Mon 9.06.10| "Rights Talk" and Workers

Richard McIntyre, Are Worker Rights Human Rights? U. of Michigan Press, 2008

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Human rights and their violation are an insistent focus of many activists and organizations. But are there important limitations to rights-based politics? Because an individualist interpretation of rights holds sway, Richard McIntyre asserts that the rights revolution has failed to advance the collective strength of US workers. (Encore presentation.)

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