From the Editorial Team
"Neither Slavery nor Involuntary Servitude": The 13th Amendment and the Contemporary Struggle for Labor's Rights
Free Labor Today
By James Pope, Peter Kellman, and Ed Bruno
The Thirteenth Amendment can once again provide a legal base for the right to organize and strike.
Are Labor Rights Human Rights?
By Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, and Brendan Smith
Using international law to defend workers in the age of globalization.
Immigrant Rights and the Thirteenth Amendment
By Maria Ontiveros
The 13th Amendment provides moral and constitutional grounds to ally the struggle for immigrant rights with the battle for human, civil, and labor rights.
Why Labor Needs a Plan B: Alternatives to Conventional Trade Unionism
By Janice Fine
Fragmented labor markets and short-term employment demands labor movement innovations.
Construction or De-Construction? The Road to Revival in the Building Trades
By Jeff Grabelsky
How is the construction industry tackling its declining numbers?
Latin America Leans Left: Labor and the Politics of Anti-Imperialism
By Dan La Botz
An analysis of labor's role in Latin America's rejection of neoliberalism.
The Coalition to Win: Gomperism for the 21st Century
By Clayton Sinyai
When labor is isolated and on the defensive, a focus on organizing, not politics, is the way to survive.
A Response to “The Coalition to Win: Gomperism for the Twenty-first Century”
By Elly Leary
"Pure and simple unionism" will further labor's isolation as a special interest.
Organizing Wal-Mart in China: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
By Anita Chan
The ACFTU’s lack of organizing experience casts a shadow over a major victory in China.
Working-Class Voices of Contemporary America
Nannies in New York
By Debbie Nathan
Zines from the Shop Floor
By Amanda Plumb
Youth Unemployment Rising: Hundreds of Millions More Working but Living in Poverty
An ILO Report
Economic Prospects
By Robert Pollin
Caught in the Web
By Kim Phillips-Fein
Labor news, views, and resources online.
Books and the Arts:
Sometimes a Great Notion: The Democrats and their Rendezvous with Destiny
The Courage of Our Convictions
By Gary Hart
Take It Back: A Battle Plan for Democratic Victory
By James Carville and Paul Begala
Building Red America: The New Conservative Coalition and the Drive for Permanent Power
By Thomas Edsall
Reviewed by Robert Andersen
Love of God Among the Ruins
How the Other Half Worships
By Camilo José Vergara
Reviewed by Mark Hulsether
Is Free Trade Globalization Defensible?
Globalization and Its Enemies
By Daniel Cohen
Reviewed by Thomas Greven
Democracy and the New Capitalism
The New Spirit of Capitalism
By Luc Boltanski and Eve Chiapello
Reviewed by Wallace Katz
Out of the Mainstream: Books and Films You May Have Missed
By Matt Witt
Poetry
Walking with Tillie: A Remembrance of Tillie Lerner Olsen, January 14, 1912—January 1, 2007
By Janet Zandy
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