Fires on the bordertakes up these questions of labor and community organizing its affect culture on mexicos northern border from the early 1970s to the present day through these campaigns hennessy illuminates the attachments and identifications that motivate people to act on behalf of one another and that bind them to a common cause. Fires on the border the passionate pol itics of labor or ganizing on the mexican frontera rosemary hennessy 2013 minneapoli s unive rsity of minnesot a press. Fires on the border the passionate politics of labor organizing on the mexican frontera rosemary hennessy abstract the history of the maquiladoras has been punctuated by workers organized resistance to abysmal working and living conditions over years of involvement in such movements this books author was struck by an elusive but . Fires on the border takes up these questions of labor and community organizing its affect culture on mexicos northern border from the early 1970s to the present day through these campaigns hennessy illuminates the attachments and identifications that motivate people to act on behalf of one another and that bind them to a common . Fires on the border the passionate politics of labor organizing on the mexican frontera by rosemary hennessy minneapolis university of minnesota press 2013 pp 302 7500 cloth 2500 paper