An expanding definition of "terror" ignites a more bellicose extension of the U.S. border abroad. A history of labor and mining and community written on borderlands' gravestones. And The Border Chronicle in Douglas and with Amy Goodman this coming week.
Just what did U.S. officials at the Border Security Expo earlier this month say about U.S. foreign policy, border extension, and a revival of the war on terror?
Mining operations have been in the center of borderland labor conflicts for more than a century. These photos tell the moving story of one such town, through its cemetery.
An expanding definition of "terror" ignites a more bellicose extension of the U.S. border abroad. A history of labor and mining and community written on borderlands' gravestones. And The Border Chronicle in Douglas and with Amy Goodman this coming week.
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The Border Chronicle will be in conversation with Amy Goodman on May 29 after the screening of Steal this Story, Please! a film that depicts her long, trailblazing, and inspiring career. It will show at the Loft Cinema in Tucson, Arizona at 7 pm.
And if you happen to be in Douglas or the surrounding area please consider joining us on Wednesday, May 27 at 6 p.m.:
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