Editors' Blog
Red States See Massive Public Sector Job Losses
The conservative Republicans who took power in Pennsylvania in 2010 have had a busy year.
Worker Ownership for the 99%
via PortsideLaborPress Release:The United Steelworkers, Mondragon, and the Ohio Employee Ownership CenterAnnounce a New Union Cooperative Model to Reinsert Worker Equity Backinto the U.S. EconomyMarch 26, 2012http://www.usw.org/media_center/releases_advisories?id=0523Information: USW: Rob Witherell, rwitherell@usw.org OEOC: Jim Anderson, jander77@kent.edu Mondragon International USA: Michael Peck, mpeck@mapagroup.net Pittsburgh (March 26, 2012) – Leo W. Gerard, International Presidentof the United Steelworkers (USW), together with representatives fromMondragon International, S.A., the global worker industrial cooperativeleader, and the Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC), announced todaythat a new “union co-op” model template is available for organizationswanting to combine worker equity with a progressive collective bargainingprocess.
Paul Krugman's "Lobbyists, Guns and Money"
via the New York Times
The "Stink" of Fascism in Arizona
In 1984, commenting on the Reagan presidential campaign with its "morning in America" theme and its portrayal of the President greeting happy white and mostly blond suburban people in a happy America, CPUSA General Secretary Gus Hall said that there was a "whiff of fascism" in the campaign.
"Where Have We Been All This Time?"
But where ever have we been all this time? How had we all disappeared? We’ve been missing one another, hoping to get together, to meet.
Romney and Santorum: Etch a Sketch vs Etched in Stone
http://tinyurl.com/7s39r6q
Why the "Improving" Economy Doesn’t Always Feel Like It’s Improving
via Jared Bernstein's Blog
One Graph, 1000 Words: Why Obama’s 2012 Bid Is Uphill
via Carl Davidson
