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...methamphetamine"). His sound--somewhere between Springsteen's stark Nebraska album and his serenely wrenching hit Streets of Philadelphia--is spare, featuring little instrumentation beyond an acoustic guitar, harmonica and keyboard. In the title song, Springsteen summons the spirit of the hero of John Steinbeck's famous novel about migrant workers, The Grapes of Wrath: "I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light/ With the ghost of old Tom Joad." This album too has the power to haunt...
...businessman does not speak a word of English, the ditzy blond wife loves her husband no matter how badly he treats her, the greedy lawyer betrays a life-long friend for money, and the crass Chicagoan has a kind heart underneath all the bluster, not to mention the happy migrant workers who are never without a stupid grin on their faces...
Although Bangle says she has volunteered before, she says even the time she spent with migrant farm-workers in California cannot compare with the complete chain of service she witnessed through working for The Food Project...
Balint wears a belt buckle with an image of the Apache chief Cochise. He emulates the spirit of the Indians, disenfranchised on their ancestral territories. He seems to see himself and his friends as migrant workers in a wonderland visited by wealthy fly-fishing enthusiasts from the coasts. For some of these radicals the Endangered Species Act disguises a plan to create concentration camps for those who resist the new world order...
...group of unemployed migrant workers gathered last Friday morning on a field at a makeshift camp in Homestead, Florida. These laborers, handy with lumber and leather and cowhide, were not only looking for work but were also looking very familiar. One man, who bore a remarkable resemblance to former National League Rookie of the Year Chris Sabo, said, "Hopefully, I'll just be here for one day, but who knows in this situation? I've always been optimistic, but I'll just have to wait and see." Actually, it really was Chris Sabo. And former World Series mvp Dave Stewart...