I'd think you're better placed to know about America than I am, but for Africa I suppose your best bet would be looking though Zabalaza's stuff (spose you could also try posting on the ABC Africa forums).
Here's a series of WSM links from South Africa, for instance:
Every worker must condemn attacks on foreigners
Do immigrants cause crime?
Solidarity with immigrants
There's also this longer piece on racism that may well have immigration stuff in it.
I do think the critics of No Borders do have a point, in that they tend to frame their arguments in very liberal/moralistic terms ("migrants should be able to stay because they should have freedom of movement"), rather than in class terms (spelling out how the national divisions within the workforce keep conditions down so it's in our benefit, as "native" workers, to have migrants fully integrated into our class on equal terms with everyone else.)
Given the nature of No Borders as a network it's no wonder there is a diverse approach to making arguments against immigration control. Whilst there is a lot that could be done to sharpen up the class focus of no border politics, I believe we're heading in the right direction.
However the pressure and urgency of many anti-deportation campaigns means it's often quite difficult to maintain a coherent class struggle argument when courting local media and the like. That said our group has made our motivation clear from the outset:
We do not believe anyone should have to justify their presence and our actions are not motivated by pity. Though for tactical reasons, when campaigning for someone not to be deported, we use compassionate arguments for their right to remain, our motivation is always one of solidarity with fellow working class people from across the globe.
Well, if we talk about historical there is the famous negative history of the IWW and Chinese workers.
Jack London, who was influential in the early socialist movement wrote a short story about genocide towards the chinese. And if my memory serves me correctly his 'scab' article for the IWW as been vetted with the chinese baiting taken out. I did a quick search and this seems to talk about the early racial bar towards asians by the IWW.
I did a quick search and this seems to talk about the early racial bar towards asians by the IWW.
It seems to me to say the opposite; can you quote what you're referring to please?
The I.W.W. was the only major national labor organization of the period to hold open their door to Asian workers and consequently to remain consistent in a rhetoric of including all workers regardless of race.
FWIW, there's a mini-piece on immigration by an AF member as part of a roundtable discussion on the subject (including a Green party spokesperson!) here.
FWIW, here is a recent article we have produced on immigration and the workers' movement. It is not an anarchist position but I don't think many anarchist would disagree with its main point: the defence of the unity of the working class.
Immigration and the workers' movement
In less than two weeks time hundreds of neo-Nazis and racists will descend on the coastal town of Dover calling for Britain to “close the border”. It is vital that anti-fascists and anti-racists...
A short account of the West Siberian uprising against the Bolsheviks.
Michael Heinrich argues that Marx was not after a “Marxism” as an identity-defining “truth.” Rather, he was more interested in the critical business of undermining certainties.
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How about does anyone know about anarchists and immigration in regions where immigrants made up a large portion of anarchist population (I'm thinking of the Americas and Africa)....