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What makes this noteworthy is that it comes from an economist who gained his reputation as a researcher with vaguely left-of-center sensibilities but was far from a radical. The times are such that even honest moderates are driven to radical remedies

Kim accuses the Chinese-American Planning Council of rampant wage theft—and, in coordination with 1199SEIU, of blocking workers’ access to the courts.

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The horrendous fire near Boulder, Colorado, is reminiscent of last year's disastrous Dixie Fire in California. Locations are different, but this is what the result of our climate crisis brings - up close and personal.

Rank-and-file unionism, nationally, is taking center stage in many strikes and union actions across the country. “The labor movement was becoming hot, members were really getting activated and needed a way to organize and funnel that energy.”

A new film shows how Harold Washington, Chicago’s first Black mayor, stood up to a majority-white city council and pushed through infrastructure improvements for all.

Republicans are busy undermining the next election. Giving up on democracy isn’t an option. We must fight back. ‘The temptation to seize power will surely tantalize a political party that seems openly hostile to the very premises of democracy.’

A year set for major upheavals all over

This is yet another of the recent books by conservative and libertarian writers that pretend to explain Marxism and socialism to their far right wing and pro-fascist audiences.

Workers went on strike at Kellogg’s, Nabisco, John Deere, Columbia University and numerous hospitals. Will this surge of worker action and anger be a mere flash in the pan or will it be part of a longer-lasting phenomenon?