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Moore Lappé on Why Wealth Concentration is Bad for Human Nature (Video)

Frances Moore Lappé—author of the classic Diet for a Small Planet and other books that explore the roots… more

Flanders: Working Families, Unions Losing Patience With Dems (VIDEO)

Laura Flanders offers a succinct take on the current mood of working families and organized labor, as the… more

Helping Haiti, for a Price

Private security contractors begin to capitalize on the disaster. more

vol. 34, iss. 03    corporations, international, natural disasters, privatization

Against All Odds, Argentine Workers Keep Co-Op Movement Alive

If you've seen Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis' excellent 2004 documentary The Take, you know about the cooperative/collectivist… more

Farewell, Howard Zinn

By Jeremy GantzYesterday, America lost one of its foremost voices for peace, workers' rights and social justice:… more

Activists, Unions Rebuff Wal-Mart, Restarting Old Chicago Debate

By Jeremy Gantz CHICAGO—Wal-Mart and this city don't get along very well.In 2006, Wal-Mart opened its first… more

‘All Labor That Uplifts Humanity Has Dignity and Importance’: MLK Jr. on Justice and Work

"[Black Americans'] needs are identical with labor's needs: Decent wages, fair working conditions, liveable housing, old-age security, health… more

Fletcher Jr. and Lichtenstein on ‘SEIU’s Civil War’

By Jeremy Gantz If you care about the U.S. labor movement, you've probably heard of and care about… more

Labor Watchdog Slams Wal-Mart for Chinese Suppliers’ Abuses

By Jeremy GantzYou'll have to excuse us here at Working In These Times, as the Thanksgiving holiday… more

Huge Anti-Sweatshop Victory for Activists—And Hondurans

By Jeremy Gantz Honduras hasn't exactly been full of good news since June, when President Mel Zelaya was… more

Labor Scores Long-Sought History Victory in Wisconsin Schools

By Jeremy Gantz Exasperated organized labor stalwarts like to remind America that trade unionists are "the people who… more

A ‘Showdown’ Slideshow: Workers, Activists Fill Chicago’s Streets

By Jeremy Gantz CHICAGO—The stage built outside the American Bankers Association conference for the final rally of the… more

Protesters Deliver Letter to Goldman Sachs—And Await Response

By Jeremy Gantz CHICAGO—After working for 42 years, Erma Hall-Wood thought she had earned a modest but peaceful… more

Power Struggle Intensifies in Mexico, as Government, Union Clash

By Jeremy Gantz Four days after the Mexican government suddenly and dramatically shut down a major state-run electricity… more

Nebraska’s Meatpackers Speak Out: ‘The Speed Kills You’

By Diane Novak and Jeremy Gantz They give you ice, they give you hot water, they sell you… more

Embattled Community Organizers Gather for Online ‘Upgrade’

By Jeremy Gantz Community organizers have had a very rough year. First there were the derisive remarks by… more

Mass. Governor Calls for Hyatt Boycott After Housekeeper Firings

UPDATE BELOW: Hyatt offers laid-off workers full-time jobs at equal pay; local union calls move "smokescreen." Massachusetts Governor… more

Former Republic Windows and Doors President Goes to Jail

Remember Richard Gillman? Last December, the former president of Republic Windows and Doors factory was thrust into the… more

Mo’ Power for Low Power

Activists hope Congress will allow low-power FM radio stations in urban areas in 2009. more

vol. 33, iss. 01    media

Food Fights

Globally, 1 billion overweight people coexist with 800 million starving people. That's one of many perverse facts in Stuffed… more

vol. 32, iss. 08    food, international