Breaks in the Chain: What Immigrant Workers Can Teach America about Democracy

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Agamben, Giorgio, xlvi, 225–27 agricultural labor. See farm labor American Meat Institute, 260n45 Andreas, Peter, xxvii, 247n2 animal rights and welfare, 162, 175– 76, 209, 260n42, 269n3 anti-immigrant activities. See immigration Behdad, Ali, xxiv–xxvi, xxix, 95–96, 99, 251n35 biopolitics: and discipline, xli, xliv, xlvi, 97–98, 199–200, 201, 204–5, 210, 223, 253n43; and food production, 68–69, 101–2, 115– 16, 149–50, 158, 253n39; Foucault’s concept of, xxxi, 68, 97–98, 148–49; and illegal immigration, xli–xliii, 66–70, 99– 109, 148, 199–200, 223, 253n43; and immigrant narratives, xxxii, xxxvii, xli–xlv, xlvii, 7–8, 32, 66– 70, 102–9, 115–18, 148–52, 156, 157–60, 166, 199–200, 204–5, 207, 208, 212, 219, 223, 229–30; and immigrant worker organizing, xlv, xlvi, 166, 204–5, 207, 208, 223; and meat consumption, xlii, 115–16, 149–50, 158, 200, 228, 262n73; and meatpacking work, xli–xliii, 115–18, 148–52, 156, 157–60, 199–200, 227, 262n73; and neoliberalism, xlvi, 66, 201, 208, 212, 224, 227–28, 231–32; and reproduction, 229, 269n6 Bjerklie, Steve, 129 Bobrow-Strain, Aaron, 253n39 border. See immigration Bracero program, xxiii, 112 Brenner, Mark, 238, 257n26 Broadway, Michael J., 259n40 Brown, Wendy: on genealogy and desire, 7, 17–20; on neoliberal subjectivity, 35–36, 38, 59; on the politics of ressentiment, xliv, 17–18, 165–66, 186, 201, 204, 217–18; on radical democracy, 242n6 Buchanan, Patrick, 253n41 Burawoy, Michael: on hegemonic despotism, 116–17, 204; on hegemony in the workplace, 118– 20, 122 Bureau of Labor and Industries (Washington State), 167, 171, 194–95, 198 Bush, George H. W., 151 Bush (George W.) administration, xiii, xvii, xxiii, 210, 214, 259n39 Carey, Ron, 168, 169 Cargill, Inc., 161 Chakrabarty, Dipesh, 240n9 Chavez, Leo R., 241n14 citizenship. See immigration Clinton administration, 151, 251n34 ConAgra, Inc., 269n5 Connolly, William E.: on identity and genealogy, 241n5; on Index 283 practices of the self, 240n10, 247n3 Coutin, Susan Bibler, 87, 248n4, 249–50n20, 250–51n30, 252n38, 254n44 De Genova, Nicholas, xxviii–xxix, xxxv, 30, 247n36, 249n14 democracy: in immigrant worker activism, 220–22; in Teamsters Local 556, xliii, 33, 163–65, 168– 69, 185, 187–88, 192, 196, 212, 218, 219; in the United States, xvi–xvii, xvii–xviii Disch, Lisa, xxxvi, 6–7, 13, 14–16, 247n1 discipline: and biopolitics, xli, xliv, xlvi, 97–98, 199–200, 201, 204–5, 210, 223, 253n43; Foucault’s concept of, xxxi, xli, 69, 96, 97, 113, 125–27, 128; and immigrant narratives, xli, xliv, 97, 113–14, 125–27, 128, 134, 140, 147–48, 199–201, 204–5, 206–7, 208, 218, 223; and immigrant worker organizing, xliv–xlvi, 165–66, 201, 204–5, 206–7, 208, 210, 217–18; and immigration, xli, 69, 95–99, 199, 251n35, 252–53n38; and meatpacking work, xli, 113– 14, 125–28, 134, 140, 147–48, 199, 262–63n77 Dobbs, Lou, xx, 65 Doty, Roxanne, 239n6 Dunn, Timothy, 96, 251–52n6 ethnography, xxviii–xxx, xxxiii–xxxv, 28–30, 61–62, 242n7 Excel. See Cargill, Inc. Fahey, Joe, 168, 169 faith. See religion farm labor, 34, 42, 43–44, 45, 84– 85, 90–93, 94, 95, 118, 163, 211 Feher, Michael, 38, 59, 60 Fink, Deborah, 255n8, 255n14, 256n15, 256n17, 256n24, 257– 58n33, 263n80 Foucault, Michel: on biopolitics, xxxi, xli, 68, 97–98, 148–49, 200; critique of, xxxi–xxxii, xxxvii, xli– xlii, 19–20, 66, 68–69, 98–99, 149, 200, 224–25, 240n10; on discipline, xxxi, xli, 69, 96, 97, 113, 125–27, 128; and ethical practices of the self, xxxi, 240n10, 247n3; on illegalities, 247–48n4; and subaltern studies, 239–40n9, 241n4 Fox, Jonathan, 59 gender: and farm labor, 93; and illegal immigration, 67, 73–74, 75–77, 80–83, 87, 88, 105–6, 109, 206, 245n15, 245–46n26, 249n13; and union mobilization, 61, 167–68, 169, 190–92, 206, 218; and workers’ narratives about Mexico, xxxviii–xxxix, 37, 39–40, 45–55, 57, 191, 206, 243– 44n13, 245n25, 246n27. See also immigration; labor organizing; Mexico Gilbert, Alan, 242–43n5 Gramsci, Antonio: on common sense, xxx, xxxi, xxxvi–xxxvii, 5– 7, 10–13, 15, 30, 36, 102, 219; critique of economism, 9; on intellectuals, xxx, 6, 9–13, 241n4; and self-reflective theory, xxx– xxxii, xxxvi–xxxvii, 5–7, 8–13, 15, 30, 36, 239–40n9; and subaltern studies, 239–40n9, 241n4; theory of hegemony xix, xxxvi, 5–6, 9 Harvey, David, xxvi, xxix hegemony: and American discourses about immigrants, xxiv...