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Acknowledgments-v
Running to America by Luis Rodríguez-3
Section 1: Teaching About ‘Them' and ‘Us'-5
One: The Border-7
Two: Born in War-11
Three: Immigrants and Empathy-15
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- What Is Neoliberalism? by Arnoldo Garcia and Elizabeth Martínez-20
- How We See the World by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation-24
Four: NAFTA and the Roots of Migration-19
Five: Free Trade's Intimate Impact-28
Six: ‘They're Taking Our Jobs'-34
Section 2: Historical Roots of the Border-41
The U.S.-Mexico War Tea Party/‘We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God'-43
We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God
by Howard Zinn-53Heart of Hunger by Martín Espada-60
Section 3: NAFTA's Impact-61
The NAFTA Role Play: ‘Mexico-United States
Free Trade Conference'-63Rethinking the NAFTA Record-77
After NAFTA: Mexico, a Ship on Fire-79
Section 4: First Crossing-81
Crossing Borders, Building Empathy by Bob Peterson-83
First Crossing by Pam Muñoz Ryan-87
Section 5: Life on the Border-95
Reading Chilpancingo by Linda Christensen- 97
A Toxic Legacy on the Mexican Border by Kevin Sullivan-102
The Transnational Capital Auction-105
The Women of Juárez by Amalia Ortiz-111
Mexico Border Improvisations -113
Section 6: Resources-123
More Teaching Ideas-125
Mexico in Rethinking Globalization-128
Elementary Books with a Conscience by Kelley Dawson Salas-132
Organizations, Websites, Journals-143
Index-146