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 »
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 »
A MORATORIUM WIRED TO STOP THE WAR
June 18, 2007 By Brendan Smith & Jeremy Brecher Though Americans disapprove of President Bush’s handling of the situation in Iraq by more than two to one, they don’t seem to be expressing that disapproval to anyone but pollsters. A plan to establish a monthly Iraq Moratorium Day may provide a way for… Read More »
GLOBALIZING WORKERS RIGHTS
May 11, 2007 By Tim Costello, Brendan Smith & Jeremy Brecher This post is based on a contribution to the symposium “‘Neither Slavery Nor Involuntary Servitude’: The Thirteenth Amendment and the Contemporary Struggle for Labor’s rights” that appeared in the March, 2007 New Labor Forum. For generations, workers in the United States and… Read More »
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