The immigrant war : a global movement against discrimination and exploitation / by Vittorio Longhi ; translated from original Italian by Janet Eastwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longhi, Vittorio, 1972- author.

Contributor:

Eastwood, Janet, translator.

Standardized Title:

Rivolta dei migranti. English

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Foreign workers--Social conditions.

Foreign workers.

Race discrimination.

Physical Description:

x, 156 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2013.

Language Note:

Translation of: Rivolta dei migranti : un movimento globale contro la discriminazione e lo sfruttamento : Golfo Persico, Stati Uniti, Francia, Italia.

Summary:

The abuse of Asian workers in the oil-rich Gulf countries, the trafficking of undocumented latinos at the US border, the exploitation of African sans papiers in France and the attacks on sub-Saharan farmhands by the Mob in Italy. All these events show how migrants, especially those without legal documents, can be an easy target for violence and discrimination, often with impunity. At least, until they decide to fight back.

In this original, accessible book, Vittorio Longhi, a journalist who specialises in international labour matters, describes an emerging phenomenon of social conflict, in which migrants are not conceived as passive victims of exploitation. Instead they are portrayed as conscious, vital social actors who are determined to organise and claim better rights. With a global perspective, The immigrant war highlights the 'struggle for human rights, citizenship and equality', in the context of a policy vacuum within the international community towards migration. He demonstrates how these emerging conflicts can break the chain of exploitation and contribute to rethinking failing migration policies and the role of migrants in contemporary societies. The book will be of interest to labour and migration specialists, students of social sciences, trade unionists and human rights activists, as well as a general readership interested in migration. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 In the Persian Gulf 1

Return from hell 1

Who built the country? 6

A time bomb 11

The trade union bridge 16

The tower of Armani and of Athiraman 19

Like everybody else, like nobody else 22

2 In the United States 27

Hermanos en el camino 27

The work borderline 31

A nation of immigrants 35

The Great American Boycott 39

Intolerable for a democracy 42

Waiting for reform 46

3 In France 53

Beyond the jungle 53

From the colonies to the banlieues 57

The sans papiers and the workers 61

The reserve army in the kitchen 65

24h sans nous 70

4 In Italy 75

The Mediterranean wall 75

Between amnesty and security 80

What would happen? 85

From factories to the crane 88

The farm labourers' strike 92

5 The mobility of labour 97

Need for governance 97

Globalisation without development 102

Where do resources go? 104

The international political vacuum 107

Where is Europe? 111

The potential of the diaspora 116

Work and citizenship 121.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447305880

1447305884

OCLC:

809563250