May 13, 2011 One of the memorable images of the Vietnam war era was a news photo of hard-hatted construction workers beating up peace demonstrators near a New York construction site. The AFL-CIO was one of the leading supporters of the war. Although by the late 1960s working class communities prompted in part by… Read More »
NEXT STEPS FOR GLOBALIZATION FROM BELOW
May 13, 2011 Previous posts have described the vision laid out in the “Bejiing Declaration”on “The global economic crisis: An historic opportunity for transformation” and the specific proposals that make up its “transitional program” to move toward a “radically different kind of political and economic order.” This post looks at next steps toward realizing such… Read More »
BANDED TOGETHER
May 1, 2011 ONE COMMUNITY’S RESPONSE TO GLOBALIZATION AND DEINDUSTRIALIZATION Click here to download a free pdf copy of Banded Together. Providing incisive commentary on the historical and contemporary American working class experience, Banded Together: Economic Democratization in the Brass Valley documents a community’s efforts to rebuild and revitalize itself in the aftermath of… Read More »
CITING JOBS AND ENVIRONMENT, MORE UNIONS BACKING EPA
April 21, 2011 At the start of 2011, as the energy corporations, the US Chamber of Commerce, and the Tea Party right launched their assault on environmental protection and the EPA, it looked like public opinion and organized labor might just be swept along. Instead, much of the public and the labor movement have… Read More »
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