ABSTRACT

Globally, farmworkers are among the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout. Longstanding social and spatial inequalities allowed COVID-19 to spread unchecked, propelling a surge in farmworker activism, while the state uses the crisis to rollback worker protections. The politics of this moment are rooted in racialized labor regimes characterized by “imported colonialism”. We use the case of Florida, where farmworker movements have for decades organized for health and justice, to contribute to the global debate on COVID-19, and to show how a deep history of the present can illuminate opportunities and challenges for organizing.

摘要

在全球范围内，农民工受COVID-19大流行及其经济影响的影响最大。长期的社会和空间不平等状况使COVID-19不受限制地传播，从而推动了农民工的积极性激增，而该州则利用危机来缩减对工人的保护。此刻的政治植根于以“进口殖民主义”为特征的种族化劳动制度。我们以佛罗里达州为例，该州几十年来一直为健康和正义而组织农民工运动，以推动有关COVID-19的全球辩论，并展示当前的深厚历史如何能够启发组织的机遇和挑战。