Tag Archives: FIOB

Development and Migration: The Missing Link

Posted 21 June 2011 | By | Categories: Immigration, Mexico & Border | 2 Comments

President Obama’s speech in El Paso on May 10 put the immigration debate back on the table. Although Obama’s attempt to reframe the debate moved discussion back into economics, he left out any structural explanation of what pushes migration in a globalized world. What are the conditions that drive thousands of people a year to assume the risks of migrating to the United States to “provide for their families”? How can development policies be coordinated to build employment options for people at home?

Immigration and the Culture of Solidarity

Posted 20 June 2011 | By | Categories: Citizen Action, Mexico & Border | 1 Comment

In this final article of David Bacon’s series ‘Building a Culture of Cross-Border Solidarity’, the author looks at immigration and the potential of migrant worker organizing. This article was originally published in the Institute for Transnational Social Change report ‘Building a Culture of Cross-Border Solidarity’.

Communication Strategies for Binational Defense of Indigenous Communities

Posted 16 February 2009 | By | Categories: Citizen Action, Indigenous People, Integration & Trade, Mexico & Border, Right-to-Know & Communications Rights | No Comments

The immigration of thousands of Oaxacans to the United States beginning in the 1970s and the lack of government attention given to their native communities has led the Indigenous Front of Binational Organizations (Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales, FIOB) to develop communication strategies that serve as tools to further the binational defense of the participating indigenous communities’ rights.