Why the B-52 Failed to Defeat the Vietnamese
May 5, 2025 | The B-52 is often touted as a game-changer, but it can't overcome a determined adversary.
Articles by David Bacon
Why Is the World Bank Attacking Land Reform in the Philippines?
April 4, 2025 | Farmland has become a commodity in the real estate market.
Treating Migrants as the Enemy Provides No Vision for the Future
August 19, 2024 | The alternative: a new bill that would allow anyone in the country for seven years to apply for legal status.
Conn Hallinan: He Knew Whose Side He Was On
June 24, 2024 | Former FPIF columnist Conn Hallinan, who passed away on June 19 at the age of 81, wrote sharply and passionately about international issues for five decades.
At the End of this Hated War, We Need Truth
August 30, 2021 | The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should force a reckoning with a long history of military intervention.
Building a Cross-Border Culture of Solidarity
October 29, 2020 | Workers in Mexico and the United States face some of the same challenges--and some of the same employers.
Will the New NAFTA Make the Pandemic Worse for Mexicans?
July 6, 2020 | For Mexican workers, farmers, and the poor, the pandemic and the new treaty replacing NAFTA are a devastating one-two punch.
Following Mexico’s Worker Strikes, US Steps in to Keep Border Factories Open
May 7, 2020 | The Trump administration's focus on reopening the economy puts not only U.S. workers at greater risk of contracting COVID-19 but Mexican workers as well.
Iraq’s Coronavirus Crisis Was Made Possible by Decades of War and Occupation
April 14, 2020 | War and sanctions have left behind a devastated health care system.
Iraq’s Oil Union Defends Protesters
July 31, 2018 | With Iraq's political future up in the air, protesters are hitting the streets over water shortages and electricity outages.