Labor Notes has an interesting survey of working-class literature, asking organizers and activists about their favorite class-conscious novels. Admittedly, when I became a professor I stopped reading novels. This is literally the single biggest thing I don't like about my job. I feel incredibly guilty...
Author: Erik Loomis
Back to my favorite topic. As everyone should know by this point, there's absolutely no logical or historical basis for the idea that people have the right to walk around.
Terry Allen has a useful overview of the unnecessary health risks of clothing production experienced by largely female workforces in the developing world: These expendable workers, mostly young women, cycle.
What an utterly wonderful set of color photos from Paris in the early 20th century. I love black and white photos and black and white cinema but seeing these things in color really changes one's perspective.
One of the last links to World War II-era popular culture has passed.
I know that this is kind of Unionism 101, but since we as a nation are now in a remedial state when it comes to understanding why we need labor.
I thought this Laura Seay piece lambasting English language coverage of Mali pretty outstanding. I know nothing about Mali and thus haven't commented on it except to express sadness at the loss of cultural heritage (and yay! most of the Timbuktu manuscripts have survived thanks...
Today, I turned 39. In my ripe old age, I'd like to share some advice from the WPA. From 1941: The more you know.
George Packer's comments on the terribleness of Southern politics has inspired a number of responses, most notably from Gary Wills. These discussions frustrate me though for a number of reasons..
Brooklyn College's Department of Political Science, the home department of Corey Robin among others, is under attack for inviting speakers such as Judith Butler and Omar Barghouti to speak on the subject of the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement against Israel. Right-wing fake outrage is...
Robert Stacy McCain, the man who defended the lynching of Emmett Till, has some really good advice for the Republican Party. Double down on white supremacy and reject those anti-capitalist.
While I guess I'm glad that McDonald's is using a certified fish that is theoretically sustainable (although I doubt it really), I don't know what karma the entire noble species.