Labor Movements: Is There Hope?
June 1, 2005
Fernando E. Gapasin is a former professor of industrial relations and Chicano/a studies. He was the primary researcher for the development of the AFL-CIO’s Union Cities program. He has forty… READ MORE
Article Subjects and Geography: Political Economy
Crisis in the U.S. Labor Movement: The Roads Not Taken
June 1, 2005
Elly Leary, a former autoworker whose plant closed, retired from UAW 2324 at Boston University, where she was vice-president and chief negotiator. She wishes to give special thanks to Paul… READ MORE
Labor Imperialism Redux?: The AFL-CIO’s Foreign Policy Since 1995
May 1, 2005
Kim Scipes is a former rank and file member of the Graphic Communications International Union, the National Education Association, and the American Federation of Teachers, and is currently a member… READ MORE
Guantánamo and the New Legal Order
May 1, 2005
Jean-Claude Paye is a Belgian sociologist specializing in transformations of the juridical forms of the state. He published many articles on this topic, as well as two books: Vers un… READ MORE
EmpireÑAmerican as Apple Pie
May 1, 2005
A. Kent MacDougall is professor emeritus of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. � The Bush administration’s denial of imperial ambitions clashes not only with what most of the… READ MORE
Notes from the Editors, April 2005
April 1, 2005
Annette Rubinstein’s ninety-fifth birthday will be celebrated on Saturday April 9 from 3 to 6 p.m. at the new home of the Brecht Forum/New York Marxist School, at Westbeth, 451… READ MORE
The Great Fear: Stagnation and the War on Social Security
April 1, 2005
David Wyss, chief economist for Standard & Poor’s, recently opened an article, “Good, Gloomy or Grim in 2005?,” with the words: “Growth tops the wish list [for the U.S. economy],… READ MORE
A Statistical Portrait of the U.S. Working Class
April 1, 2005
Michael D. Yates is associate editor of Monthly Review. For many years he taught economics at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He is the author of Naming the System:… READ MORE
The Japanese Economy in Structural Difficulties
April 1, 2005
Makoto Itoh teaches economics at Kokugakuin University, Tokyo, and is professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo. For a more detailed analysis of the Japanese economy by the author, see… READ MORE
Targeting Disability
April 1, 2005
Marta Russell is an independent journalist and author who writes on the political, social, and economic aspects of disablement. She is the author of Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End… READ MORE