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- Sunday, Feb 21, 2010
Commentary A Review of "Lets Make Money", a film by Erwin Wagenhofer. Distributed by Bullfrog Films, 2008 -
- Wednesday, Feb 03, 2010
ZNet Article Great data by Kim Scipes--I had nothing to do with piece, but can't get my name off. All credit goes to Kim. -
- Saturday, Dec 26, 2009
ZNet Article As a US military veteran—USMC, 1969-73, who turned around while on active duty—I have been incredibly frustrated at the impotence of the anti-war movement in the United States to stop the wars in particularly Iraq, Afghanistan and, increasingl... -
- Thursday, Jun 11, 2009
ZNet Article Paul Krugman is arguably the most-read economist in the world today. A Princeton University Professor of Economics and International Affairs, a Nobel Prize laureate in Economics, and a twice-weekly New York Times columnist, his reach extends far ... -
- Saturday, May 30, 2009
ZNet Article Most contemporary discussions of globalization, and especially of the impact of neo-liberal economic policies, focus on the countries of the Global South (see, for example, Bond, 2005; Ellner and Hellinger, eds., 2003; a number of articles in Harr... -
- Sunday, Dec 07, 2008
Commentary The Green movement around the world has presented a myriad of ideas and projects, each suggesting the way forward to a Green society. However, because there is no overarching vision, we have moved in this direction and that, stumbling from one go... -
- Saturday, Jun 21, 2008
ZNet Article Last year, I published a couple of articles on the Greens that appeared on Z Net: “Wo sind de Gruenen?”, asking where are the Greens, and then “The Green Party: Critique, Response and the Illinois Greens October 2007 Membership Meeting”. I want ... -
- Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008
ZNet Article As the crisis of US newspapers have intensified over the last few months, I have thought a number of times about writing to the Tribune to share my two cents. Your Friday (6/13) column took to me actually sitting down to write—and although you mi... -
- Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Commentary George Monbiot's latest book is arguably the greatest threat emerging to the "know-nothings" of today who deny global warming and the threat of climate change to human existence on the planet: it is a clearly written, hard-headed analysis that re... -
- Saturday, May 03, 2008
Commentary Hans was traveling with about 40 veterans from the Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo wars (and other places around the world), plus spouses and partners, to participate in the "Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan" hearings at the National Labor Colle... -
- Friday, Nov 02, 2007
Commentary Last June, I wrote an article, "Wo sind die Gruenen?" asking "Where are the Greens?" (http://www.zcommunications.org/zspace/commentaries/3133). This was in response to my concern about a lack of boldness in the Greens, and what seemed to me almost... -
- Sunday, Jun 17, 2007
Commentary As the Bush Administration continues its immoral and illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and as the Democrats pee all over themselves in finding ways not to stop the idiot-in-chief and his anti-democratic administration from destroying everyone ... -
- Friday, Feb 02, 2007
ZNet Article Although most discussions of the impact of neo-liberal economic policies focus on the countries of the Global South, these policies have been implemented in the Unit... -
- Sunday, Dec 24, 2006
ZNet Article The US labour centre, the AFL-CIO has a Solidarity Center in South Africa. Few unionists know what it does or stands for. Kim Scipes, in this revealing article, exposes some of its worldwide operations and wonders why Cosatu has a relationship wit... -
- Thursday, Sep 28, 2006
ZNet Article Traveling to both Venezuela and South Africa this past summer, through my work as an academic sociologist, I was able to observe firsthand two radically different approaches to "third world" development: a "redistributive approach" in Venezuela, a... -
- Wednesday, Sep 27, 2006
ZNet Article In April 2002, following a general strike led by oil company management and collaborating labor union leaders in Venezuela, parts of the Venezuelan military launched a coup to remove democratically-elected President Hugo Chavez Frias from office. ... -
- Thursday, Jul 06, 2006
ZNet Article Returning to the United States from Venezuela is a strange experience. Spending time with poor people hopeful about their future and the future of their children is a heady experience-and not one I've shared in a long time in the US.
I just spen... -
- Monday, May 01, 2006
ZNet Article On March 6th, over 50 union members from several unions and activist allies picketed the headquarters of the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC. This was to demand that the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center immediately break off all ties with the misnamed Natio... -
- Tuesday, Jan 31, 2006
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Standing in the middle of a blizzard in Chicago on December 8, 2005 along with about 250-300 union members and supporters, I stood at the Haym... -
- Saturday, Dec 17, 2005
ZNet Article On December 10th, International Human Rights Day, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney pointed out that, "For all practical purposes, Americans have lost the freedom to form unions." Accordingly, the AFL-CIO and its allies engaged in a series of protest... -
- Thursday, Dec 01, 2005
ZNet Article This past September, I wanted to write something about the juxtaposition of the extremely successful mobilization against the war in Iraq on September 24th with the failed mobilization the following day in support of the war. A phrase kept running... -
- Wednesday, Nov 02, 2005
ZNet Article Whoopee! The Change to Win Coalition has established itself in the labor movement! Happy Days are here again! Andy Stern's going to lead us to the promised land!
And the overwhelming response by American workers: yawn.
At the time when American ... -
- Friday, Sep 16, 2005
ZNet Article As one considers developments in and around the main currents of the US labor movement -- the recent split in the AFL-CIO, and the reaction of both sides of the split to the ongoing strike by AMFA against Northwest Airlines, most particularly -- i... -
- Monday, Aug 22, 2005
ZNet Article Tim Shorrock recently published an article titled "Labor's Foreign Policy Heads in a New Direction." This piece seems to have gotten considerable distribution, especially as so many folks seem to desperately want to hear good news about Labor's f... -
- Tuesday, Aug 09, 2005
ZNet Article The Convention is over, delegates have returned home, and it's time to make sense of the mess.
First of all, the "Change to Win" Coalition's boycott of the convention and split from the AFL-CIO was stupid. Workers are going to suffer for this stu... -
- Tuesday, Aug 02, 2005
ZNet Article As one who has written a number of articles about the struggle to transform AFL-CIO foreign policy into genuine international labor solidarity and to pass the "Build Unity and Trust Among Workers Worldwide" resolution at the recent AFL-CIO Nationa... -
- Tuesday, Jul 26, 2005
ZNet Article In the increasing "heat" of labor reform issues-which is not always the same as "light"-it has been discouraging to see how little attention has been paid to Labor's foreign policy issues. This is, in my opinion, the 500-pound gorilla that no one... -
- Sunday, Jul 10, 2005
ZNet Article The AFL-CIO's "Solidarity Center" (formally known as the American Center for International Labor Solidarity or ACILS) was actively involved in bringing together the leadership of the right-wing Confederation of Venezuelan Workers (CTV) and that of... -
- Thursday, Jun 23, 2005
ZNet Article The AFL-CIO is having its quadrennial convention in Chicago next month (July 2005) in Chicago. The labor movement is hurting: only about one-eighth of eligible workers overall (12.5%) are in unions, and it drops below 8 percent when looking only a... -
- Sunday, May 01, 2005
ZNet Article Throughout much of its history, the AFL-CIO has carried out a reactionary labor program around the world. It has been unequivocally established that the AFL-CIO has worked to overthrow democratically-elected governments, collaborated with dictator... - All Most Recent Content
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