From Alaska to Florida, millions of immigrants and their supporters took to the streets across the United States to rally for immigrant rights in the spring of 2006. The scope and size of their protests, rallies, and boycotts made these the most significant events of political activism in the United States since the 1960s. This accessibly written volume offers the first comprehensive analysis of this historic moment. Perfect for students and general readers, its essays, written by a multidisciplinary group of scholars and grassroots organizers, trace the evolution and legacy of the 2006 protest movement in engaging, theoretically informed discussions. The contributors cover topics including unions, churches, the media, immigrant organizations, and immigrant politics. Today, one in eight U.S. residents was born outside the country, but for many, lack of citizenship makes political voice through the ballot box impossible. This book helps us better understand how immigrants are making their voices heard in other ways.
From Alaska to Florida, millions of immigrants and their supporters took to the streets across the United States to rally for immigrant rights in the spring of 2006. The scope and size of their protests, rallies, and boycotts made these the most significant events of political activism in the United States since the 1960s. This accessibly written volume offers the first comprehensive analysis of this historic moment. Perfect for students and general readers, its essays, written by a multidisciplinary group of scholars and grassroots organizers, trace the evolution and legacy of the 2006 protest movement in engaging, theoretically informed discussions. The contributors cover topics including unions, churches, the media, immigrant organizations, and immigrant politics. Today, one in eight U.S. residents was born outside the country, but for many, lack of citizenship makes political voice through the ballot box impossible. This book helps us better understand how immigrants are making their voices heard in other ways.
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments What Happened? The Historically Unprecedented Mobilizations of Spring 2006 1. The Protests of 2006: What Were They, How Do We Understand Them, Where Do We Go? Irene Bloemraad, Kim Voss, and Taeku Lee 2. Groundswell Meets Groundwork: Building on the Mobilizations to Empower Immigrant Communities Ted Wang and Robert C. Winn Mobilization Dynamics: Why and How the Protests Happened 3. Mobilization en Espanol: Spanish-Language Radio and the Activation of Political Identities Ricardo Ramirez 4. Building the Labor-Clergy-Immigrant Alliance Randy Shaw 5. From Prayer to Protest: The Immigrant Rights Movement and the Catholic Church Luisa Heredia 6. Mobilizing Marchers in the Mile-High City: The Role of Community-Based Organizations Lisa M. Martinez 7. Migrant Civic Engagement Jonathan Fox and Xochitl Bada 8. Regarding Family: New Actors in the Chicago Protests Amalia Pallares and Nilda Flores-Gonzalez 9. It's a Family Affair: Intergenerational Mobilization in the Spring 2006 Protests Irene Bloemraad and Christine Trost Looking Forward: Whither American Politics and Immigrant Rights Mobilization? 10. LA's Past, America's Future? The 2006 Immigrant Rights Protests and Their Antecedents Ruth Milkman 11. Drawing New Lines in the Sand: Evaluating the Failure of Immigration Reforms from 2006 to the Beginning of the Obama Administration Louis DeSipio 12. The Efficacy and Alienation of Juan Q. Public: The Immigration Marches and Latino Orientations toward American Political Institutions Francisco I. Pedraza, Gary M. Segura, and Shaun Bowler 13. Out of the Shadows, into the Light: Questions Raised by the Spring of 2006 Roberto Suro References Contributors Index
Kim Voss is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is coauthor, with Rick Fantasia, of Hard Work: Remaking the American Labor Movement (UC Press), coauthor of Inequality by Design, and author of The Making of American Exceptionalism. Irene Bloemraad is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is author of Becoming a Citizen: Incorporating Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada (UC Press).
"This important book makes a significant contribution to the growing fields of immigration, ethnic relations, and policy studies." -- D. A. Chekkie Choice "[The authors] make a compelling case... Thought-provoking." -- Lina Stepick, University of California, Los Angeles Labor Studies Jrnl "The 'fight for inclusion in ... could not have been waged so effectively without prior grassroots work by ... unions, the religious community, and immigrant rights organizations." -- Steve Early Monthly Review
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