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Creative Chaos: Why traditional labor bargaining doesn't work and how we can fix it next time.
A good contract can’t be won solely at the bargaining table, but it can be lost there. These fixes have been “battles.
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Of Kennedys and Kings
The denial of Secret Service Protection for the candidate who is the son of an assassinated presidential candidate marks a new low in American political…
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Creative Chaos: Working without a Labor Contract
How to win a union when the boss thinks your down and out.
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Notes on Socialism in Our Time
Since the debacle of fighting Covid, beginning in 2020, more and more people have felt there must be a better way to live than under moribund…
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What If The Supreme Court Is Wrong About Guns?
Thousands of gunshot victims – including 8,000 so far this year – would still be alive. Since 2016, willful, malicious and accidental deaths by guns…
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Why is there still fighting in Ukraine?
Russians have been successful on the Bahkmut battlefield and elsewhere, but our rulers in the US and NATO are laughing as they manipulate this war.
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When Will the US Have Democratic Elections?
The US Ruling Class seems intent to continue with its phony election, even though discontent with the political system is at an all-time high.
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Changing the Guard at World Headquarters
Nothing lasts forever, said the Greek Philosopher Heraclitus. No country that has tried to run the world has come close to lasting forever. Our…
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