto (1971, 1996), all of which are available as e-books, and the founder/editor of "Somos en escrito The Latino Literary Online Magazine."Special thanks to Rosa Marta for providing the beautiful music for season 7 of CommunityVoz. You can support Rosa by purchasing her music here. Stay tuned here for information on the release of Our Grandfathers Were Braceros.Support the show (https://foodjustice.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=2)

On this episode, Jake and Geoff discuss the Rabbit Tragedy, Sikh's and Braceros, the death of Rush Limbaugh, the snow storms of 2021, Trump's acquittal, and The Filibuster. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/saywhatyoumeanpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/saywhatyoumeanpodcast/support

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Basta con googlear la palabra ‘braceros’ para encontrar páginas y páginas de notas e informes que incluyen el verbo ‘reclaman’. Ahora el fideicomiso que administra el Fondo de Apoyo Social para ex Trabajadores Migratorios Mexicanos (que se creó hace 15 años para ‘devolverle a los migrantes lo trabajado’). Nada personal, solo negocios

It’s August 4th. On this day in 1942, the US started an immigration program for “braceros,” agricultural workers from Mexico who came to work on farms using temporary visas. Jody and Niki discuss how the program forged ties between the US and Mexico, and what it teaches us about borders. Find a transcript of this episode at: https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Get in touch if you have any ideas for future topics, or just want to say hello. Our website is thisdaypod.com Follow us on social @thisdaypod

Back in the 1950s, hundreds of thousands of Mexican men came to Arkansas to pick cotton, on contracts negotiated by the Mexican and U.S. governments. Today we meet Angel Cano, a licenciado Mexico sent over to protect them from wage theft, discrimination, and other troubles. Señor Cano even had some success, some of the time. It seems crazy to us that these migrantes trusted their patria enough to ask for help all the way from Arkansas. Qué opinas? - This podcast is produced by Ricky Hurtado, Erik Valera, and Julie Weise, with generous sponsorship from the Whiting Foundation, the University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences, and Latinx Ed. Edited by Dorian Gomez.To learn more about Mexicanos in Arkansas 1940s-60s, check out: https://corazondedixie.org/chapter-3/Subscribe to this channel for new podcast episodesiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nuestro-south-podcast/id1461953381Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1JYcA8LGDcpnO04HHRkxfEFollow us:Instagram: http://instagram.com/nuestrosouthTwitter: https://twitter.com/nuestrosouthFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NuestroSouth/

The Bracero Program began in 1942 as an agreement between the United States and Mexico to bring laborers to the U.S. to replace men who were leaving farms to fight in World War II. The program didn’t end with the war, however, it actually grew by hundreds of thousands of workers, and continued until 1964, laying the foundation for our current agricultural guest worker programs. Lindsey discusses the program's history, and its intersections with contemporary immigration, labor, and food justice issues with Dr. Matthew Garcia, professor of History and Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies at Dartmouth College. Further Resources: Matthew Garcia: https://home.dartmouth.edu/faculty-directory/matthew-j-garcia Bracero History Archive: http://braceroarchive.org/about Cows, Land, and Labor Conference at Dartmouth College: http://cowslandlabor.com/ Image credit: Time.com

This is a Thanksgiving podcast, featuring three tasty audio pieces that celebrate family food traditions and workers who have given their lives to fill our tables. Tune in to this 4th episode in our Borderlands of the San Joaquin Valley series to hear two student-produced audio pieces by Cindy Cervantes and Omar Gonzalez and a powerful performance by roots-blues musician and Central Valley native Lance Canales. (Photo Credit: Lillian Thaoxaochay)

Abby and Jim discuss the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and the MAGA bomber and why entrenched racism and partisan hatred show no signs of going away. What will this mean for the upcoming midterm elections? What does "Braceros" mean in Spanish? And what does Apu from The Simpsons have anything to do with all this?

Bryan Pitts, Associate Director del Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), nos habla sobre la expocion Braceros que se llevara acabo el 26 de octubre al 20 de noviembre!  ¡Enterate cuando se lleva a cabo el round table, y conoce mas informacion sobre el altar del dia de los muertos! Bryan Pitts,  Center for …

