U.S. Politics & Society

NLF Highlights U.S. Politics & Society 

Blue Wave or Red Tide? Highlights for Nov 5th

November 2018November 2018 Paula Finn 0 Comments capitalism, democracy, Democratic Party, Democrats, elections, electoral politics

With perhaps the most important midterm elections in a generation happening tomorrow, we offer you: an invitation to join us

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NLF Highlights U.S. Politics & Society 

The State of the Unions

October 2018October 2018 Paula Finn 0 Comments labor movement, new york city, new york state, reports, teachers, union density

CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies faculty Ruth Milkman and Stephanie Luce have released their annual report on the

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Gender & Sexual Identity U.S. Politics & Society 

Beyond #MeToo

August 2018August 2018 Judith Levine contingent workers, gender discrimination, immigrant workers, Labor, trade unions, unorganized workers, women workers

Power and sexploitation at work.

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U.S. Politics & Society 

Is There a Deep State, and If So What Is It?

August 2018August 2018 Jacob Silverman democracy, Democratic Party, industry, military-industrial complex, neoliberalism, Republican Party

When paranoia carries the right of truth.

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The Time Has Come for Sectoral Bargaining

June 2018August 2018 Larry Cohen collective bargaining, right-to-work

It is now clear that enterprise-based organizing and bargaining in the U.S. has a dim future.  U.S. workers’ collective bargaining

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An Odd Twist: Might a Response to Janus Make Adjunct Organizing Easier in New York State?

June 2018August 2018 Luke Elliott-Negri and Marc Kagan adjuncts, Janus, organizing, right-to-work

Like most contingent workers, adjunct faculty are hard to organize and mobilize. The Janus v. AFSCME ruling will no doubt

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NLF Highlights U.S. Politics & Society 

The New Geography of Suburbia

June 2018August 2018 Paula Finn poverty, suburbia, urban

Highlights for June 11th In this newsletter, we turn our attention to the suburbs. And for good reason, since that’s

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The New Geography of Suburbia: An Anatomy of America’s Hinterland

May 2018August 2018 Phil A. Neel capitalism, cities, crisis, deindustrialization, geography, industry, Marxism, riots

From suburban dreams to suburban nightmares.

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Napoleons in Pinstripes: The Rise of the Business Mogul as Politician

May 2018August 2018 Lily Geismer capitalism, Democratic Party, elections, politics, privatization, Republican Party

The authoritarian threat when titans of business invade the political arena.

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Organized Labor & Worker Organizing U.S. Politics & Society 

Is Now the Time to Break with the Democrats?: A Debate

January 2018May 2018 J. Phillip Thompson and Adam Hilton democracy, Democratic Party, Labor, liberalism, neoliberalism, politics, race, Sanders Campaign, Winter 2018

What should be the strategy on the left at this time?

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