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4 From the Editorial Team
9 The Geography of Defeat
By James Steele
A close analysis of the demographics of defeat.
21 Wal-Mart and the New World Order
21 Wal-Mart: A Template for Twenty-first Century Capitalism?
By Nelson Lichtenstein
Wal-Mart has set the standard for the future of low-wage giant business.
31 Life inside America’s Largest Dysfunctional Family: Working for Wal-Mart
By Ellen Rosen
High pressure, poor training, shaming rituals, and overwork are norms for Wal-Mart employees.
41 Patriarchy at the Check-Out Counter
By Brad Seligman
Wal-Mart’s women employees take the company to court in the country’s largest ever civil rights class action.
49 God Goes Corporate
By Linda Kintz
How, miracle of miracles, the right convinced ordinary Americans that the market is blessed by God.
59 Debate: The Crisis of Worker Rights:
59 Saving the Right to Organize: Substitute the 13th Amendment for the Wagner Act
By Mark Dudzic:
Why labor law should not be premised on individual rights.
68 Collective Bargaining is the Priority: Larry Cohen replies to Mark Dudzic
72 The 13th Amendment is No Magic Bullet: Josh Freeman replies to Mark Dudzic
75 Mark Dudzic Replies
79 An Interview with John Wilhelm
By Kent Wong
85 Keeping Living Wages Alive
By Stephanie Luce
Passing living wage ordinances is only half the battle.
97 Corporate America’s Favorite Export: How Should Labor Respond to Outsourcing?
By Thea Lee
Only an overhauled trade policy can address job flight and worker exploitation in the global economy.
105 Debate: The AFL-CIO and China
105 Skirting the Facts on China: Barbara Shailor responds to Kent Wong
109 Kent Wong Replies: China Remains the Exception
113 Bad Connections: How Labor Fails to Communicate
By Matt Witt
New strategies to build public support and worker involvement.
121 A Comic Celebration: The 100th Anniversary of the IWW
By Paul Buhle
126 Books and the Arts:
126 A Populist Frankenstein
What’s the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
By Thomas Frank
Reviewed by Alice O’ Connor
131 The Paradox of Government Regulation, American Style
Democracy & Regulation – How the Public Can Govern Essential Services
By Greg Palast, Jerrold Oppenheim and Theo MacGregor
Reviewed by Kenneth Peres
135 Nerves of Steel
Black Freedom Fighters in Steel: The Struggle for Democratic Unionism
By Ruth Needleman
Reviewed by Dorian Warren
141 About Our Contributors
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