Analysis
Anti-immigrant equals anti-union at Yale
December 7, 2007CommentaryService and maintenance workers at Yale University, members of Local 35 Unite Here, have become the target of an anti-immigrant hate group seeking to create racial divisions and undermine the union leadership. A flurry of petitions...
Read moreThere are no nukes! U.S. report debunks war-on-Iran rationale
December 7, 2007Editorial It looks like President Bush’s apocalyptic push for World War III with Iran has been postponed. With the stunning release of the National Intelligence Estimate this week reporting that Iran ended its nuclear weapons program...
Read moreWho is Ron Paul?
November 30, 2007It is relatively easy to see why far-right presidential candidate Ron Paul of Texas is driving some of the other Republicans crazy. He clearly won the straw poll after their first debate. On Nov. 5, he...
Read moreFrench strikes: the end or beginning?
November 30, 2007News Analysis PARIS — During France’s powerful public workers’ strikes of November-December 1995, the political waters were somewhat muddy. On the one hand, President Jacques Chirac had based his recent election campaign on the theme of...
Read moreAmerica is missing its middle
November 30, 2007Worker’s Correspondence If your Oreo didn’t have the sugary white middle, wouldn’t you notice? If, over time, your car tire middles collapsed, you would notice. So why for so long has our country’s middle been allowed...
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