Dan La Botz

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

A string of primary victories by DSA-backed candidates and other progressives—from New York to Michigan to Florida—is giving the Democratic left new leverage while putting its ambitious economic agenda back at the center of the party’s debate.

Dan La Botz teaches history and Latin American studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and works with Labor Notes, the labor education and organizing center in Detroit. He is the author of books

2 articles

September/October 2015

The Agony of Mexican Labor Today

For the last year and a half, tens of thousands of Mexican teachers have been involved in demonstrations, weeks-long

Dan La Botz Sep 1, 2015

Issue 251

Immigrant Restaurant Workers Hope to Rock New York

Following 9/11, displaced restaurant workers are transforming grief into action.

Dan La Botz Jan 1, 2004

The Political Economy of Palestine

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

The Agony of Mexican Labor Today

Immigrant Restaurant Workers Hope to Rock New York