Today in labor history: Steel Workers founded in Pittsburgh
Within a year of its inception, over 125,000 people had joined the union.
Documenting the disaster
"Hard Times: Lost on Long Island" is an examination of endless heartbreak and the clinging to the slender thread of hope.
Woody Guthrie's first Daily Worker column
Woody Sez "The national debit is one thing I caint figger out"
How to stop corporate criminality
If you want any more evidence that U.S. corporate executives and financial finaglers are nothing more than crooks in costly suits, all you needed to was right on the front page of The New York Times.
Workers of the world are uniting
Last week IndustriALL, a new global union, was formed in Copenhagen, Denmark. It represents 50 million workers in 350 unions from all over the world.
Today in history: Musicians targeted in anti-Communist witch-hunt
On June 22, 1950, renowned musicians/performers Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Lena Horne, Pete Seeger and Artie Shaw were labeled as suspected "Communist sympathizers" in the infamous publication "Red Channels."
Greed and the pain in Spain
The European Union's response to the economic chaos gripping the continent seems a combination of profound delusion, and what British a reporter called "sado-monetarism" -- endless cutbacks, savage austerity, and widespread layoffs.
Fish gotta swim and George Will gotta lie
I find the rant against governmental regulatory power bizarre, though not surprising. Will has a lot of - I'll be polite - nerve to complain about regulatory overreach
Robert Reich is wrong about socialism
The first two paragraphs of Reich's column, "The Answer Isn't Socialism; It's Capitalism that Better Spreads the Benefits of the Productive Revolution" are simply false.
Wisconsin Walker recall battle close to dead heat
Polls show a near dead heat in the bitter battle pitting labor's legions against Walker's millions.
