Monthly Archives: March 2011

This Week in History: The Paris Commune

This week marks the 140th anniversary of the proclamation of the Paris Commune. Continue reading

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How to Vilify Care Workers and Break Their Unions

by K. Wilson By now, consumers of mainstream media should be familiar with a certain story about state programs, public workers, and their unions. It goes something like this. State-run programs, we are told, are inefficient and ineffective at best. … Continue reading

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Global Capitalism in Crisis: What Next?

How should we understand the global economic crisis that erupted in 2008, and which continues to engulf the developed world? In previous articles we have used the phrase ‘Global Great Depression’. What leads us to this assessment, and what does it amount to? Continue reading

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Toward a New Model of Working Class Organizing I

Labor activists have been discovering of late that it is vitally necessary to organize outside the workplace in order to win demands inside the workplace. Continue reading

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Rebel, or Revolutionary?

by S. Myers A revolutionary is not merely the product of a society that is entering a period of revolution, of one that is ripe for revolutionary change. Rather, a revolutionary is a certain type of person who, finding revolutionary … Continue reading

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This Week in History: The Great Southwest Railroad Strike

This week marks the 125th anniversary of the Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886. Continue reading

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Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa: Untangling Two Tyrannies

The uprisings now sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa have raised hopes around the world, and in nearly all quarters. But the general approbation comes with a wide range of opinion as to what these events actually signify. Continue reading

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