June 1, 2005 Review of “If the Workers Took a Notion”: The Right to Strike and American Political Development by Josiah Bartlett Lambert (Cornell University Press, 2005) During the 1970s, the Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded nearly 300 major work stoppages per year. By the 1990s, the number of major strikes had fallen to… Read More »
REPLY TO CHUCK MORSE, “THEORY OF THE ANTI-GLOBALIZATION MOVEMENT”
May 2, 2003 I thank Chuck Morse for his critical review of Globalization from Below—I consider a good critic to be one’s best friend.(1) The book’s prime objective was to provoke discussion about the goals and practices of what’s often referred to as the anti-globalization movement, and in this case we clearly succeeded. In… Read More »
THE TRAJECTORY OF CHANGE
July 14, 2002 In the 1960s student activists used to say, “Don’t trust anyone over 30.” The fact of the matter is, there were few people over 30 worth trusting. Until the student movement made its mark, pathetically few Americans were willing to support militant action for racial equality or forthrightly oppose the war in… Read More »
A NEW LABOR MOVEMENT IN THE SHELL OF THE OLD?
March 1, 1996 by Tim Costello and Jeremy Brecher Labor Research Review #24: PART I: THE POLITICS OF REFORM PART II: THE FUTURE OF THE REFORM AGENDA JOHN SWEENEY RESPONDS RON CAREY RESPONDS JANE SLAUGHTER RESPONDS PART I: THE POLITICS OF REFORM A lot has changed since the formation of the AFL-CIO 40… Read More »