New songs!
Five of them!
Change.
Mindy asked me to draw a picture of change. Is this clear?
UE workers occupy their factory in Chicago!
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America: UPDATED: UE Members Occupy Chicago Plant in Struggle for Justice Chicago Tribune: Idled workers occupy factory in Chicago Chicago Indymedia: Sit-In Continues at Chicago Window Plant Fight Back News: Chicago: Workers Occupy Plant Workers World: Workers occupy Chicago factory! Give your support! Petition: In Solidarity with the … Read more
Unfortunately, state intervention is not necessarily socialism.
“[T]he free market, to the extent that it has ever existed for any serious period, is nothing but a favored instrument of capitalism, not the thing itself. Real capitalism is a particular process of material accumulation, an engine of growth and a regime of governance and institutions devoted to keeping that engine running. In a … Read more
Communication is a human right.
“We also nationalized Entel, which is the telecommunications company. It was in the hands of a transnational. This company invested only where there was more population and to be able to have a lot of clients. But this is a human right. Communication is a human right, as I was saying before. You have to … Read more
Privilege and safety
Privilege implies unjust asymmetry. But when we speak of it, it is worth distinguishing between two kinds of privileges — those that, in a more just world, everyone ought to have (like health care, access to all the education one wants, or the benefit of the doubt) and those that no one ought to have … Read more
Means or end?
Ask what your economy can do for you, not what you can do for your economy.
Jobs vs. a living
This could be a good historical moment for the project of de-linking jobs from a living. We lose track of the underlying values and start to think of jobs as a positive end in themselves. I would argue that jobs — not the activity of work, of course, but the selling of our labor — … Read more
Jobs and minimum wage
People who oppose minimum wage increases always claim that the number of jobs will decrease if the minimum wage is increased. I believe there is now strong economic research evidence refuting this. But also, even if it were true: If the minimum wage goes up and we have fewer jobs, so what? With wages up, … Read more
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- Eugene girls pursue lawsuit challenging state inaction on climate change January 24, 2012
- 9 Famous Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along | Cracked.com January 24, 2012
- NEWS FLASH: EGT to Potentially Settle Contract with ILWU | Portland Occupier January 24, 2012
- (1966) Stokely Carmichael, “Definitions of Black Power” | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed January 14, 2012
- Why Teach For America Is Not Welcome in My Classroom | LA Progressive January 5, 2012
- OSPIRG fundraiser fires pro-union workers | nwLaborPress December 29, 2011
- Seattle We Won''t Pay | Everything for Everyone December 24, 2011
- Why does the media still refer to “Bradley” Manning? The Curious Silence Around a Transgender Hero December 23, 2011
- انتهاكات الجيش كاملة لاحداث القصر العيني by elfaresboda December 18, 2011
