"Social Network" is a must see
"The Social Network" highlights the positive and far-reaching aspects of the inevitable online revolution sweeping the world through Facebook. But the film also emphasizes the betrayal, greed, and lonely attributes that came to the network's creator along with the fame and glory.
Workers in struggle on and off screen
While audiences were treated to one of the most exciting pro-labor films in decades at last month's Toronto Festival, a real-life struggle was going on outside.
A waitress in Georgia and why Nov. 2 matters
"We the lower class people wish for better waitress pay, better health care, day care, and more jobs," says a waitress in a small town in Georgia.
Reform, the mid-term elections and the fight for power
If we don't objectively understand our - and our enemies' - strengths and weaknesses, how can we understand which terrain of struggle is most conducive to victory or defeat?
The class struggle - back by popular demand
This is a time of emerging and growing working class consciousness.Let's take a look at the specifics.
Another chicken and egg story
Given the need to feed a growing world population, what kind of farming is viable and sustainable today?
Factory farms produce more than eggs
In the early 1970s, I took a job at a brand new "industrial" hen house in Indiana.
Michigan governor race: Snyder the outsourcer vs. Bernero the fighter
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- In the race for the Michigan governor's job, the choice is simple.
Roy Kaufman, freedom fighter, dies at 80
CLEVELAND -- "Freedom fighter," "Poor man's lawyer," and "One of the most beautiful people I ever met" -- words that described progressive attorney, Roy Kaufman.
According to the fruits of their labor
A photo-essay about blueberry workers in eastern Maine by photojournalist David Bacon resurrected my own memories of picking blueberries in Maine as a young boy.
