Faked Stats, No Jobs by PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS It is Labor Day, 2011, but labor has nothing to celebrate. The jobs that once gave American workers a stake in capitalism have left and gone away. Corporations in pursuit of near-term… Read More ›
Labor
The Labor Movement in America
We Do the Work
by DAVID MACARAY Whenever Labor Day rolls around I get filled with subversive thoughts about the unfairness of it all. While it’s the workers who keep the operation going, it’s management who gets the credit. It’s management who gets the… Read More ›
Review of “The Working Poor: Invisible in America”
In capitalism’s mythology, society functions according to merit. Wealth and decadence are the tell-tale signs of hard work and brilliance paying off, while poverty is a sign of laziness, irresponsibility and a disposition or work-ethic undeserving of the products of… Read More ›
Workers Baked Alive in Bread Factory Horror
by DAILY MAIL REPORTER Two bakery workers died in agony after bosses sent them into a giant oven to carry out repairs on the cheap, a court heard yesterday. The machine should have been allowed to cool for 12 hours,… Read More ›
Striking Verizon Workers to Lose Medical Benefits
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Tens of thousands of striking workers from Verizon Communications will lose their medical benefits if they’re still picketing at the end of the month, the telephone service provider said Wednesday. “I can confirm that the 45,000… Read More ›
Pacifism: How to Do The Enemy’s Job For Them
“As an ex-Indian civil servant, it always makes me shout with laughter to hear, for instance, Gandhi named as an example of the success of non-violence. As long as twenty years ago it was cynically admitted in Anglo-Indian circles that… Read More ›
45,000 Verizon Workers Go On Strike
45,000 Walk Out After Negotiations Fail NEW YORK — Forty-five thousand unionized Verizon Communications Inc. workers from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., went on strike Sunday after negotiations with the telecommunications company over a new labor contract fizzled. The contract expired… Read More ›
Israel Protests: 270,000 Demonstrate Against Rising Cost Of Living
JERUSALEM — At least a quarter of a million Israelis, fed up with the mounting cost of living, poured into the streets of the country’s major cities Saturday night to demand that their leaders address their plight – and proving… Read More ›
BP executives may face jail for manslaughter over Gulf disaster
Managers of BP could face manslaughter charges when prosecutors in the United States finally conclude their criminal investigation into the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico last April that killed 11 rig workers and triggered the worst oil… Read More ›
Michelle Bachmann, Slavery & Dog Whistle Politics
Although the term “dog whistle politics” originated in the Australian press during the 1990s, it has been an increasingly prominent feature of American politics for some time now. The term refers to using coded language which holds little or no… Read More ›
Obama’s Speech & the History of “Compromise”
Compromise is a Dirty Word In the circus of bourgeois politics in our two-party electoral system, we often hear a concept fetishized to the highest heavens. The term “bi-partisanship” is a quality of political actors that often surfaces in elections,… Read More ›
The “Right to Work” & the Deceptive Discourse of “Rights” in Capitalism
In mainstream capitalist discourse, the defense of “rights” are a mainstay in the political infighting of the bourgeoisie. In arguments on political issues, one side (or both) argue about the rights which the other is trying to deny them. From… Read More ›
Ogden teachers, other unions rally for collective bargaining
Ogden • Wearing red T-shirts and waving black-and-white signs, an estimated 800 people rallied in Ogden’s Liberty Park on Thursday to protest the city school district’s decision to not negotiate a contract with its teachers union. Those joining the crowd… Read More ›
Thousands protest U.S. military strikes on Libya as anti-war movement grows
Reprinted from Final Call newspaper By Askia Muhammad – Senior Correspondent Photos by The Red Phoenix WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) – Buoyed by what they cite as reports from military analysts as well as rebel forces in Libya, hundreds of protestors organized… Read More ›
Analysis of the Tea Party Movement
What is the Tea Party? Who are they? Who funds them? What are their goals? The Tea Party Movement first began on January 24, 2009. It was launched by Trevor Leach, chairman of the organization “Young Americans for Liberty” in… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 