David Mirtz
LATEST ARTICLES BY David Mirtz
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Labor
Does labor need a ‘new’ New Deal?
October 18, 2016Trade unions and progressives often look back to FDR’s New Deal. But was it really the model they think it to be?
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Environment
Leave it in the ground: A new abolitionism needed for climate change
June 7, 2016Like Frederick Douglass and the abolitionists of the 19th century, today's movement to stop climate change must build a broad alliance.
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Environment
Why is it so hard for capitalism to go green?
April 26, 2016The global climate crisis rests squarely with us and, in no small degree, depends on the outcome of the upcoming presidential and Congressional elections.
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Opinion
For this worker, Indian Point nuclear leak was no surprise
February 23, 2016As an ironworker you can end up working in some interesting places; Indian Point nuclear plant, about an hour north of New York City along the Hudson River, was one of them.
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U.S.
Arrest increases call for political reform in New York State
February 9, 2015The recent arrest of Sheldon Silver is only the latest in a series of events that has raised the volume on calls for ethics and political reform in New York.
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U.S.
Working Families Party says Cuomo must deliver more
January 26, 2015The New York Working Families Party called on the state's governor and the state legislature to enact an agenda that puts "working families first."
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U.S.
New York Working Families Party pulls through difficult election night
November 7, 2014"There's no way around it, losing the Senate is a tough blow for all of us hoping to see a progressive agenda enacted."
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Labor
Working Families Party rallies to turnout Row D vote
October 15, 2014The event highlighted that a big turnout on Row D, the WFP line, will be decisive in ensuring that Cuomo, the IDC and other elected officials remain good to their word.
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