Monthly Archives: June 2011
- 29-6-2011
Historical note on Immigration from Mexico…
Although there has been an increased focus on Mexican immigration to the United States, Mexicans have been migrating north for better opportunities since our nation was formed. When the U.S. gained control of the Southwest, the Mexican population that was living there became U.S. citizens. The expanding nation needed workers and many looked to the Continue Reading
- 23-6-2011
Of Woman Born: Courage…
OF WOMAN BORN: COURAGE & STRENGTH TO SURVIVE IN THE MAQUILADORAS OF REYNOSA AND RIO BRAVO, TAMAULIPAS by Elvia Rosales Arriola As 27-year old María Elena García Sierra pulled off her white sock to show me the places on her feet where she suffered a recurring infection that began when she was 17, I struggled Continue Reading
- 23-6-2011
Maquila Zoned Out (poem)
Maquila Zoned Out Crushing Barely begins to capture The weight of the grief That sits Mountain sized Upon my soul As a departing visitor to El Paso/Ciudad Juarez A land of divides Rich and poor Brown and white Citizen and not Identities crafted By powerful attitudes in Custom and law Citizens also Who are ignorant Continue Reading
- 15-6-2011
Reflection, Pamela Brouker (2010)
REFLECTION OF PAMELA BROUKER DELEGATION TO THE MEXICAN BORDER, MARCH 12-14, 2010 (REYNOSA, TAMAULIPAS –next to McAllen, Texas). My name is Pamela Marie Brouker. I enjoy poetry, nature, art, film and travel. Journaling, writing, drawing and taking pictures are personal life giving activities. Massachusetts is my home state, however, I find joy in all parts Continue Reading
- 15-6-2011
Reflection, Judith Rosenberg (2001)
Dear All, This is a personal report of the recent delegation to the border, which in many ways was a satisfying and successful trip because of the strength of the Austin delegates and because the CFO managed their part pretty much without Julia’s participation. Not that it isn’t always great to see Julia Quiñones, their Continue Reading
- 15-6-2011
Voices from the Barbed Wires…summary
AUTHOR’S SUMMARY ELVIA R. ARRIOLA, Voices from the Barbed Wires of Despair, Women in the Maquiladoras, Latina Critical Legal Theory and Gender at the U.S. Mexico Border, 49 De Paul L. Rev. 729-815 (2000) (87 pages ) (This Summary – 5 pages) This study uses the lives of working women to ground a critique Continue Reading
- 15-6-2011
GENDER, GLOBALIZATION AND THE WOMEN OF THE MAQUILADORAS: BEFORE AND AFTER NAFTA
GENDER, GLOBALIZATION AND THE WOMEN OF THE MAQUILADORAS: BEFORE AND AFTER NAFTA Women, especially poor women, continue to play a significant role in the work of global employment. American companies have been relocating to Mexico since 1965, and with the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA, cross-border trade has expanded with new factories Continue Reading
- 13-6-2011
Resources for Buying Fair Trade
World Shoppe TransFair USA FairTrade.org (UK) Shop Globally, Shop Fairly at Mercado Global (Global MarketPlace) Handmade Fair Trade Products CO-OP America, The Green Pages GLOBAL EXCHANGE: The Fair Trade Store Online OXFAM International and Fair Trade Fair Trade Certified – Where to Buy Fair Trade Coffee? Jim’s Organic Coffee GAIAM, Inc. (Household and Personal Sustainable/Fair Continue Reading
- 13-6-2011
Señorita Extraviada/Young Missing Woman
Srta Extraviada/Young Missing Woman In 2002, filmmaker Lourdes Portillo released her documentary Señorita Extraviada, or Young Missing Woman on the subject of the disappearances of hundreds of young women and girls, many of them workers in the NAFTA factories, who had been killed in and around Ciudad Juárez beginning in the early nineties. The film Continue Reading
- 13-6-2011
Comment: Linking the Global Economy to Violence…
Linking the Global Economy to Violence Against Women: The Case of the Ciudad Juarez Murders (2007) by Elvia Arriola, Ex. Dir. The “maquiladora murders” have become a popular subject for writing and activism by feminists, as well as the inspiration for numerous forms of art, literary fiction and commentaries, international conferences, movies, and marches on Continue Reading