The main objective of the article is to elaborate the historicity of migratory capitalism that constitutes one of the current facets of capitalism (surveillance, green, finance, health, etc.). To this end, the second objective is a critical reading of the Bracero Program (1942-1964) inspired by the Marxist theoretical-conceptual framework, through the concepts of real abstraction and metabolic rift. Thus, the dialectical method is used, which consists of highlighting tensions and contradictions constituting the implementation of this program (such as the gradual transformation of the metabolism of the peasant subject into an exploitable agricultural laborer and its progressive separation from the terroir) and pointing out the emergence of migrations as a new expression of abstract work (number of employable arms). This is the greatest result of this article that defines the Bracero Program as an important historical milestone in the emergence of migratory capitalism.
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