“We are fingers of a hand that make a fist": Working class alliances in Colorado River water protests in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico
This article explores recent water protests across northern Mexico which emanated from the Mexicali Valley in Baja California, Mexico. Beginning in 2015, communal farmers and industrial labourers, among other groups, aligned under the banner of Defense of Water to protest the construction of a Uni...
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| description | This article explores recent water protests across northern Mexico which emanated from the Mexicali
Valley in Baja California, Mexico. Beginning in 2015, communal farmers and industrial labourers, among other
groups, aligned under the banner of Defense of Water to protest the construction of a United States-based beverage
production facility. Through interviews, participant observation and archival research, we study this social
movement through a class-based, historical lens to show how the meaning of water presupposes and represents a
century of class politics that has allowed seemingly disparate groups to find meaning and build alliances within it. It
is this history that has allowed protesters to achieve shared goals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9fdd54f82db74b6e973eb26d4f9b4d592022-12-22T02:12:02ZengWater Alternatives AssociationWater Alternatives1965-01752022-06-01152341362“We are fingers of a hand that make a fist": Working class alliances in Colorado River water protests in the Mexicali Valley, MexicoBenjamin P. Warner0Anthony Meluso1 University of New Mexico University of New MexicoThis article explores recent water protests across northern Mexico which emanated from the Mexicali Valley in Baja California, Mexico. Beginning in 2015, communal farmers and industrial labourers, among other groups, aligned under the banner of Defense of Water to protest the construction of a United States-based beverage production facility. Through interviews, participant observation and archival research, we study this social movement through a class-based, historical lens to show how the meaning of water presupposes and represents a century of class politics that has allowed seemingly disparate groups to find meaning and build alliances within it. It is this history that has allowed protesters to achieve shared goals.https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol15/v15issue2/659-a15-2-1/filesocial movementsclass analysislongue duréecolorado rivermexicalimexico |
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| title | “We are fingers of a hand that make a fist": Working class alliances in Colorado River water protests in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico |
| title_full | “We are fingers of a hand that make a fist": Working class alliances in Colorado River water protests in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico |
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| title_full_unstemmed | “We are fingers of a hand that make a fist": Working class alliances in Colorado River water protests in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico |
| title_short | “We are fingers of a hand that make a fist": Working class alliances in Colorado River water protests in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico |
| title_sort | we are fingers of a hand that make a fist working class alliances in colorado river water protests in the mexicali valley mexico |
| topic | social movements class analysis longue durée colorado river mexicali mexico |
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