October 22, 2007 With China increasingly setting wages and working conditions for workers the world over, the ripple effects from changes in Chinese labor law are likely to be felt in each of our home countries. So head’s up: new Chinese labor legislation is in the works. The latest draft law concerns labor dispute… Read More »
THE MISTRIALS OF EHREN WATADA
October 12, 2007 By Brendan Smith & Jeremy Brecher The double jeopardy clause of the US Constitution ensures that no American can be tried twice for the same offense. But at a time when our civil liberties are rapidly eroding, a drama is unfolding in Washington State over whether that constitutional protection applies… Read More »
HOW THE MILITARY CAN STOP AN IRAN ATTACK
October 9, 2007 Sometimes history–and necessity–make strange bedfellows. The German general staff transported Lenin to Russia to lead a revolution. Union-buster Ronald Reagan played godfather to the birth of the Polish Solidarity union. Equally strange–but perhaps equally necessary–is the addressee of a new appeal signed by Daniel Ellsberg, Cindy Sheehan, Ann Wright and many… Read More »
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS 2.0
September 27, 2007 On September 27, 2007, the world experienced its first virtual strike. In response to a wage dispute, IBM workers in Italy organized a picket outside their company’s “corporate campus” based in the 3-D virtual world of Second Life. According to a report in the Guardian, workers “marched and waved banners, gate-crashed… Read More »
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