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Fall 2009 Articles

From the Editorial Team

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000001

 

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?

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000002

 

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?

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000003

 

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

By Max Fraser

Why did EFCA lose ground despite Obama's victory?

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000004

 

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

By Marie Gottschalk

How the private sector is undermining universal health insurance.

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000005

 

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.

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000006

 

Poor Relief: Does Obama Have a Poverty Policy?

By Frances Fox Piven

Economic breakdown demands more than stop-gap measures.

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000007

 

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?

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000008

 

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.

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000009

 

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

By Anannya Bhattacharjee, Sarita Gupta, and Stephanie Luce

How establishing an Asian floor wage could unshackle workers in the global supply chain.

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000010

 

Systemic Breakdown: Why Labor Must Demand a Different Economy

By William K. Tabb

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000011

               

Reforming Global Capitalism: The Illusion of Change

By Walden Bello

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000012

 

Economic Prospects

By Robert Pollin

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000013

 

Caught in the Web

By Kim Phillips-Fein

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000014

 

Books and the Arts

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000015

 

                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

               

                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

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000016

 

Poetry

DOI: 10.4179/NLF.183.0000017

 

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