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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
This week's show is now online. It lasts just around an hour, and features Bob Naiman and myself discussing Pakistan, Iran, and the success of Brazil's AIDS drugs policy. Locally we discuss SEIU's possible strike and the growing support from the campus community, and the CCHCC protest about the exclusion ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
As the Writers' strike continues into a second week, word of an interesting solidarity action as many of the blogs that usually cover the content generated by these writers are 'going dark' for a day to express their support. This at the same time that another group of writers, working ...
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
I'm TAing for Bob McChesney's political economy class this semester, and the first book we're reading is Dean Baker's recent text "The United States since 1980" - it's part of a series focusing on different countries over that period. It's a fascinating opportunity to refresh the finer points (in a ...
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Friday, December 1st, 2006
You know those figures about how 2 billion people live on less than a dollar a day, and half the world's population lives on less than $2? Ever wonder just how far removed from that the developed world is?
The answer may surprise you:Seven dollars a day. That’s not the income ...
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
It's always gratifying to gain media attention, and all the more so when the source is as venerable as the Nation magazine. The GEO made its photo of the week with a picture from a silent protest before one of our bargaining sessions earlier this semester.
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Sunday, October 15th, 2006
It has been some time since I've made a political speech, and somehow I'd missed the challenge. Academic presentations are such a different environment, where even as you are working to persuade your audience of your argument, you must feign objectivity, neutrality. It's possible to work towards a climax, to ...
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Thursday, August 24th, 2006
News from Ireland of workers being locked out because of their desire to join a union - despite the fact that this is forbidden by the unfair dismissals act:Labour Enterprise spokesperson Ruairi Quinn has lent his support to a rally to take place tomorrow Friday, 6pm, in support of eight ...
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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
Irish Labour Party President Michael D. Higgins is introducing a bill to establish the rights of freelance workers to be represented by a trade union in collective bargaining. According to Michael D.:The introduction of this Bill would be the most effective way of redressing the curtailment of ...
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Monday, March 20th, 2006
Disturbing news on the AFL-CIO blog about recent developments at NPR:Sister Barbara Krieger writes that NPR (National Public Radio) has shut down negotiations with its technical employees, represented by NABET-CWA Local 52031, and has implemented workplace changes without bargaining with the union despite an arbitrator's ruling to cease and desist.
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
Those outside of Ireland may not have caught wind of the current dispute at Irish Ferries, but for those paying attention, the manner in which this single dispute has catalysed much of the tension in industrial tensions, while exemplifying many of the absurdities of globalization and the neo-liberal market-focused policies ...
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