paper industry

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,359

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 29, 2023

This is the grave of Byron Weston. Born in 1832 in Dalton, Massachusetts, Weston is not well remembered today and honestly there's not necessarily a great reason to remember him. However, he is emblematic of an important industry that we don't think much about and...

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Which Corporations Are All-In For Putin’s Imperialist War?

By Erik Loomis

On April 9, 2022

Interesting to see how different corporations respond to Putin's imperialist war. Many have pulled out of Russia, others have reduced operations and are seeing what is going to happen. Then.

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LGM Podcast: Paper and Capitalism in America

By Erik Loomis

On May 19, 2021

For the latest LGM podcast, I interviewed Michael Hillard, an economist at the University of Southern Maine, about his new book, Shredding Paper: The Rise and Fall of Maine's Mighty.

This Day in Labor History: February 15, 1988

By Erik Loomis

In General

On February 15, 2018

On February 15, 1988, environmentalists stormed the gate of International Paper in Jay, Maine as part of a solidarity action with workers on strike, attempting to shut it down. This incident provides more evidence of the possibility for alliances between environmentalists and workers, which we...

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heckblazer When the Supreme Court is itself lawless and making decisions divorced from precedent, tradition and plain text of the Constitution at some point you have no choice but to flat out ignore them. With...
The plot to nullify the 14th Amendment · November 27, 2024
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classof77 I’ve related this story before, but pre-Roe there was a tacit understanding that no one was going to look to closely if a doctor certified that a woman’s health required an abortion. My...
The plot to nullify the 14th Amendment · November 27, 2024
dneus They don't want to take us back to Reconstruction. They want to take us forward to something unprecedentedly bad. Look to abortion and trans rights as the harbingers: our post-Roe gendered...
The plot to nullify the 14th Amendment · November 27, 2024