John Washington Libri

The first comprehensive, in-depth book on the Trump administration’s assault on asylum protectionsArnovis couldn’t stay in El Salvador. If he didn’t leave, a local gangster promised that his family would dress in mourning—that he would wake up with flies in his mouth. “It was like a bomb exploded in my life,” Arnovis said.The Dispossessed tells the story of a twenty-four-year-old Salvadoran man, Arnovis, whose family’s search for safety shows how the United States—in concert with other Western nations—has gutted asylum protections for the world’s most vulnerable. Crisscrossing the border and Central America, John Washington traces one man’s quest for asylum. Arnovis is separated from his daughter by US Border Patrol agents and struggles to find security after being repeatedly deported to a gang-ruled community in El Salvador, traumatic experiences relayed by Washington with vivid intensity.Adding historical, literary, and current political context to the discussion of migration today, Washington tells the history of asylum law and practice through ages to the present day. Packed with information and reflection, The Dispossessed is more than a human portrait of those who cross borders—it is an urgent and persuasive case for sharing the country we call home.

Set against the backdrop of post-Civil War America, a former slave recounts his life in a poignant narrative penned in 1872. John Washington's story, discovered by historian Crandall Shifflett in the 1990s, offers a firsthand account of his experiences and the historical context of his time. This edition presents Washington's complete manuscript alongside Shifflett's insightful annotations, illuminating the significant events and figures that shaped Washington's life and the broader narrative of emancipation and the Civil War.

"Öffnet die Grenzen!" beleuchtet die verheerenden Folgen restriktiver Grenzpolitik und räumt mit Mythen über nationale Sicherheit und Migration auf. Das Buch argumentiert für offene Grenzen als Weg zu mehr Gerechtigkeit und bietet praktische Argumente, um gängige Vorurteile zu widerlegen. Es ist ein Appell für einen empathischen Umgang mit Migration.