Editors' Blog
Chinese Workers Make Gains
It is nice to read the following in the New York Times (2-21-10):
Yesterday in the World of Sports, Capitalism and the old Cold War
I was going to dash off these thoughts about events yesterday but didn't have time.
On BP aka British Petroleum aka the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
What goes around comes around, sometimes in odd ways, British Petroleum, the former Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, a global transnational energy corporation, has created an environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico of unprecedented proportions.
Language and Culture
This is an interesting article about language and it may also explain why we Marxists argue so much with each other over basically nothing.
Philippines Independence Day
Tomorrow marks the 112th anniversary of the declaration of independence by the national independence movement of the Philippines, headed by Emilio Aguinaldo.
Unemployment nearing Great Depression levels for African Americans and Latinos
Below are the findings of a new report compiled by the Economic Policy Institute of the impact of the recession on 50 major U.S. cities:
Senate Blocks Republican Push for Big Oil Bailout
From SierraClub.orgSenate Rejects Big Oil BailoutNow Must Act to Spur Clean Energy, End Oil Dependence
Podcast #118 - Imprisonment of African Americans a New Era of Jim Crow?, Part 2
Subscribe to this podcast in iTunesPodcast #118 - Imprisonment of African Americans a New Era of Jim Crow?, Part 2On today's episode, we play the second part of our interview with author, lawyer, and ciivl rights activist Michelle Alexander whose new book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness just came out from The New Press.
Republican alternative on climate legislation #fail
From Sierra Club:For Immediate ReleaseJune 9, 2010
