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Category Archives: Class, poverty, labor, & related issues
Cartoon: The Right To Work
Transcript of cartoon. Panel 1: A Young Guy in a sweatshirt is talking to a well-off looking older man, who is wearing a double-breasted jacket and a tie. SWEATS: Your “right to work” law sounds excellent! I’d love to have … Continue reading →
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues
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Cartoon: Our Exports Include…
Script of cartoon: Panel 1: An Uncle Sam sort of figure, wearing a top hat with stars and stripes and a floral Hawaiian shirt, is talking to a cigar-chomping businessman. Uncle Sam has his hand on a sign sticking out … Continue reading →
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Corporate Discrimination Against Sex Workers Threatens Everyone’s Freedom
Some headlines: • Chase Bank Is Shutting Down Porn Actors' Bank Accounts • Porn stars battle stigma with sex awareness amid bank account closures • Amazon is deleting sex workers' wish lists without warning • The Soapbox: How PayPal & … Continue reading →
Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Economics and the like, Pornography
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Political cartoon: Marriage Fixes Everything!
Description of cartoon: The cartoon depicts a young mother and her toddler, in a small and crappy-looking room. The woman is bent double under a load of boxes, trunks and bags, each of which is labeled: Unemployment, Lack of Education, … Continue reading →
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Families structures, divorce, etc
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Love This Cartoon By Clay Butler
I came across this cartoon on Facebook – where it was poorly reproduced and had Butler’s credit at the bottom cut out (why do people do that? I can see why people reblog and repost cartoons that lack a credit … Continue reading →
Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Comics I Like
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Bringing Children Into The Workplace: Licia Ronzulli, Member Of The European Parliament
We’ve been on and off discussing bringing babies into work, and that seems like a good enough excuse for posting these extremely adorable pictures of Italian MEP Licia Ronzulli and her daughter Vittoria Cerioli. Vittoria is now three years old, … Continue reading →
Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Baby & kid blogging, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues
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Cartoon: Ten Reasons We’re Against Unions!
[spoiler]Panel 1 Large lettering shows the title: Ten Reasons We’re Against Unions! Below the title lettering, a group of picketing workers can be seen. Most are just silhouettes, but three people in the foreground are drawn in more detail, and … Continue reading →
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The Masters Of The Universe Are Moral Idiots
AIG’s CEO Robert Benmosche, the CEO of AIG, told the Wall Street Journal that anger because much of the bailout money given to AIG was used for gigantic bonuses, is “just as bad and just as wrong” as lynchings were. … Continue reading →
Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc.
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Cartoon: Talking About The Deficit
[spoiler]Cartoon depicts a woman and her child, sitting on the edge of the curb. The child is sleeping leaning against its mother. In front of them, a homemade cardboard sign reads “Unemployed Hungry.” On the sidewalk behind the pair, two … Continue reading →
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Economics and the like
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Postscript Regarding Employers Trying To Use Health Insurance To Force Their Beliefs on Employees
Back in March, I argued that employers don’t have any moral right to prevent workers from using employer-provided insurance to buy birth control, any more than employers have the right to prevent workers from using employer-provided paychecks to buy birth … Continue reading →
Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Supreme Court Issues
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