Greening the Union Label
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Greening the Union Label
From teachers to transit workers, civil servants to electricians, the People’s Climate March will have more organized-labor participation than any environmentalist effort in U.S. history.
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The Tragedy of Being Michael Brown
Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager, was shot dead by police in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9.
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Naomi Klein Breaks a Taboo
The fact that global warming is man-made and poses a grave threat to our future is widely accepted by progressives. Yet, the most commonly proposed solutions emphasize either personal responsibility for a global emergency (buy energy-efficient light bulbs, purchase a Prius), or rely on market-based schemes like cap-and-trade. These responses are not only inadequate, says…
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Reply to Bennett Muraskin on Gaza Protest Blog
Bennett Muraskin complains that a blog post of mine — a report on a demonstration in Newark protesting the blank check given by NJ senators Menendez and Booker for Israel's crimes — is missing "full recognition of Hamas' war crimes and vile ideology."
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Response to Stephen Shalom’s Blog on Israel’s War Crimes in Gaza
There is something missing from Stephen Shalom’s blog post on Israelis crimes in the recent Gaza conflict and it is full recognition of Hamas’ war crimes and vile ideology.
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Authors dynamite neoliberalism's ed reform narrative
Review of This is Not a Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class and Education By José Luis Vilson Haymarket Books, 2014 Badass Teachers Unite: Reflections on Education, History and Youth Activism By Mark Naison Haymarket Books, 2014
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Labor Day and the right to be lazy – at all ages
This Labor Day, let’s celebrate “the right to be lazy.” Let’s play, dream, and imagine what a world without alienated labor would be.
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Thirteen arrested as protesters tell Senators Menendez and Booker: ‘No more blank check for Israel’s crimes,’
Outside the Gateway Center, where Menendez and Booker have offices. (Photo by Tom Bias.) [This article was first published on Mondoweiss.]
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Interview with Sam Gindin on 'The Making of Global Capitalism'
Sam Gindin, former Research Director of the Canadian Auto Workers union and co-author with Leo Panitch of “The making of global capitalism” graciously agreed to answer questions from NP board members about his book when he and I participated in a conference at the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy…
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Ferguson, Militarization, Federal Jurisdiction in Police Brutality
[We re-post here a statement by Howie Hawkins, Green Party candidate for Governor of New York.—eds.] Staten Island, Syracuse, Ohio, and Ferguson. Garner, Grant, Crawford, and Brown. Add these locations and names to the long list of young black unarmed men (and women) who are racially profiled and injured or killed at the hands of…
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Michael Brown and Ferguson—Stop the Killing of Black Men
Another young black man has been shot and killed by the police in an American city. Michael Brown’s killing forms part of a national pattern that is a horror for the African American community, an outrage against humanity, and a disgrace to our country.
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The Koch Bros: Libertarians for Daddy
Review of Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America’s Most Powerful and Private Dynasty By Daniel Schulman Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group, 2014
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An open letter to Frank Bruni about tenure for NYC teachers
Dear Frank Bruni, I enjoyed your restaurant reviews in the NY Times. Reading your descriptions of the food and ambience allowed me to experience vicariously many restaurants. We seem to have a similar sensibility — about food. You seemed not to allow restaurant publicity and PR to influence your…
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A Comment on the East Bay Mayoral Campaigns
In the past few weeks, New Politics has published two valuable commentaries on the role of socialists and the Left in local electoral campaigns, first a broad overview by Dan La Botz and then a response by David Judd specifically on Dan Siegel’s campaign for Mayor of Oakland.
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Israel and Imperialism
I would like to thank Bennett for his kind and appreciative comments on my artcile and use the opportunity presented by his letter to answer some essential points of contention.
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Kshama Sawant on Gaza Solidarity: End the Brutal Violence and Killings
[Because Kshama Sawant is at the moment the leading elected socialist official in the United States her opinions carry a weight far more important than those of many other socialist groups and activists. We print below Sawant's recent statement on Israel's attacks on Gaza made in the Seattle City Council and reprinted on the Socialist Alternative website. – Eds]
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Response to Barry Finger on Israel-Palestine
I wish to commend Barry Finger for his analysis of the Israel-Palestine conflict dating back to the establishment of 1947 UN Partition Plan. (Finger makes a minor error in calling it the “1948 partition.”)
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Bacevich on the Betrayal of U.S. Soldiers
Review of Andrew J. Bacevich, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country. New York, Metropolitan Books, 2013. 238 pages. Endnotes. Hardcover $26. Paperback $16. Kindle $11.04
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Michael Walzer's Defense of Israel's Crimes
There is so much wrong with Michael Walzer’s brief essay on the New Republic website, supporting Israel in its latest onslaught, while criticizing “a little uneasily” some of the excessive civilian deaths, that it is hard to know where to begin.