Mireya Loza's Defiant Braceros How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom (University of North Carolina Press, 2016) sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942-1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter the U.S. on temporary work permits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has long been politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailing romanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforce has obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves. Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers lives–such as their transnational union-organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both hetero and queer workers, and the ethno-racial boundaries among Mexican indigenous braceros–Loza reveals how these men defied perceived political, sexual, and racial norms. Basing her work on an archive of more than 800 oral histories from the United States and Mexico, Loza is the first scholar to carefully differentiate between the experiences of mestizo guest workers and the many Mixtec, Zapotec, Purhepecha, and Mayan laborers. In doing so, she captures the myriad ways these defiant workers responded to the intense discrimination and exploitation of an unjust system that still persists today. Mireya Loza is a curator in the Division of Political History at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mireya Loza's Defiant Braceros How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom (University of North Carolina Press, 2016) sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942-1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter the U.S. on temporary work permits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has long been politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailing romanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforce has obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves. Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers lives–such as their transnational union-organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both hetero and queer workers, and the ethno-racial boundaries among Mexican indigenous braceros–Loza reveals how these men defied perceived political, sexual, and racial norms. Basing her work on an archive of more than 800 oral histories from the United States and Mexico, Loza is the first scholar to carefully differentiate between the experiences of mestizo guest workers and the many Mixtec, Zapotec, Purhepecha, and Mayan laborers. In doing so, she captures the myriad ways these defiant workers responded to the intense discrimination and exploitation of an unjust system that still persists today. Mireya Loza is a curator in the Division of Political History at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn.

Mireya Loza’s Defiant Braceros How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom (University of North Carolina Press, 2016) sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942-1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter the U.S. on temporary work permits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has long been politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailing romanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforce has obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves. Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers lives–such as their transnational union-organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both hetero and queer workers, and the ethno-racial boundaries among Mexican indigenous braceros–Loza reveals how these men defied perceived political, sexual, and racial norms. Basing her work on an archive of more than 800 oral histories from the United States and Mexico, Loza is the first scholar to carefully differentiate between the experiences of mestizo guest workers and the many Mixtec, Zapotec, Purhepecha, and Mayan laborers. In doing so, she captures the myriad ways these defiant workers responded to the intense discrimination and exploitation of an unjust system that still persists today. Mireya Loza is a curator in the Division of Political History at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mireya Loza’s Defiant Braceros How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom (University of North Carolina Press, 2016) sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942-1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter the U.S. on temporary work permits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has long been politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailing romanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforce has obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves. Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers lives–such as their transnational union-organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both hetero and queer workers, and the ethno-racial boundaries among Mexican indigenous braceros–Loza reveals how these men defied perceived political, sexual, and racial norms. Basing her work on an archive of more than 800 oral histories from the United States and Mexico, Loza is the first scholar to carefully differentiate between the experiences of mestizo guest workers and the many Mixtec, Zapotec, Purhepecha, and Mayan laborers. In doing so, she captures the myriad ways these defiant workers responded to the intense discrimination and exploitation of an unjust system that still persists today. Mireya Loza is a curator in the Division of Political History at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mireya Loza’s Defiant Braceros How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom (University of North Carolina Press, 2016) sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942-1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter the U.S. on temporary work permits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has long been politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailing romanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforce has obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves. Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers lives–such as their transnational union-organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both hetero and queer workers, and the ethno-racial boundaries among Mexican indigenous braceros–Loza reveals how these men defied perceived political, sexual, and racial norms. Basing her work on an archive of more than 800 oral histories from the United States and Mexico, Loza is the first scholar to carefully differentiate between the experiences of mestizo guest workers and the many Mixtec, Zapotec, Purhepecha, and Mayan laborers. In doing so, she captures the myriad ways these defiant workers responded to the intense discrimination and exploitation of an unjust system that still persists today. Mireya Loza is a curator in the Division of Political History at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mireya Loza’s Defiant Braceros How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom (University of North Carolina Press, 2016) sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942-1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter the U.S. on temporary work permits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has long been politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailing romanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforce has obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves. Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers lives–such as their transnational union-organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both hetero and queer workers, and the ethno-racial boundaries among Mexican indigenous braceros–Loza reveals how these men defied perceived political, sexual, and racial norms. Basing her work on an archive of more than 800 oral histories from the United States and Mexico, Loza is the first scholar to carefully differentiate between the experiences of mestizo guest workers and the many Mixtec, Zapotec, Purhepecha, and Mayan laborers. In doing so, she captures the myriad ways these defiant workers responded to the intense discrimination and exploitation of an unjust system that still persists today. Mireya Loza is a curator in the Division of Political History at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mireya Loza’s Defiant Braceros How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom (University of North Carolina Press, 2016) sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942-1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter the U.S. on temporary work permits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has long been politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailing romanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforce has obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves. Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers lives–such as their transnational union-organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both hetero and queer workers, and the ethno-racial boundaries among Mexican indigenous braceros–Loza reveals how these men defied perceived political, sexual, and racial norms. Basing her work on an archive of more than 800 oral histories from the United States and Mexico, Loza is the first scholar to carefully differentiate between the experiences of mestizo guest workers and the many Mixtec, Zapotec, Purhepecha, and Mayan laborers. In doing so, she captures the myriad ways these defiant workers responded to the intense discrimination and exploitation of an unjust system that still persists today. Mireya Loza is a curator in the Division of Political History at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mireya Loza’s Defiant Braceros How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom (University of North Carolina Press, 2016) sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942-1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter the U.S. on temporary work permits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has long been politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailing romanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforce has obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves. Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers lives–such as their transnational union-organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both hetero and queer workers, and the ethno-racial boundaries among Mexican indigenous braceros–Loza reveals how these men defied perceived political, sexual, and racial norms. Basing her work on an archive of more than 800 oral histories from the United States and Mexico, Loza is the first scholar to carefully differentiate between the experiences of mestizo guest workers and the many Mixtec, Zapotec, Purhepecha, and Mayan laborers. In doing so, she captures the myriad ways these defiant workers responded to the intense discrimination and exploitation of an unjust system that still persists today. Mireya Loza is a curator in the Division of Political History at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It might be hard to imagine now, but there was a time when Mexican immigrant workers were welcomed with open arms into Californian communities. The Braceros were Mexican guest workers, many of whom saved the crops left in farm fields as WWII started and young men enlisted-- some call them the forgotten members of the greatest generation. This is the story of how the Bracero program became abusive over the course of decades, eventually crumbling under organizing pressure from farm workers. And it’s also the surprising story of what that farm worker movement missed in bringing down the Bracero program-- told here by people with personal connections to the work.

