Yates, Bacon, Mar, Lerner & Borsos, "SEIU: Debating Labor's Strategy" MRZine
It's a hard time for all workers and a pivotal time for the labor movement. But which direction will it take? Union leader John Borsos of United Healthcare Workers West talks about organizing, class struggle and the controversial conflict between UHW and its parent SEIU.
Initiative on Labor and Culture at Yale University
Michael Denning, Culture in the Age of Three Worlds Verso, 2004
If workers of the world have yet to unite, and if there exists a great variety of people doing different kinds of work around the world, are references to a global labor force useful? Michael Denning talks about what he sees as the imaginative crisis of labor. He also emphasizes the importance of wageless people: their existence, their organizing activity, and their political potential.
How big of a problem is child labor, and should we be concerned only about underage factory workers and child prostitution abroad? Peter Dorman describes the nature and consequences of child labor and exploitation around the globe; he also recommends ways to address it. And Erin Thompson co-edits IndyKids, a free, progressive newspaper for young people.
Veteran activist and writer Grace Lee Boggs spoke about the need for a new American Revolution at Left Forum 2008. She urges the establishment of a new society based on a higher humanity rather than a higher standard of living. And labor advocate and expert Elaine Bernard talked about organizing strategy and working people's power at a Jobs and Justice conference.
Naomi Klein, "Obama's Chicago Boys" The Nation
Nations and their people sometimes suffer a major collective trauma. Sometimes that leads to the suspension of democracy. As Naomi Klein describes in The Shock Doctrine, free-market crusaders have used situations like this to initiate a capitalist feeding frenzy. One of her case studies is Russia in the 1990s. Also, Kathryn Lybarger reports on the AFSCME strike at the University of California.
Initiative on Labor and Culture at Yale University
Michael Denning, Culture in the Age of Three Worlds Verso, 2004
If workers of the world have yet to unite, and if there exists a great variety of people doing different kinds of work around the world, are references to a global labor force useful? Michael Denning talks about what he sees as the imaginative crisis of labor. He also emphasizes the importance of wageless people: their existence, their organizing activity, and their political potential.
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