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The algorithm is giving me so much of this guy, and I am here for it. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0iU6D8Sqrg0
What fence are you referring to, Corso? What happened there? I can only assume that Corso means that if AOC…
Why are complaining against the “Vote Blue no Matter Who” concept? It’s objectively very useful to progressives, who have an…
" If ACT had floated the bill knowing it was doomed to fail, then absolutely." ACT's two right wing coalition…
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Category Archives: Class, poverty, labor, & related issues
And we all need to lose 30 kg
This is what happens when ‘your employer owns your body and soul’ cross-breeds with ‘nothing is more dangerous than fat.’ A treadmill desk designed by the Mayo clinic. Don’t mock because they were seriously scientific about their research: “If obese … Continue reading →
It's always the woman's fault…
A reader sent me a link from the local paper the heading said: Don’t want to be harassed? Stop acting like a man The blurb said Behaving like “one of the boys” to get ahead at work may not be … Continue reading →
How I Became A Feminist
I’ve only read Amazon’s extract of Jessica Valenti’s Full Frontal Feminism. After I’d finished I had to remind myself that there are lots of different kinds of feminism, and the fact that the media picks and chooses who to focus … Continue reading →
Review: Rosita
I went to see Rosita in theHuman Rights Film Festival this weekend. Rosita’s parents were from Nicaragua, but they moved to Costa Rica to find work. Her father worked as a itinerant coffee picker, her mother sometimes joined him in … Continue reading →
Parenting
Note about this post Currently New Zealand parents have a defence from convictions of assault for hitting their children by arguing that they used force for correction and the force was reasonable under the circumstances. This defence Section 59 of … Continue reading →
Criminal
The Subway handbook says that workers can have free soft-drinks while working. Jackie Lang shared a drink that she’d poured while on shift with a friend. Not only has she been fired, but Subway called the police. The police arrested … Continue reading →
Positive Trends: Americans Are More Progressive Than We Think We Are
From Ruy Teixeira, via Ezra: Given that virtually no important politician in America would dare support a guaranteed basic income in public, it’s interesting that most Americans favor a guaranteed basic income of some sort. And let me add this … Continue reading →
Quick Post on May Day in Los Angeles
I think it’s really important to publicise what happened to the immigrant rights protest in Los Angeles. The police attacked protesters with tear gas, rubber bullets. ((This protest was inter-generational, and included a lot of old people and children. I … Continue reading →
Workplace Deaths Are Overwhelmingly Male
Fatal Accidents And Violence While At Work ((In this blog post, I’m concentrating on workplace deaths. But it’s also the case that men are more likely than women to be injured at work.)) In the United States, in 2005, men … Continue reading →
Cartoon: Labor Rights In China
(For a larger copy of the cartoon, click here.)
I’ve never voted Republican in my life. But don’t demand my vote if you’re not gonna listen to me or…