Vol. 6, No. 4 and Vol. 7, No. 1: Summer/Fall 1996
Steel walls. Military-style attack raids. People hunted down to be beaten, and sometimes killed, by government agents. Politicians speaking the language of ethnic cleansing. This description is not of Northern Ireland, Palestine, or Bosnia. Instead it is a picture of the United States/Mexico border. This issue reveals: The Border as a Rightwing Political Issue, Repression on the Border, Military-style Operations, Steel "Berlin Wall," Raids, and The North American Free Trade Agreement.
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Editors' Notes
1 Las Fronteras/The Borders: U.S./Mexico
by Ruben Solis & Cipriana Jurado
The Border Environment
3 Profile:
5 Canon
by Maurilio Sanchez
6 The Border,
by Martha Rocha
6 New News at the
by Jose Bravo
8 Profile:
11 Profile:
13 Profile: Colonia Rio Bravo,
14 Battling to Hold the Line
by Felix Perez
16 Presto Locks
by Cipriana Jurado Herrera
17 Region in Crisis: The
by Sergo Garza
20 Organizing for Justice on the Border
by Enrique Valdivia
23 The Origins of the Border Justice Campaign
25 Monitoring the Migra
30 Border Fatalities: The Human Costs of A Militarized Border
34 "Los Desaparecidos" of the Border
37 Immigration & the Environment: Myths & Facts
39 The Political Prison in
by Judith Galarza
Indigenous People
40 Cross-border Indigenous Nations: A History
by Rachel Hays
42 Native Nations Pursue Sovereignty, Fair Trade and a Clean Environment in the Borderlands
by Rachel Hays
NAFTA
45 Are NAFTA's Mechanisms Serving Their Purpose?
by Cesar Luna
47 New Ways of Organizing for Women Workers in the Maquilas
by Carmen Valadez & Jaime Cota
51 The Circle of Poison at the Border
by Rufino Dominguez
52 Border Health Under Seige
by Sylvia Herrera
Nuclear Waste
53 Welcome to Nukeyland!
by Richard Boren