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- Saturday, Nov 14, 2009
Blog Post John Cronan's Resoc Interview -
- Monday, Jul 13, 2009
  ZNet Article We are in the middle of both economic and environmental crises. As we look for solutions, the two cannot be separated - matters of the economy are entwined with the environment and vice versa. Our profit-driven market economy ensures that only a tiny minority of people decide where and what to produce, at the expense of workers who are disempowered and controlled through a network of corporate hierarchies, and at the expense of the natural world. As climate change has worsened, it has been working class people who are most affected, especially women and people of color. Subsequently, the effort to achieve environmental justice must also be an effort to achieve economic democracy and classlessness - an economy where no group rules over another. In the spirit of the strategic and visionary approach of much of today's environmental movement, this article will look at what practices and policies, specifically around issues of class and the economy, the environmental movement should - and in many cases has - embrace that will ensure it will be a leading factor in the struggle for a clean, green, equitable future. -
- Thursday, Apr 02, 2009
Blog Post Why the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) is integral to transitioning to a green economy. -
- Thursday, Mar 26, 2009
Blog Post A response to The Nation's forum on "Reimagining Socialism" -
- Tuesday, Feb 17, 2009
Blog Post Venezuelan Youth and the media -
- Thursday, Oct 23, 2008
Blog Post Antisocial sidewalking -
- Wednesday, Oct 01, 2008
ZNet Article A proposed Green Economic Stimulus. -
- Thursday, Sep 25, 2008
Blog Post Some quick thoughts on Race and Class -
- Thursday, Jun 26, 2008
ZNet Article A look at the class analysis used in Paul Kivel's, "Social Service or Social Change," making the case that it is flawed--which has ramifications on his overall analysis of the topic. And it also an example of a greater misunderstanding of class amongst social justice organizers. -
- Saturday, Jun 07, 2008
ZNet Article An elderly man lay in the street, after being struck in a hit an run, while bystanders merely look. Was this a divergence from "moral behavior" or following social norms? -
- Tuesday, Jun 03, 2008
Blog Post Union workers were recently fired/locked out in an attempt to break the union. Support needed. -
- Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Blog Post The AP recently reported of the worst violence in Lebeanon since their civil war. But is this really the case? -
- Tuesday, May 13, 2008
ZNet Article A look at the May 8th security guard rally and the subsequent dinner by the union officials. -
- Thursday, Apr 03, 2008
Blog Post The revolutionary potential of being Irish-American. -
- Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008
Blog Post Looks at Amtrak's latest announcement that it will conduct "random" searches of bags, and more... -
- Tuesday, Jan 29, 2008
ZNet Article Margaret Thatcher is credited for coining the phrase, “there is no alternative”, or TINA for short, referring to her assertion that there is no alternative to neoliberalism—meaning that economic activity is better left to the dictates of unrestricted capitalism and the market. Though what she really meant is “there is no better alternative,” or TINBA, because obviously there have been non-capitalist societies. Thatcher said this in the 1980's, and if one were to look at the current economic state of the world, one might think that she was right. We are said to live in a “flat world”--one where globalization has made countries, companies, and individuals more interdependent on one another; therefore allowing a greater possibility for countries, companies, and individuals to prosper. However, even though neoliberalism is expanding, so is resistance and struggle against it. Millions across of the globe have seen and felt its effects—ones that do not mirror prosperity, but rather, misery and despair. Every time that a country “liberalizes” its economy under the supervision and advice of institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and World Trade Organization (WTO), or neoliberal rules and regulations are implemented through “free trade agreements,” we see public services outright destroyed, natural resources depleted, and other horrific effects, while the pockets of transnational and multinational corporations get fatter.
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- Monday, Jan 28, 2008
Blog Post Part of my "Revisiting Rhode Island" series, "Are You From Boston, or Something?" -
- Wednesday, Jan 23, 2008
Blog Post Revisiting Rhode Island series, "The Great Escape" Blog Post My new blog series, "Revisiting Rhode Island: Reflections on Movement Building" -
- Thursday, Dec 27, 2007
Commentary In the United States, we can see the roots of an emerging militant labor movement. Though in its infancy, rank-and-file initiatives are becoming more common as traditional Labor continues to fail us. A militant labor movement will be comprised of (or at least should be) self-managed workers' organizations; subsequently, labor activists focus on organizing the rank-and-file workers. This much I think we can all agree on. However, there is disagreement on what the role of a militant labor movement and organizing around class has in the context of greater societal change. I think that much of the disagreement stems from, in general terms, how we conceptualize how societal change happens, and who are the agents of change. It is this question that I will try to address, presenting a complementary and holistic approach that recognizes the centrality of non-class oppressions, along with class, in the struggle for radical societal change. - All Most Recent Content
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John Cronan jr's Bio Info: John is a 25 year old restaurant worker and org... moreJohn is a 25 year old restaurant worker and organizer living in New York CIty but orginally from Providence, RI. He is a Pace Univeristy graduate and has worked at the same steak house as a food runner for almost 7 years (Providence and Manhattan locations). He organizes with Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC), as well as the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Food and Allied Workers Union I.U. 460/640.
His interests include sports (especially the Boston Red Sox, Celtics, New England Patriots, and Arsenal Gunners), martial arts, good beer and wine, italian food, participatory society, Revolution, and more.
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