Toward Freedom - Reading The Grapes of Wrath in 2010: Capitalism and Immigration

TowardFreedom.com by Alex Knight | May. 31, 2010 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) John Steinbeck’s classic novel The Grapes of Wrath, following the Joad family as they migrate to California during the “Dust Bowl” of the 1930s, sheds light on these questions in a way that perhaps every American can relate to. One of the most popular and well-written American books of all time, The Grapes of Wrath gives a very human perspective on the harsh lives of migrants, personified by the Joads – a family of poor sharecroppers from Oklahoma. ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Andre Heinemann - May 31, 2010 - 10:26 AM PDT
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Edited by: Andre Heinemann - May 31, 2010 - 10:33 AM PDT
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 by Andre Heinemann - May. 31, 2010

Well-written, interesting and relevant piece about the consequences of Arizona's Immigration Laws. Using John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" as an analogy helps putting the situation into perspective. An opinion well worth reading and the two videos (interviews) aren't bad either.

Being an immigrant myself, frankly most people living in the US today are either immigrants or descendants of immigrants, one can't help but wonder how it came to this? I travel a lot and cross many boarders during the course of a year, but the borders I most dread crossing are the Canadian and, above all, the American border, and that is me just coming home. I wish all foreigners would just stop traveling to the US for a month or two and demand courteous and respectful treatment ... More »

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