Truthout
Labor
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A USS Liberty’s Hero’s Passing
On June 8, 1967, the Israeli government learned that it could get away with murder, literally, and the crime would be covered up.
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Officer Friendly
How the New Monopoly Capitalism Will Crush You to Smithereens
Journalist and author Barry Lynn sounds the alarm about one of the greatest threats to our liberty today.
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Supremacy: A Social Order of Division, Control and Enslavement
I watched what had been marvelous, cooperative, wonderful, thoughtful children turn into nasty, vicious, discriminating little third-graders in a space of fifteen minutes.
Could Stronger Unions Make China More Democratic?
There's overall more political space for labor unrest in China today than there is for any other form of social conflict.
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Rail Workers Revolt Against Driving Solo
On July 16, thousands of railroaders abruptly learned their union officers had held secret negotiations with BNSF.
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NYU Grad Union Needs a Contract Campaign, Not Just a Contract
Thus far, our union's leadership has chosen expediency over engaging members.
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California Drought Leaves Farmworkers Hung Out to Dry
California's ongoing drought is another blow to hundreds of thousands of farmworkers, many of whom are undocumented immigrants, that are struggling to survive.
First Nations Take Their Last March Through Canada’s Dystopian Tar Sands
Organizers agreed that the annual marches have helped raise awareness about the mining project. But their work is far from done.
We Won’t Forget Wisconsin
A new film called Wisconsin Rising is screening around the country, the subject, of course, being the activism surrounding the mass occupation of the Wisconsin Capitol in 2011.