Fall 2009 Contents

From the Editorial Team

The Dawn of a New Era?: Assessing the First 200 Days

The Fight for Paid Family Leave and the Future of the Labor Movement

By Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman

Will labor champion federal paid family leave and, in so doing, rebuild itself?

Taming High Finance: Why the Obama-Geithner Plan Won’t Work

By Gerald Epstein

The Obama administration talks the talk, but will it walk the walk?

Labor’s Love Lost: Is the Battle for EFCA a Quixotic Crusade?

By Max Fraser

Why did EFCA lose ground despite Obama's victory?

Sick on Arrival: Health Care Reform in the Age of Obama

By Marie Gottschalk

How the private sector is undermining universal health insurance.

Shelter from the Storm: The Multi-Dimensional Housing Crisis

By Nandinee K. Kutty and Gregory D. Squires

Off to a promising start, the new administration still has a long way to go.

Poor Relief: Does Obama Have a Poverty Policy?

By Frances Fox Piven

Economic breakdown demands more than stop-gap measures.

More Than Green Jobs: Time for a New Climate Policy for Labor

By Sean Sweeney

Can the labor movement find an alternative to carbon-based industry?

Organized Labor and the Civil Rights Movement: Lessons from a Troubled Past

By Steven A. Reich

In the centennial year of the NAACP, looking back may point the way forward.

Raising the Floor: The Movement for a Living Wage in Asia

By Anannya Bhattacharjee, Sarita Gupta, and Stephanie Luce

How establishing an Asia Floor Wage could unshackle workers in the global supply chain.

Whither Capitalism?

Systemic Breakdown: Why Labor Must Demand a Different Economy

By William K. Tabb

Reforming Global Capitalism: The Illusion of Change

By Walden Bello

Economic Prospects

By Robert Pollin

Caught in the Web

By Kim Phillips-Fein

Books and the Arts

Which Side Are You On?

Reviewed by Lisa Duggan

Union-Free America: Workers and Antiunion Culture

By Lawrence Richards

The Many Shades of Solidarity

Reviewed by Angela MacWhinnie

The Politics of Identity: Solidarity Building among America’s Working Poor

By Erin E. O’Brien

Anti-Globalization Goes to Hollywood

Reviewed by Kitty Krupat

Battle in Seattle

Directed by Stuart Townsend

Out of the Mainstream: Books and Films You May Have Missed

By Matt Witt

Poetry

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