The top text of this print reads “Solidarity with Migrant Workers - Not Agribusiness.” The image speaks to the other border crossing: how US corporate agriculture floods Mexico (and other countries) with subsidized corn, soybeans, and other products, making it next to impossible for small-scale family farmers in Mexico to compete, resulting in many people migrating to the cities or North to the U.S.
This image was originally designed for the Culture Strike/Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative portfolio project "Migration Now" in 2013. The 150-plus addition portfolio included images by Lalo Alcaraz, Felipe Baeza, Irina Crisis, Raoul Deal, Emory Douglas, El Mac, Art Hazelwood, Ray Hernandez, Oscar Magallanes, Cesar Maxit, Claude Moller, Oree Original, Diane Ovalle, Julio Salgado, Imin Yeh, Ernesto Yerena Montejano, plus Justseeds artists Alec Dunn, Chris Stain, Colin Matthes, Favianna Rodriguez, Fernando Marti, Jesse Purcell, Josh MacPhee, Kevin Caplicki, Lesly Yobany Mendoza, Mary Tremonte, Mazatl, Meredith Stern, Molly Fair, Pete Railand, Roger Peet, Shaun Slifer, and myself.
