In 1971, Bruce Neuburger--young, out of work, and radicalized by the 60s counterculture in Berkeley--took a job as a farmworker on a whim. He could have hardly anticipated that he would spend the next decade laboring up and down the agricultural valleys of California, alongside the anonymous and largely immigrant workforce that feeds the nation. This account of his journey begins at a remarkable moment, after the birth of the United Farm Workers union and the ensuing uptick in worker militancy. As a participant in organizing efforts, strikes, and boycotts, Neuburger saw first-hand the...
In 1971, Bruce Neuburger--young, out of work, and radicalized by the 60s counterculture in Berkeley--took a job as a farmworker on a whim. He could...
In 1971, Bruce Neuburger young, out of work, and radicalized by the 60s counterculture in Berkeley took a job as a farmworker on a whim. He could have hardly anticipated that he would spend the next decade laboring up and down the agricultural valleys of California, alongside the anonymous and largely immigrant workforce that feeds the nation. This account of his journey begins at a remarkable moment, after the birth of the United Farm Workers union and the ensuing uptick in worker militancy. As a participant in organizing efforts, strikes, and boycotts, Neuburger saw first-hand the...
In 1971, Bruce Neuburger young, out of work, and radicalized by the 60s counterculture in Berkeley took a job as a farmworker on a whim. He could h...
En 1971, Bruce Neuburger, joven, sin trabajo y radicalizado por las luchas de los Derechos Civiles y los movimientos revolucionarios de la dEcada de 60s, consiguiO empleo como trabajador agrIcola en el Valle de Salinas, California.
El viaje comienza en un momento notable, despuEs del nacimiento de la UniOn de trabajadores agrIcolas (UFW) y el consiguiente aumento en la militancia de los trabajadores campesinos. Una huelga poderosa estalla en 1970 y convierte ese fErtil valle en un campo de batalla entre los trabajadores y los rancheros. Lo que comienza como un trabajo temporal se...
En 1971, Bruce Neuburger, joven, sin trabajo y radicalizado por las luchas de los Derechos Civiles y los movimientos revolucionarios de la dEcada d...
