When All Else Is Out of Bounds, Zap Labor
From Nixon’s wage controls to today’s interest rate hikes, the fight against inflation has targeted labor.
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State-Owned Bank in ND Doing Just Fine
From Mother Jones. The comment section is worth reading; some debate about whether this is the only state-owned bank
Companies Suspending 401(k) Contributions
From the Financial Times, March 11 (hat-tip to The Automatic Earth). The article notes that the median size of
Foreclosure Crisis Far from Over
Hat-tip to The Automatic Earth blog for this tidbit, from a recent investment fund memo. Although a majority of
Sen. Webb's Prison Commission
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/03/28/webb/ plus other stuff.
WE20--The People's G20
A press release; hat-tip to Abby S. WE20 - THE PEOPLE'S G20 we20, the people's answer
Latin America's Reaction to the Crisis
The Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) has put out a nice summary of the various responses by Latin American governments
Two Items on Guadeloupe General Strike
Two items on the recent massive general strike in Guadeloupe. First, from Friday's Democracy Now!: Labor Victory in
Mike Davis on Socialism on Bill Moyers
From the folks at SolidarityEconomy.net. Video is probably available somewhere, too. Bill Moyers Talks with Mike Davis on the
The G20 Summit and Unions
From a blog I think I hadn't seen before (hat-tip to LF), Labor Is Not a Commodity.
Trust Your Guts (Greider)
Joe Nocera likes Geithner's new plan. William Greider, not so much. Here is an excerpt from his recent
Obama vs. Cuomo on Bank Investigations
From Bloomberg: Obama Backs Banks, Seeks to Block Fair-Lending Probe By Greg Stohr March 26 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration&
Single-Payer Updates
First, we noticed this excellent webpage, with links and resources on single-payer, from Physicians for a National Health Care