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North Coast Lawyer

(277 posts)

4. Not much has changed.

Reply to Amaryllis (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2026, 03:10 PM

10 hrs ago

The deportees in this song died in Fresno County west of the town of Coalinga. A rather desolate part of California people driving up and down Interstate 5 try to get through as soon as possible. 'Disposable' people still work the fields of Fresno County under only slightly improved conditions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportee_(Plane_Wreck_at_Los_Gatos)

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Bruce Springsteen & Rosanne Cash - "Deportee" (Woody Guthrie) - Monmouth Univ-Long Branch, NJ -6/4/26 [View all] Amaryllis 13 hrs ago OP

Brilliance Botany 13 hrs ago #1

Also how current the song is this many years later. Amaryllis 13 hrs ago #2

Bookmarking Bayard 11 hrs ago #3

Not much has changed. North Coast Lawyer 10 hrs ago #4