Fall 2014

It’s Good to Be King: The Crisis Documentary and the American Dreamscape

September 2016July 2017 Jeremy Varon Books & the Arts, Fall 2014

Heist: Who Stole the American Dream Directed by Donald Goldmacher and Frances Causey Connecting the Dots Productions, 2012 You’ve

How We Once Came to Fight a War on Poverty

December 2014December 2014 Frances Fox Piven Fall 2014

The fifty-year anniversary of Lyndon Baines Johnson’s declaration of a war on poverty has sparked a new round of right-wing

International Labor & Politics On the Contrary

Should Labor Boycott Israel?

August 2014June 2018 Andrew Ross and Jo-Ann Mort Fall 2014

The BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) campaign is shaping up as one of these historical moments when everyone has to choose which side they are on. Trade unionists have good reason to know what this feels like. Labor history is punctuated with similar contests, when nuanced views on strategy have run their course and we are left with a stark moral choice.

Issues

January 2014June 2019 Administrator Fall 2014

Contents From the Editorial Team Under the Radar By Sarah Jaffe Unreported and under-reported news and views that matter. On