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New York School Bus Strikers Say Low Wages, Turnover Will Hurt Special-Needs Kids
Published on labornotes.org on January 16, 2013. ight thousand New York City school bus drivers and aides walked off the job today, vowing to defend seniority, wages, and training provisions that have been part
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Towards a Damn Plan
I read Allie O’s piece in the Occupier a few months ago (http://bostonoccupier.com/s17/) with great interest and substantial agreement. In it, Allie painted a grimly accurate picture of Occupiers without an Occupation, going through
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Oliver Stone, Obama, and the War in Vietnam
Posted January 11, 2013 on http://cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/. Oliver Stone’s Showtime series, Untold History of the United States, is the most radical mainstream television I have ever watched. Eye-opening scenes, shocking speech by our presidents, splendid narration by
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Longshore Struggle Brews On Both Coasts
It’s a familiar pattern: those on top of the economic ladder enjoy massive profits while expecting workers to sacrifice even more for the “greater good.” This storyline weaves itself into every justification for anti-worker
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A Life or Death Choice is Upon Us
Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt established the War Production Board to meet the needs of retooling the USA for the looming war effort. His demands were
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New Technology, Old Philosophy Power Occupy Sandy Relief Effort
Natural disasters have a way of uniting people. Consider the United States after Hurricane Katrina, or the tornadoes that decimated Joplin, Missouri in in 2011: although both instances (but especially Katrina) were marked by
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An Introduction to Global Climate Change
Global climate change is arguably the largest and most pressing problem facing humanity today. Unfortunately, many people simply don’t understand the basic processes behind global warming, and thus are unable to assess the true
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Cleveland Anarchist Bomb Plot Aided and Abetted by the FBI
Rather than target real risks of domestic terror, like neo-Nazis, the FBI entrapment machine demonizes anarchists and Muslims This article originally appeared in the Guardian. On November 20, district court Judge David D. Dowd Jr.
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What the Persecution of Assange and Manning Reveals About the United States
The maintenance of a free press is necessary for the preservation of a democratic society. Unless the public is made aware of the actions of its government, there is no way for citizens to
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Socialist Scores Big in Seattle
Kshama Sawant, an Occupy Seattle activist and socialist, won 29% of the vote against the incumbent Democratic candidate Frank Chopp in Washington’s 43rd legislative district. Sawant’s candidacy managed to procure votes combined than all the
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