Billy Bragg inspires hope and change at farmworker fest
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- The Harvest of Hope, an event to help migrant workers, was held here in St. Augustine, Fla., over the March 13 weekend. To those who ask, what are the youth doing today to change the world? This event should give us great hope!
The background behind Toyota recall
The underlying cause, says a Japanese labor researcher, is the company's stress on "low cost" in pursuit of high profits, at the expense of its workers and consumer safety.
Musicians’ victory is good for all workers
CLEVELAND - Musicians at this city's famous orchestra are taking heat from phony populists, but their union's firmness sets an example that is good for the entire labor movement.
GOP spurns real ‘right to life’
Right to life is not meant only for the unborn, but, instead, for a person's entire lifetime.
Who’s to blame for city’s crisis?
DETROIT - This beleaguered city is in danger of running out of money, but it's not because of city officials' incompetence or city workers' "greed."
Are we left behind in the ‘green production’ revolution?
Institute for America's Future experts: China has a national industrial strategy. We do not. And we better come up with one soon.
Still disappointed, haiku swine flu and other letters to the editor
Thank you for the recent opinion article and letter to the editor regarding the left being more patient with President Obama.
Religion and the economy: A theologian challenges ‘status quo’
A Texas theologian challenges the idea that Jesus Christ's teachings must be contorted into support for big business and the "status quo."
People before Profits: Peasants, rural workers wait in the wings
Discontent of the rural poor in the global south and the hunger of almost a billion humans fill the tinder box of revolution. Great corporations control both land and agricultural production. Dispossession and desperation follow; so do profits.
