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Rethinking the Food Chain

Farmworkers and the Taco Bell Boycott

Stacy Tessier is completing graduate work in both the Women's Studies and Political Science departments at the University of South Florida. Her current research interests include feminist activist pedagogy and alternatives to globalization. She is a long-time feminist and activist who has dedicated much of her life to equality and justice for all living species. Address: University of South Florida,Tampa, Florida. [email: stessier{at}mail.usf.edu]

This article situates my experiences as an active ally with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and their four-year US boycott of Taco Bell (2001–2005) within the history of US migrant farmworker activism. It traces the boycott from nationwide kick-off to victory. An overarching theme is the impact of globalization on the lives of migrant farmworkers and the borders that define them.

Key Words: labor activism • migrant farmworkers • globalization of food production

Journal of Developing Societies, Vol. 23, No. 1-2, 89-97 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0169796X0602300206


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