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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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