September 19, 2006 In April of this year, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China met to discuss “The Lot of Chinese Workers: Do China’s Labor Laws Work?” It’s a fascinating read and is available here. The CECC is a government body created by Congress in 2000 to monitor human rights and the rule of law… Read More »
TERMINATING THE BUSH JUGGERNAUT
May 12, 2003 Introduction The Bush administration is presenting itself to the world as a juggernaut – a “massive inexorable force that advances irresistibly, crushing whatever is in its path.”1 Bush’s National Security Strategy envisions its “war against terrorism” as “a global enterprise of uncertain duration.” It says the US will act against “emerging… Read More »
COLLATERAL DAMAGE: NEO-LIBERALISM
October 17, 2001 By Tim Costello, Brendan Smith & Jeremy Brecher Even as they were planning military action in Afghanistan, US leaders were struggling with the contradictions of capitalism. One can almost hear them sighing, ah, if only we could bomb the recession! Capitalism is an amazingly dynamic system, but it has some… Read More »
GLOBAL WARMING
The reality of global warming and its catastrophic consequences are today beyond debate. But American labor is caught in an internal stalemate among those who fear job loss from efforts to deal with global warming, those who have not considered global warming an important union issue, and those who see the climate crisis as a call for immediate action and an opportunity for sustainable economic development.
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