by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/the-virus-speaks/, on 28 April 2020 Warning: I have gone viral and seized “Jeremy Brecher’s Corner.” My ancestors used to get around by rat. Rat trappers, like the ones above, worked in cities like Galveston, which was ravaged 100 years ago by one of my… Read More »
The Coronavirus Depression and the Emergency Green New Deal
by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/the-coronavirus-depression-and-the-emergency-green-new-deal/, on 06 May 2020 This is the fourth in a series of commentaries proposing an Emergency Green New Deal. Mass unemployment, misery, and impoverishment require emergency response not only to the medical pandemic but to the economic catastrophe that is accompanying it. “The Coronavirus… Read More »
Labor in the Climate Strikes
by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/labor-in-the-climate-strikes/, on 20 April 2020 When young people around the world began their Climate Strikes, organized workers began joining in, contributing to the September 20, 2019 tally of more than seven million participants worldwide. Many unions were poised to help make the 2020 Earth Week… Read More »
“Make the Damn Masks!”
by Jeremy Brecher, originally published by Labor Network for Sustainability, https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/make-the-damn-masks/, on 14 April 2020 This is the fourth in a series of commentaries on Workers vs. Coronavirus. The previous commentary “I Talk to Workers Every Day – They’re Afraid They’re Going to Die”[1] described how workers are being affected by the pandemic and what their… Read More »
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