On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss the campus protests at Mizzou and Yale, Tinder and online dating, and the politics of immigration.    Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: Protests at the University of Missouri, Yale, and other schools have erupted over issues regarding racism on college campuses today. At Mizzou, the university’s troubled history of racism has shaped the most recent events. Niki mentioned that classic works like Alan Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind and Dinesh D’Souza’s Illiberal Education made the idea of “political correctness” the prevailing conservative interpretation of university politics and has shaped the current conversation regarding free speech on campus.The dating app Tinder has updated its features to allow users to add job and education information to their profiles. Dating in the internet age has occasioned all sorts of worries about how technology is changing modern romance, but Natalia pointed out there are many continuities with courtship practices across the twentieth century. Natalia noted the works of scholars like Paula Fass and Mary McComb show some of the same practices we think of as created by the internet, such as rating your date, go back to the 1920s.Immigration has emerged as one of the biggest issues in the 2016 presidential race. Niki has recently written about how immigration has become the most important issue in the Republican race for the nomination, and she cited Mae Ngai’s history of illegal aliens, Impossible Subjects, as an important work that has shaped her thinking regarding the history of immigration in America. In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia recommended Aziz Ansari’s new Netflix show, Master of None, in part for how it portrays race in America today.Neil suggested two readings on Charles Schulz and his famous comic strip to accompany the new Peanuts movie. Neil recommended David Michaelis’ 2007 biography Schulz and Peanuts and Sarah Boxer’s recent Atlantic article, “The Exemplary Narcissism of Snoopy.”Niki discussed Jill Lepore’s New Yorker article on the history of polling. 

      Phuong Dang and Colleen Lee from ACMHS, new members of SEIU 1021   This week, we have an eclectic show looking at Asian Community Mental Health Services campaign to join SEIU 1021. Then we take a critical look at the nonprofit industrial complex through a queer and trans people of color cabaret. And finally, we wrap up the show by exploring the Day of the Dead tradition and Asian American artists Choppy Oshiro and Cece Carpio who are participating in the Day of the Dead exhibitions at SOMArts Cultural Center and Oakland Museum of California. With Host No-No Girl. Cece Carpio draws parallels between Braceros and Sakadas (Filipino agricultural workers) Choppy Oshiro's installation honoring labor struggles The post APEX Express – November 1, 2012 appeared first on KPFA.

Don Mitchell, Distinguished Professor of Geography at Syracuse University, speaks at the Huntington conference “Guest Workers: Western Origins, Global Future,” which looked at the role of guest workers in the United States—from the U.S.–Mexican Bracero program of 1942–64 through the H2 programs today. It considered how guest workers have shaped the world we live in, both domestically and globally.

Don Mitchell, Distinguished Professor of Geography at Syracuse University, speaks at the Huntington conference “Guest Workers: Western Origins, Global Future,” which looked at the role of guest workers in the United States—from the U.S.–Mexican Bracero program of 1942–64 through the H2 programs today. It considered how guest workers have shaped the world we live in, both domestically and globally.

durée : 00:51:57 - Les Grandes Traversées - Archives. Voici une petite histoire des relations dominicano-haïtiennes illustrée par l'exemple des Braceros, travailleurs saisonniers haïtiens, coupeurs de canne à sucre en terres dominicaine.