I did a long-form film review for Radical History Review on films dealing with the global water crisis. The abstract and link is here; any of you with access to a university library should be able to get it. Others I'm not sure. But this...
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Charlie Siringo would not approve of the sloppiness of the 21st century social movement spy who brags about her own exploits infiltrating those evil social activists protesting people dying in.
I was not a fan of George Duke's solo work, but his work as a member of Frank Zappa's band in the 70s was outstanding and well worth remembering upon.
This is an interesting piece about how the smaller unions feel ignored by the Obama Administration. It's pretty inside baseball and exposes the fragile egos of many labor leaders. One can dismiss some of these complaints as sour grapes about irrelevancy, except that it shows...
Unions raiding other unions is a problem that has gone on forever. That it's happening today is no surprise. But any union relying on raiding other unions rather than organizing.
May your Saturday night be like Harold Lloyd standing on his head, risking his life for a stunt.
Not that you needed another reason to oppose Lawrence Summers' potential appointment to Chairman of the Federal Reserve, but Lanny Davis endorsing Summers gives you one anyway.
On August 3, 1913, the Wheatland Riot took place in California, leading to four deaths, including two workers and two law enforcement agents. A burst of violence caused by the.
Since the hippie post has so many people up in arms (and I'd like to mention that myself and an occasional LGM commenter and unionist who shall remain anonymous managed.
Hamiton Nolan continues his excellent labor reporting at Gawker by following up his Wal-Mart stories piece with Amazon stories, collecting stories of what it is like to work at the company. These are valuable oral histories of the 21st century American economy.
I love Eugene, in spite of it being America's top city for hippies. That's a big "in spite of" though and it's probably easier to deal with now that I.
The great Texas writer John Graves has passed. Goodbye to a River, about a float trip down the Brazos before it was dammed, is a truly wonderful book.