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1、SAGEPublicationsNewDelhi,ThousandOaks,London‘Aquiestamosynonosvamos!’GlobalcapitalandimmigrantrightsWILLIAMI.ROBINSONAbstract:TherecentmassdemonstrationsbymillionsofLatinoimmi-grantworkersintheUS,againstplannedlegislationthatcouldleadtothecriminalisationanddeportationof,literally,
2、millionsofworkersshooktheBushadministrationandtookcommentatorsbysurprise.Theupsurgehasbeendubbedthenewcivilrightsmovement.Itmarksanewstageinglobalisationandthephenomenonofmass,trans-nationalmigrationthatsuchglobalisationhasengendered.Unprece-dentedinsizeandscope,themovementchallen
3、gesthestructuralchangesboundupwithcapitalistglobalisationandpointstotheneces-sityoftransnationalpopularanddemocraticstrugglesagainstit.Keywords:GreatAmericanBoycott,HR4437,labour,Latino,MayDay,immigration,newcivilrightsmovement,transnational,workingclassWilliamI.RobinsonisProfesso
4、rofSociology,GlobalandInternationalStudies,andLatinAmericanandIberianStudies,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara.HislatestbookisATheoryofGlobalCapitalism(Baltimore,MD,JohnsHopkinsUniversityPress,2004).Race&ClassCopyright&2006InstituteofRaceRelationsVol.48(2):77–9110.1177/030639680
5、6069525http://rac.sagepub.com78Race&Class48(2)Aspectreishauntingglobalcapitalism–thespectreofatransnationalimmigrantworkers’uprising.Animmigrantrightsmovementisspreadingaroundtheworld,spearheadedbyLatinoimmigrantsintheUS,whohavelaunchedanall-outfight-backagainsttherepression,exploi
6、tationandracismtheyroutinelyfacewithaseriesofunparalleledstrikesanddemonstrations.TheimmediatemessageofimmigrantsandtheiralliesintheUnitedStatesisclear,withmarchersshouting:‘aquiestamosynonosvamos!’(we’rehereandwe’renotleaving!).However,beyondimmediatedemands,theemergingmovementch
7、allengestheverystructuralchangesboundupwithcapitalistglobalisationthathavegeneratedanupsurgeingloballabourmigration,thrownupanewglobalworkingclass,andplacedthatworkingclassinincreasinglydirectconfrontationwithtransnationalcapital.TheUSmobilisationsbeganwhenoverhalfamillionimmigran
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