Why have so many European leaders recently proclaimed the failure of multiculturalism? What should we make of their claims, and of the proliferating rhetoric of blame directed against Muslims and other immigrants of color in Europe? John Bowen distinguishes rhetoric from reality in France, Britain and beyond, and Nicole Newnham discusses her film about the human cost of US deportation policy.

Mexico has a grand revolutionary tradition, a radical lineage that James Cockcroft argues lives on in current-day struggles both within Mexico and among US-based immigrants. Cockcroft discusses the radical visions of the revolutionaries of 1910-1917; the ideological roots of waves of resistance to Mexican and US elites; and the elections-related turmoil that's periodically plagued Mexico.

It's not just a story about the Indian diaspora. It's about empire, about the movement of labor, about the use and abuse of race, about global historical forces that created expatriate communities in far-flung places. Minal Hajratwala explains how and why her extended family moved to and settled in nine different countries.

Who's considered to belong in this country, and who's considered alien? Has that binary always been in place, or did certain policies create the charged figure of the "illegal alien"? Mae Ngai's investigations into the history of immigration, citizenship and race provide critical context for ongoing debates over what to do about undocumented immigration.

In his latest book, David Bacon elucidates the structural factors that generate poverty among people who eventually migrate to the US. According to Bacon, trade policy and the neoliberal economic agenda are closely connected to immigration patterns and policies. He also highlights the political agency of migrant workers.

Will the current economic meltdown, and worker reaction to it, be a reenactment of the Great Depression? Could the politics of racist resentment on the US-Mexico border explode into (more) violence? Are global elites truly motivated to combat climate change? Mike Davis, author of In Praise of Barbarians, tackles these and other issues.