Truthout
Labor
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Labor: 2015 in Review
As the assault on union standards continues, glimmers of hope in 2015 came from grassroots resistance.
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In Crisis and Invisible: Ongoing Atrocities in Southern Sudan
It is a grossly one-sided campaign of ethnic cleansing couched in the rhetoric of self-defense.
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Holiday Melancholy in Bayou Corne, Louisiana, Home of Giant Sinkhole Caused by an Industrial Accident
Bayou Corne has joined the growing list of communities destroyed by industrial accidents.
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Biting the Hands That Feed: New York’s Immigrant Farmworkers Face Appalling Treatment
In the post-9/11 climate of fear and increased funding for immigration enforcement, once-sleepy border towns have become sites of mass detentions.
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Capitalism – Not China – Is to Blame for the Current Global Economic Decline
The cause of global economic decline is the capitalist contradiction that can no longer be postponed by credit extension.
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Kids’ Questions on a Lockdown Planet: Thinking the Parentally Unthinkable
Why do we practice lockdown drills? Why do people kill kids? Why is there war?
When the Workers Become the Owners: Taking the Co-op Movement to the Next Level
Two key figures from the worker-cooperative movement share their perspectives on how co-ops can create lasting social change.
Bad News for Democracy Is Great News for TV Profits
Political campaigns are spending more on ads to influence the presidential election, and network heads are cheering them on.
How Could Socialism Be Boring? It’s a System Run By and For People
Danny Katch, author of “Socialism ... Seriously,” discusses the inherent flaw of the assertion that capitalism equals democracy.
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Impending Chicago Teachers’ Strike Adds Power to Nationwide Movements Against Inequality and Racism
As Chicago protests continue, the teachers union has an opportunity to make powerful demands for racial and economic justice.