Jason Baldinger: time is dead
time died three weeks ago it went quietly no friends or family by the bedside no obituary no news no soundbyte I heard a reputable source say it had … Continue reading
Florina Rodov: Barbara Ehrenreich’s Powerful Lessons for a Stronger Post-Coronavirus America
The political activist and author imagines a country where all people, not just the wealthy, can live with dignity.
Michael Simms: Hands
Every man who works with his hands
Has seen that look. Maybe we showed up
To patch the roof, service the furnace,
Or unclog the sewer…
George Monbiot: Revolt of the Robots
How we can find meaning, purpose and pride when the workplace no longer offers them? Why bother designing robots when you can reduce human beings to machines? Last week, Amazon … Continue reading
Dawn Potter: Company Town
2011 E. B. Leisenring Jr., the scion of a powerful Pennsylvania coal family who led industry negotiators during a long and bitter mine workers’ strike in 1978, ignoring pleas by … Continue reading
Mel Packer: Expendable Workers
The number of people seen as “expendable” by those in charge of our world is growing dramatically. Once, in an industrial era, the wealthy needed two-legged mules (read human laborers) … Continue reading
Dawn Potter: As a Thief in the Night
1891 It was about nine o’clock that the explosion occurred, and soon a black vapor poured out of the top of the shaft. . Horrible Explosion of Mine Gas! The … Continue reading
Robert Borosage: A Broad Middle Class Requires Empowering Workers
On Labor Day, families gather, politicians pay tribute to values of hard work, and some workers even get an extra day off. But this Labor Day arrives with working families … Continue reading
Joseph E. Stiglitz: People Who Break the Rules Have Raked in Huge Profits, Sickening Our Politics
The following is taken from a transcript of Joseph Stiglitz’s remarks to the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles on September 8, 2013. I’m an economist — I study how economies … Continue reading
Mel Packer: Is It Time To Be Outlaws Again?
Only large-scale civil disobedience will make our leaders address economic injustice. In 1989, Bob Dylan recorded a song titled “Everything Is Broken”. That song seemed to go largely ignored, perhaps … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky: How to Ruin an Economy
Chomsky spoke at The Third Boston Symposium on Economics on February 10th 2014. In this video, he discusses the structural problems that prevent “willing hands” from finding a productive place … Continue reading
