The Black-Labor-Left Alliance in the Neoliberal Age
The report, A Future for Workers: A Contribution from Black Labor, brings together the perspectives and voices of significant black
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Spring 2016
The Marikana Massacre: Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in South Africa
The Lonmin-owned platinum mine, 62 miles northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa had been at the center of a violent pay
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Bernie Sanders, Labor, Ideology and the Future of American Politics
The Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, contrary to all expectation, has become the most important left insurgency in the United States in nearly half a century. A year ago, even his most optimistic supporters might have hoped that Sanders would enliven the presidential debates by challenging Hillary Clinton on issues of Wall Street power and big money corruption, and perhaps garner a quarter to a third of the primary vote. Instead, Sanders won
Read MoreEarth to Labor: Dispatches from the Climate Battleground
Contested Futures: Labor After Keystone XL by Sean Sweeney The extraordinary story of the political battle over the Keystone XL
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Behind the Scenes with the One Percent
The pop culture genre of “secret look into the lives of the upper class” dominates representations of the wealthy in
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The Internet vs. the Labor Movement: Why Unions Are Late-Comers to Digital Organizing
Over the past decade, the importance of digital organizing has soared in electoral and issue based campaigns on the left. The idea that an electoral field organizer need not be a capable database user is patently ridiculous at this point. Political campaigns understand that they need to invest in staff with expertise in digital organizing—whether those are people who can write e-mail subject lines that will…
Read MoreThere Is No Such Thing as the Moment of Death
I work nights, and he was awake. When he saw me, he said, “I’m not going to make it.” Well
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Volume 25, Issue 2 Table of Contents From the Editorial Team Under the Radar By Sarah Jaffe Unreported and
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Debtors’ Island: How Puerto Rico Became a Hedge Fund Playground
You could call it a perfect storm: a fiscal crisis converging with a deep secular economic decline.1 Once touted as the showcase of U.S.- led economic development, debt-strapped Puerto Rico is currently embroiled in a struggle for survival. During the mid-twentieth century, Puerto Rico grew at a rapid pace, betting on cheap labor, privileged duty-free access to the U.S. market, and tax incentives for U.S. companies. By the 1970s, however, the formula had lost steam and …
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The Black-Labor-Left Alliance in the Neoliberal Age
The report, A Future for Workers: A Contribution from Black Labor, brings together the perspectives and voices of significant black
Read More
