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Don't
Mourn: Globalize!
by
Wally Katz
The
activist adage, "think globally act locally," is
misguided, Katz argues in his dissection of the political
economy of global capitalism.
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Dignity
and Democracy
by
David Montgomery
America's
preeminent historian looks back at what the labor movement
has wrought over the course of the 20th century..
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Let
There be One, Two, Many Seattles: Some Observations and Reflections
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23
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Teamsters
and Turtles
by
Steve Fraser and Nelson Lichtenstein
The
WTO marked a watershed in post-Cold War prospects for a "global
New Deal." Yet labor's close ties to "Old Deal"
Democrats may hinder its ability to help lead this movement
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The
Battle in Seattle and Where We Go from Here
by
Stewart Acuff
A
deputy regional director for the AFL-CIO draws lessons from
his experience in Seattle.
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The
Kids are Alright
by
Jeff Crosby
A
Massachusetts labor activist applauds mass action and chides
labor for its timidity.
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Whose
Ox is being Gored(d)?
Five
responses to the Michael Kazin/Nikhil Singh debate on labor
and the Democratic Party from the Fall/Winter 1999 issue
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Michael
Kazin
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Richard
Trumka
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Paul
Buhle
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51
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Gwendolyn
Mink
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Corey
Robin
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Is
Organizing Enough? Race, Gender, and Union Culture
by
Bill Fletcher and Richard W. Hurd
Labor's
current push to make organizing the priority overlooks the
need to build a new movement that embraces women and people
of color.
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Higher
Education, Inc.
by
Cynthia Young and Dan Clawson, Guest Editors
A
probing examination of why the Academic Establishment is flunking
the 'labor question.'
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The
Neo-Liberal University
by
Sheila Slaughter and Gary Rhoades
No
longer can the ivory tower pretend immunity from the fevers
of the marketplace. The modern university has discovered the
pristine discipline of the corporate bottom line.
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Living
Wage Campaigns Storm the Ivory Tower: Low Wage Workers on
Campus
by
Jess Walsh
Low
wage campaigns are invading the campus...but are campus workers
getting organized?
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A
New Campus Rebellion: Organizing Boston's Contingent Faculty
by
Gary Zabel
The
story of a promising campaign to confront the casualization
of teaching on campus. |
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Graduate
Employee Organizing and the Corporate University
by
Kimberly Quinn Johnson and Joseph Entin
Graduate
teacher organizing campaigns at Yale and NYU are path breaking
events both for academia and the labor movement. |
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The
Struggle for Union Justice and Social Justice at the University
of Iowa
by
John Scott
How
collective bargaining on campus can embrace the struggle for
social justice. |
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Books
and the Arts |
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Taking
Care of Business: Samuel Gompers, George Meany, Lane Kirkland,
and the Tragedy of American Labor
by
Paul Buhle
Reviewed
by Deborah E. Bell |
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Capital
Moves; RCA's 70 year Quest for Cheap Labor
by
Jefferson Cowie
Reviewed
by Kimberly Phillips-Fein |
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No
Shame in My Game: The Working Poor and the Inner-City
by
Katherine S. Newman
Reviewed
by Mary Patillo-McCoy |
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Poetry |
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Letters |
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