Category Archives: Class, poverty, labor, & related issues

Is there anything left to us but to organise and fight?

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Maia

(Wisconsin protesters singing Solidarity Forever) They’ve changed the laws in Wisconsin, but we only lose if people stop fighting. And it is a we. ‘An injury to one is an injury to all’ is not just a slogan, but a … Continue reading →

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Are public workers overpaid?

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Ampersand

On another thread, Robert writes: People who are paid a market wage are (naturally) somewhat resentful of people who can deploy political power to extract an above-market wage, at the expense of the people being paid market wages. If that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like | 79 Comments

Microaggressions

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Myca

My wife pointed me to an excellent, if infuriating, blog last night, and I was up until 2 AM reading through it. Microaggressions is a blog about the little daily fuck-yous that populate the world if your race, gender, ethnicity, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Colonialism, crossposted on TADA, Disabled Rights & Issues, Fat, fat and more fat, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Links, Race, racism and related issues, Whatever | 11 Comments

Krugman on Inequality of Opportunity

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Ampersand

Krugman: The first thing one should say is that our system does reward hard work, up to a point. Other things equal, those who put more in will earn more. But a lot of other things are, in fact, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like | 31 Comments

Identity, Class Politics, and the Burgis

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Jack Stephens

Originally posted on my blog The Mustard Seed. My lifelong friend (since 1st grade ya’ll!) and activists and organizer in the Filipino American community, Carlo, recently posted a piece on his blog on Asian American Studies (specifically at San Francisco … Continue reading →

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Apparently I live in a company town

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Maia

So apparently New Zealand’s latest industrial relations drama has made news around the world. I thought I’d cross-post something I wrote for my blog about the whole thing, so you can get a local perspective. For those just tuning in … Continue reading →

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Austerity: For You But Not For Me

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Echidne

[Reprinted from Echidne of the Snakes, with Echidne’s kind permission.] This European opinion piece on the need for austerity politics has the usual stuff: That’s fine as far as it goes. But how should full employment be defined? Should we … Continue reading →

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Why The Democrats Deserve To Lose: Unemployment, Unemployment, Unemployment

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Ampersand

Let me begin by saying that although Democrats deserve to lose, Republicans certainly don’t deserve to win. 1) The economy is in terrible shape. Unemployment is dismal. Long-term unemployment in particular is dramatically worse than it’s ever been. The long-term … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Economics and the like, Elections and politics | 26 Comments

New political cartoon: A Brief History of Corporate Whining

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Ampersand

Click on the cartoon to see it bigger. Happy Labor Day!

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues | 5 Comments

R.I.P. Manong Al Robles: "For years I have been preparing for this thing called the community."

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Jack Stephens

Recently Al Robles, a figure prominent in the San Francisco Bay Area Filipino American community passed away.  Here is a short excerpt from a post I did on him: Manong Al was a native San Franciscan and fought for the … Continue reading →

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